Univ.-Prof. Jon Hughes

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Arbeitsgebiete

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

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Name Jonathan Elliss HUGHES

Date of Birth 3 January 1957

Place of Birth Cardiff, G.B.

Citizenship British/German

Work address:

Pflanzenphysiologie,

Justus-Liebig-Universität,

Zeughaus, Senckenbergstr. 3

D-35390 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, Plant Physiology, JLU Giessen

ERASMUS coordinator for Biology

Education:

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

· 1983 Ph.D. Nottingham University (Plant Physiology - "Natural daylight and the simulation of its effects upon stomata" with C.R. Black and H. Smith)

· 1998 Habilitation. Freie Universität Berlin (Pflanzenphysiologie - "Molekulare und physiologische Ansätze zum Phytochromsystem")

Positions:

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

· 1983-85 Research Fellow (Royal Society / DFG) with E. Wagner, University of Freiburg, Germany.

· 1985-87 Senior Research Fellow (EC Biotechnology) with G. Link, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.

· 1987-90 Research Associate (DOE) 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 (DFG), Plant Physiology, Free University of Berlin, Germany.

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

· 2000 Research Associate (BMBF), MPI-MG, Berlin, Germany.

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

Competitive awards:

· Ministry of Agriculture, Vacation Research Student (Kew, 1977)

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

· Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, research support (Freiburg, 1984) E C 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; 2006-2010)

· DFG research support (Hu702/6, with L.-O.Essen (Marburg), JLU-Giessen; 2007-2010)

· DFG research support (Hu702/8, JLU-Giessen; 2012-2015)