Prof. Dr. Alexander Gottschalk
Curriculum Vitae
1995 Studies in chemistry, biochemistry and immunology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt (Germany), Philipps University, Marburg (Germany) and University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (Scotland)
1995 - 1999 Diploma & PhD theses (Dr. rer. nat.): Purification and characterization of small nuclear ribonucleoprotein complexes (UsnRPs) from S. cerevisiae with Prof. Dr. Reinhard Lührmann at Unversity of Marburg (Germany)
2000 - 2003 Postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Prof. Dr. William R. Schafer: Adaptation of the Caenorhabditis elegans nervous system to nicotine and proeomics of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) at the University of California, San Diego (USA)
2004-2009 Juniorprofessor for Molecular Membrane Biology, Independent research group leader at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt (Germany)
2010-2015 Heisenberg-Professor for Molecular Cell Biology and Neurobiochemistry
since 2016 Full Professor
since 2016 Coordinator of the DFG Priority Programme SPP1926 ('Next Generation Optogenetics')
Address
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Alexander Gottschalk
Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (BMLS) and Institute of Biophysical Chemistry
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Max-von-Laue-Straße 15; N600 room 1.652
D-60438 Frankfurt/Germany
Phone: +49-(0)69-798 42518
Fax: +49-(0)69-798 763 42518
Email: a.gottschalk(at)em.uni-frankfurt.de
Fellowships & Awards
2009 Heisenberg-Professorship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
2008 Schram Award
2005 Career Development Award of the HFSPO
2001 Long-Term fellowship of the Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO)
2000 Postdoctoral stipend of the Max Planck Society
Funding
DFG: SFB1507
DFG: CRC1080
DFG: CRC807
DFG: SPP1926
DFG: other projects: GO1011/8 through 13
DFG: FOR1279 (concluded)
EUTrigTreat (concluded)
DFG: SFB628 (concluded)
