!!Elmar Weiler - Curriculum vitae !Education *1977 PhD, Radio-Immunology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum *1974 Biology and Chemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum !Career *2006-present Rector of Ruhr-Universität Bochum *2003-2006 Vice Rector of Planning, Structure and Finance of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum *2001 Steering Committee of the DFG *2000 Member of the Senate of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) *1998-2001 Chairman of the the Collaborative Research Centre on Molecular Biology of Complex Performance of Botanical Systems (SFB 480) *1993-1995 Dean of the Faculty of Biology *1991-1998 Director of the University's Central Isotope Laboratory *1990-2000 Chairman of the DFG Research Training Group in Biogenesis and Mechanism of Complex Cell Functions *1988 Chair of Plant Physiology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum *1985 Chair of Plant Physiology, the University of Osnabrück *1982 "Habilitation" degree in Botany, Ruhr-Universität Bochum *1977-1978 Visiting scientist at the Biology Department, the University of South Florida, Tampa