Martin Vingron - Curriculum Vitae#
Professional Experience
- Director 10/2000 – present, Computational Molecular Biology Department, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
- Director (part time) at the CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Shanghai, 09/2006 to present
- Head of Division ("Wissenschaftlicher Abteilungsleiter") 10/95 - 09/2000, Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)
- Postdoc ("Nachwuchswissenschaftler") 9/93 - 9/95, German National Research Center for Computer Science (GMD), Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI), Supervisor: Prof. Thomas Lengauer
- Postdoctoral Research Associate 7/91 - 8/93, Department of Mathematics, Mathematical Biology Laboratory, University of Southern California, Supervisor: Prof. Michael Waterman
- Predoctoral Fellow 1987-91, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Biocomputing Programme, Supervisor: Dr. Patrick Argos
- Computer Specialist 1986-87, Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), University of Heidelberg (computing for molecular biology, taking care of hardware and software)
- Software Engineer 1985-86, I.P. Sharp Associates, Vienna, Austria
Education
- Doctorate 1991. Doctorate in Mathematics, University of Heidelberg and EMBL, Germany. Thesis: Multiple sequence comparison and applications in molecular biology. Advisors: Prof. Willi Jäger and Dr. Patrick Argos
- Diploma 1985. Diploma in Mathematics, University of Vienna, Austria. Thesis: Populations genetics and game theory, Advisor: Prof. Karl Sigmund
- Laboratory courses at EMBL in cell biology, oncogenes, structural biology, instrumentation and gene expression