Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. Katja Sträßer
| Academic positions | ||
| 2014 - present | Full Professor at the Institute of Biochemistry, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Germany | |
| 2003 - 2014 | Independent Group Leader at the Gene Center and the Department of Biochemistry, University of Munich, Germany | |
| 2001 - 2002 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Heidelberg | |
| 1998 - 2001 | Predoctoral Fellow, University of Heidelberg | |
| 1997 | Research Student, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, CA, USA | |
| 1996 | “ERASMUS” Research Student, University of Geneva, Switzerland | |
| 1995 | Research Student, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany | |
| Professional experience | ||
| Jan - Apr 2020 | Sabbatical at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia | |
| Education | ||
| 2001 | Dr. rer. nat. (summa cum laude), University of Heidelberg, Germany | |
| 1998 | Diploma in Biotechnology, University of Braunschweig, Germany | |
| Awards & honors | ||
| 2020 | Election to EMBO membership | |
| 2018 | ERC Consolidator Grant | |
| 2010 | Member of the Young Center of Advanced Studies (CASY), LMU, Germany | |
| 2009 | Europe-Medal, Bavaria, Germany | |
| 2009 | „Therese von Bayern-Preis“, LMU | |
| 2008 | ERC Starting Grant | |
| 2007 | “Habilitation” Award of the Dr. Klaus Römer-Stiftung, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, LMU | |
| 2004 | EMBO Young Investigator Award | |
| 2002 | BYK-Gulden Promotionspreis of the GBM (Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie e.V.) for Ph.D. thesis | |