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Bioinformatik, Biozentrum, Am Hubland, D-97074 Universitaet Wuerzburg
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e-mail: dandekar (at) biozentrum(dot)uni-wuerzburg(dot)de

Curriculum Vitae


  • Name:

    Prof. Thomas Dandekar

  • Born:

    July 23rd, 1960; Alpen/Moers, Germany (German citizen)

  • Dept.:

    Bioinformatics

  • Address:

    Biocenter, Am Hubland
    University of Würzburg
    97074 Würzburg, Germany

  • Current position:

    dean of the faculty of biology (since Oct 2009)
    vice-dean of the faculty of biology (Oct 2007-Sep 2009)
    head, dept. of bioinformatics (since Dec. 2001)
    member of the board of directors of the Biocenter (since Feb. 2002)
  • Previous positions:
  • (Oct 2005 - Sept 2007) speaker of the biocenter

    (Oct 2003 - Sept 2005) vice-speaker of the biocenter

    (Oct. 2000 – Dec. 2001) senior lecturer and group leader, bioinformatics dept. of Molecular Medicine, university of Freiburg, Germany

    (July 1994 – Nov. 2000) lecturer and ausserplanmaessiger professor (Dec.2000 – Dec. 2001) for medical biochemistry at the university of Heidelberg, Germany

    (April 1997-Dec. 2001) coopted scientist for bioinformatics at the Max-Delbrück-Centrum for Molecular Medicine, Berlin

    (Aug. 1988-May 1991) post-doc and scientific fellow (June 1991 – March 1997) at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany

  • Since March 1997:

    Visiting scientist at the EMBL (biocomputing unit)

  • Education and training:

    post-doc (Aug. 1986-July 1988) in molecular
    biology, dept. biotechnology, Institute Pasteur,
    Paris, France

    Study of medicine (April 1980 – May 1986) at
    the university of Munich
    doctoral thesis in neuropharmacology, MPI for
    Psychiatry (Jan. 1983-May1986)

  • Zukunft
    updated:
    2010.02.08

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