Maria Leptin - Curriculum vitae#

CV

Address

EMBO European Molecular Biology Organisation
Meyerhofstrasse 1
69117 Heidelberg
Tel. + 49 6221 889 1 102
Fax. + 49 6221 889 1 202

Institute of Genetics
Universität zu Köln
Zülpicherstr. 47
50674 Köln
Tel: +49-221-470 3401 Fax: +49-221-470 5264

Academic Career

• 1979-1983 Doctoral Thesis with Fritz Melchers at the Basel Institute for Immunology (degree 1983 from the University of Heidelberg)
• 1984-1987 Postdoctoral fellow in Michael Wilcox’ lab at the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
• 1988 Staff Scientist at the MRC LMB, Cambridge
• Jan-Mar 1989 Guest Scientist with Pat O'Farrell, UCSF
• 1989-1994 Research group leader at the Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen
• 1994-present Professor, University of Cologne, Institute of Genetics
• Feb-Apr 2001 Visiting Professor, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
• Sep 2004 – Mar 2005 Visiting Scientist, Wellcome Trust Sanger Centre, Hinxton, UK
• 2010 Director, European Molecular Biology Organisation, Heidelberg

Fellowships, Honors

• 1984-1986 EMBO Longterm Research Fellowship
• 1986-1988 Research Fellowship from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
• 1996 elected Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
• 1998 elected Member of the Academia Europaea

Service to the Community

Boards and Councils of Academic Societies

• 1996 - 1997 President of the German Society for Developmental Biology
• 2002 - 2007 Member EMBO Committee 'Membership and Publications';
• 2005 – 2007 as Chair.
• 2005 - present Member of the Council of the European Life Sciences Organisation (ELSO)
• 2008 - present Advisory Board, German Genetic Society
• 2009 Elected member of EMBO Council

Advisory Boards, Boards of Trustees, Evaluation Boards

• 1998 EMBO Evaluation Committee for the Hungarian Academy of Science Institutes
• 2003 - 2008 Scientific Advisory Board ZMBH, Heidelberg
• 2005 Evaluation of the Institute for Zoology, University Zürich (Chair)
• 2004 - present Board of Trustees Max-Delbrück-Centrum, Berlin (deputy chair 2007)
• 2004 - present Board of Directors, Christiane-Nüsslein-Volhard Stiftung
• 2006 - present Member of the Board of Trustees, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK

Research Funding Organisations

• 2008 - present Chair, Grant Evaluation Panel LS3 for the European Research Council
• Ad hoc reviewing for NSF, Welcome Trust, MRC, RS, BBSRC, DFG, SNF etc.

Journal Editor

• 1996 - 2001 Member of the Editorial Board of Developmental Biology
• 2001 - present Editorial Board 'Developmental Cell'
• 2002 - present Co-editor of 'Mechanisms of Development' and 'Gene Expression Patterns'

Academic Administration

• 1997 - 1998 Acting Director Institute of Genetics (15 professors and research group leaders, ca. 250 members). 4 professorial recruitments.
• 2005 - 2008 University Senate Committee ‘Strategy and Finances’
• 2008 - 2009 Acting Director Institute of Genetics
• 1995 - present Developed and implemented the concept and programme for graduate training for all biology graduate students in Cologne, including the following steps and funds acquired:
  • 1996 - 2005 DFG-funded Graduate College ‘Genetics of Cellular Systems’: main applicant and chair. (60 students over 9 years; 12 faculty; funding ca. 900K Euro)
  • 2002 - 2009 Government-funded International Graduate College School: main applicant and chair. (135 students over 9 years; 15 faculty; total funding acquired ca. 7 Mio Euro)
  • 2007 Founder and first chair of the Graduate School for Biological Sciences at the University of Cologne (all biology faculty, additional Med. School faculty; total ca. 50 faculty, 360 students).
  • 2009 Government- and University- funded International Graduate College School: main applicant and chair. Total funding acquired ca. 5 Mio Euro)