Univ.-Prof. Dr. Kathrin Thedieck 

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Employment / Experience

since 2024 Full Professor (W3) and Department Head „Metabolism, Senescence & Autophagy”;
Research Center One Health, University Alliance Ruhr, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen (DE)
2019-2024 Full Professor and Institute Head for Biochemistry, University of Innsbruck (AT)
2022-present Associate Member, Freiburg Materials Research Center, University of Freiburg (DE)
2019-present Honorary Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
2019-2023 Faculty Member, Faculty VI – Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oldenburg (D)
2013-2019 Associate / Adjunct Professor
University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen (NL)
European Medical School, University of Oldenburg (D)
2008-2013 Group Leader Functional Proteomics of Metabolic Signaling
Dept. for Bioinformatics and Molecular Genetics (Prof. Ralf Baumeister) University of Freiburg (D)
2006-2008 Postdoctoral Fellow
Dept. of Biochemistry (Prof. Michael N. Hall)
Biozentrum, University of Basel (CH)
2002-2005 PhD Thesis and Postdoc
Div. of Cell and Immune Biology (Prof. J. Wehland and Dr. L. Jänsch
Hemholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and TU Braunschweig (D)
2001-2002 Diploma Thesis and Postgraduate Scientist
BioVisioN AG, Hannover (D)
1998-2001 Ecole Superieure de Biotechnologie Strasbourg (ESBS) (F)
1996-1998 Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster (D)

Honors, Awards, and Scholarships

2024 Klüh Research Award for new therapies of rare diseases
2023 ERC Advanced Grant
2022

Offer of a chair in Precision Oncology (W3), Charité Berlin, DE

2018 Offer of a chair in Metabolic Signaling, University of Groningen, NL
2018 Offer of a chair in Tumor Metabolism (W3), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, D
2018 Offer of a chair in Systems Biology (W3), University of Stuttgart, D
2017 Offer of a chair in Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, NO
2017 Research prize of the German Tuberous Sclerosis Foundation, D
2016 100th Anniversary Van Wijhe Verf Award, NL
2013-2018 Rosalind-Franklin-Fellow, University of Groningen, NL
2013 Offer of a chair in Nutrigenomics (W3), University of Hohenheim, D
2013 Junior Fellow, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), D
2009-2010 Schlieben-Lange Fellowship, Federal State of Baden-Württemberg, D
2007-2008 PostDoc Fellowship of the Peter und Traudl Engelhorn Stiftung, D
2006/2007 Mentee: Women into Industry program (WIN) of Novartis and the Basel University, CH
2004 Selected Helmholtz delegation member: 18th meeting of Nobel Laureates in Physics, Lindau, D
2002-2005 Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg Fellowship, German Research Foundation and Federal State of Lower Saxony, D

Member of scientific councils & advisory boards & editorial work (selection)

since 2023 Founding Member, European TSC Research Network (under the auspices of the German Tuberous Sclerosis Foundation)
2020-2024 Strategy Board Member: VascAge GmbH, Innsbruck a>
since 2018 Scientific Advisor: German Tuberous Sclerosis Association
2017-2019 The Groningen Autophagy Group
since 2016 GBM Study Group for Autophagy
since 2015 Editorial Board: Pharmacological Research
since 2012 Scientific Advisory Board: International Study Group for Systems Biology (ISGSB)