Prof. Dr. Caroline Gutjahr

Director and Research Group Leader
Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
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Curriculum Vitae

Academic career

  • 02/2023-present
    Director at the Max-Planck-Instistute of Molecular Plant Physiology
  • 02/2021-01/2023
    Associate Professor (W3) for Plant Genetics at the Technical University Munich
  • 09/2017-01/2021
    Tenure Track Assistant Professor (W2) for Plant Genetics at the Technical University Munich
  • 01/2015-08/2017
    Emmy Noether groupleader at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
  • 12/2011-12/2014
    Research groupleader at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
  • 2010-2011
    PostDoc with Uta Paszkowski, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 10/2005-01/2010
    Doctoral thesis with Uta Paszkowski, University of Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 2004-2005
    Marie Curie Fellow with Paola Bonfante, University of Torino, Italy
  • 2003
    Diploma thesis with Peter Nick, University of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
  • 1997-2002
    Biology studies at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) and the University of Aberdeen (Scotland), including research internships in Sri Lanka and Brazil
  • Fellowships and Awards

      • 2023 Highly cited researcher (cross fields)
      • 2022 Member of the Academia Europaea
      • 2021 Adam Kondorosi Early Career Award of the Academia Europaea
      • 2019 Member of Faculty Opinions
      • 2018 President’s Medal of the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB), UK
      • 2018 - 2023 Member of the TUM Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS)
      • 2017 ERC starting grant
      • 2017 Valent BioSciences Young Scientist Award (by Plant Growth Regulation Society of America), USA
      • 2015 - 2017 Member of Young Center of Advanced Studies (CASY), LMU Munich
      • 2014 Emmy Noether Fellowship of the German Research Council (DFG)
      • 2010 Young Researcher Excellence Award, University of Lausanne (Lausanne)
      • 2009 Doctoral fellow Société Académique Vaudoise (Switzerland)
      • 2008 Doctoral fellow Roche Foundation (Switzerland)
      • 2004 - 2008 Doctoral fellow German Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
      • 1999 - 2003 Student fellow German Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
      • 1999 - 2000 Fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
    • Editorial responsibilities
      • 2019 -          Review Editor eLife
      • 2019 - 2021 Review Editor The Plant Cell
      • 2019 - 2020  Senior Editor Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
      • ad hoc Editor PLoS Genetics
      • 2018   Guest Editor (with Sebastian Schornack) Current Opinion in Plant Biology

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