Prof. Jon Hughes

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Research interests

Photobiology, structural biology of photoreceptors, light signal transduction, plant molecular genetics

Curriculum vitae

Name: Jonathan Elliss HUGHES

Date of Birth: 3 January 1957   Place of Birth: Cardiff, UK   Citizenship: British/German

Work address: Pflanzenphysiology, Justus Liebig University, Senckenbergstr. 3, D35390 Giessen, Germany.

Tel.: (+49)/(0) 6419935430   Fax: (+49)/(0) 6419935429   email: jon.hughes@uni-giessen.de

Present position: Professor of Plant Physiology, JLU Giessen.

Additional responsibilities: Business Director and teaching Coordinator, Institute for Plant Physiology, JLU Giessen

Education:

· 1978 B.Sc. London University (Botany & Zoology, with Honours)

· 1983 Ph.D. Nottingham University (Plant Physiology - "Natural daylight and the simulation of its effects upon stomata")

· 1998 Habilitation. Free University of Berlin (Plant Physiology - "Molekulare und physiologische Ansätze zum Phytochromsystem")

Positions:

· 1979-83 Postgraduate Research Student with C. Black, Plant Physiology, Nottingham University and H. Smith, Botany, Leicester University, UK.

· 1983-85 Royal Society Exchange Fellow, University of Freiburg, Germany.

· 1985-87 EU Senior Research Fellow with G. Link, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.

· 1987-90 Research Associate with L. H. Pratt, Department of Botany, University of Georgia, USA.

· 1990-5 Research Associate, Plant Physiology, Free University of Berlin, Germany.

· 1996-8 Habilitation Fellow, Plant Physiology, Free University of Berlin, Germany.

· 1999-2000 Research Associate, Crystallography, Free University of Berlin, Germany.

· 2000 Research Associate, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany.

· 2000- Professor and Head of Department, Plant Physiology, University of Giessen, Germany.

Competitive awards:

· Ministry of Agriculture, Vacation Research Student (Jodrell Lab, Kew, London; 1977)

· Royal Society / Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Research Fellow (Freiburg, 1983-85)

· Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, research support (Freiburg, 1984)

· EU Biotechnology Directorate, Senior Research Fellow (Bochum, 1985-87)

· Forschungsnachwuchskommision (FNK), research support (Berlin, 1994-96)

· Monbusho, 3 year international collaborative support (with M. Wada, Tokyo, 1995-7)

· DFG Habilitation Fellowship. (Hu702/1, Berlin, 1996-98)

· DFG research support (with W. Saenger, Institute for Crystallography, FU Berlin, 1999-2000)

· DFG research support, Sonderforschungsbereich 498 / B2 (with T. Lamparter and N. Krauss, FU Berlin, 2000-2)

· DFG research support (Hu702/2, with T. Lamparter, FU Berlin / JLU-Giessen; 2001-4)

· Volkswagen Foundation (with W .Gärtner (MPI Mülheim), J. Matysik & J. Lugtenburg (University of Leiden, NL), 2004-2011)

· DFG research support (Hu702/5, JLU-Giessen; 2006-2018)

· DFG research support (Hu702/6 and /9, with L.-O.Essen (Marburg), JLU-Giessen; 2007-2015)

· DFG research support (Hu702/8, with J. Matysik (Leipzig), JLU-Giessen; 2012-2019)

· DFG research support (Sfb1098/B8 Berlin/JLU-Giessen; 2017-2023)

· DFG research support (Hu702/12, with C. Song (Leipzig), JLU-Giessen; 2019-2022)