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CV of Prof. Dr. Knut Drescher
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7340-2444 |
| Google Scholar | Google Scholar |
| Positions: | |
| Since 2021 | Associate Professor at the Biozentrum |
| 2015 - 2021 | Professor of Biophysics, Philipps-Universität Marburg |
| 2014 - 2021 | Head of Max Planck Research Group, located at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology |
| 2011 - 2014 | Postdoc in Molecular Microbiology, Princeton University - Mentors: Bonnie Bassler, Howard Stone, Ned Wingreen |
| Education: | |
| 2007 - 2011 | Ph.D. in Biophysics, then Postdoc for a few months, DAMTP, University of Cambridge |
| 2003 - 2007 | Master of Physics (1st class), University of Oxford |
| 2002 - 2003 | German civil service |
| 2002 | Abitur (1,0), Altes Gymnasium Bremen |
| Selected Awards & Honors: | |
| 2023 | Consolidator Grant from the SNSF (ERC backup scheme in Switzerland) |
| 2019 | Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize from the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 2019 | VAAM Research Prize from the German Society for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM) |
| 2019 | Young Scientist Prize in Biological Physics from the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) |
| 2016 | Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) |
| 2015 | Career Development Award from the Human Frontier Science Program |
| 2014 | Blavatnik Postdoctoral Award Finalist of the New York Academy of Sciences |
| 2011 | Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) long-term postdoctoral fellowship |
| 2011 | St. John's College Research Fellowship, University of Cambridge |
| 2008 | Fitzwilliam College Senior Scholarship, University of Cambridge |
| 2007 | Gibbs Prize, University of Oxford, for 2nd best physics degree in the year at Oxford |
| 2007 | Rolls-Royce Price, University of Oxford (for Master project) |
| 2007 | EPSRC Doctoral Training Award, full scholarship for Ph.D. at University of Cambridge |
| 2007 | Cambridge European Trust Honorary Scholarship, University of Cambridge |
| 2004 | St. Anne's College Scholarship, University of Oxford |
| 2002 | Karl-Nix-Preis for Abitur in Bremen, Germany |
