Jan Ellenberg - Curriculum Vitae#
EDUCATION
- 1998 PhD (summa cum laude) in biochemistry
- NIH, Bethesda, USA and Institute for Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, DE
- 1994 Diploma in biology
- Faculty for Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Universität Hamburg, DE
CURRENT POSITION(S)
- 2014 – present EMBL Delegate to the Euro-BioImaging Interim Board, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, DE
- 2010 – 2014 Scientific Coordinator, Euro-BioImaging, the pan‐European research infrastructure project for imaging technologies on the ESFRI Roadmap
- 2010 – present Head, Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, EMBL
- 2006 – present Senior Scientist, EMBL
- 2004 – present Coordinator, Centre for Molecular and Cellular Imaging, EMBL
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
- 2006 – 2009 Coordinator, Gene Expression Unit, EMBL
- 1999 – 2005 Group Leader, Gene Expression and Cell Biology/Biophysics Units, EMBL
- 1998 – 1999 Postdoctoral fellow, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, US
- 1995 – 1998 PhD research, Lippincott-Schwartz laboratory, NIH
- 1993 – 1995 Diploma research, Willmitzer department, Institut für Genbiologische Forschung Berlin GmbH, DE
AWARDS
- 2017 Allen Distinguished Investigator, The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group
- 2016 ERC Advanced Investigator, European Research Council
- 2016 Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
- 2015 Mathias Jakob Schleiden lecture of the German Society of Cell Biology
- 2006 European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Member
- 2004 European Life Scientist Organisation (ELSO) Early Career Award
- 2004 Walter Flemming Medal of the German Society of Cell Biology
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
- 2006 – present European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
- 2001 – present Founding member, European Light Microscopy Initiative (ELMI)
- 1995 – present American Society for Cell Biology.
