Marina Rodnina - Curriculum Vitae#

EDUCATION

• 1998 Habilitation in Biochemistry, University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany
  
• 1989 PhD in Molecular Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Acad. Sci. Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
  
• 1982 Diploma in Biology (specialization Genetics/Molecular Biology), University of Kiev, Ukraine

CURRENT POSITION(S)

Since 2008 Director, Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

• 2000-2008 Professor, Head of the Institute of Physical Biochemistry, University of Witten/Herdecke
  
• 1998-2000 Associate Professor for Physical Biochemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Witten/Herdecke
  
• 1992-1998 Assistant Investigator, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Witten/Herdecke
  
• 1990-1992 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Witten/Herdecke, with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wintermeyer
  
• 1982-1990 Research Assistant, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Kiev, Ukraine
  

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

• 2020 Albrecht Kossel Prize of the Society of German Chemists (GDCh)
  
• 2019 Otto Warburg Medal of the Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  
• 2016 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
  
• 2015 The Hans Neurath Award of the Protein Society
  
• 2008 Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
  
• 2017 Elected member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences
  
• 2004 Elected Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization
  
• 1990-1992 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship

COMMISSIONS OF TRUST

• Since 2015 Member of the Collaborative Research Centers subcommittee of the Senate of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
  
• Since 2018 Scientific Advisor Board of BaSyC – Building A Synthetic Cell (The Netherlands)
  
• 2018 Member of the HCERES review committee for the Palaiseau research unit of the Ecole Polytechnique and the Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette
  
• Since 2015 Scientific Advisory Board, Biochemistry Center of the University of Heidelberg (BZH) / Germany
  
• Since 2014 Chair and panel member of the review board of the German-Israeli Minerva Program
  
• 2011-2019 Expert Board Member and Vice Chair of the International Training Programme, Research Executive Agency (REA)
  
• Since 2005 Editorial advisory board member, EMBO Journal, EMBO Reports, Biochemistry and protein Science
  
• 2009-2015 Expert Panel Member for the ERC Starter Grants
  
• 2008-2015 Panel Member of the review board of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
  
• 2009-2012 Panel Member of the PhD fellowship selection committee of the German Academic Exchange Agency (DAAD)
  
• Since 2016 Editorial board member, RNA, and advisory board member of Protein Science, EMBO J and EMBO Reports, and Biochemistry

COMMITTEES/SERVICES

• 2020-2022 Managing director of the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry
  
• Since 2013 Dean of the International Max Planck Graduate School for Molecular Biology, Göttingen
  
• Since 2010 Speaker of the Biomolecules Programme of the Goettingen Graduate School for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences
  
• Current Member of 17 Thesis Advisory Committees of the Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences; Mentor for the Dorothea Schlözer Mentoring Programme.
  
• 2007-2009 Board of Directors of the RNA Society
  
• 2006-2008 Ombudsperson of the University of Witten/Herdecke
  
• 2002-2008 Member of the Doctoral Program Committee at the University of Witten/Herdecke
  
• 2003-2008 Chair of the Natural Science faculty committee for ECTS certification at the University of Witten/Herdecke
  
• 2016 Meeting co-organizer, Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Translational Control / 1000 participants / Cold Spring Harbor, USA
  
• 2010 Meeting lead organizer, Ribosome: Structure, Function and Dynamics / 300 participants / Orvieto, Italy
  
• 2009 Meeting co-organizer, EMBO Conference Protein Synthesis and Translational control / 800 participants / Heidelberg, Germany
  
• 2004 Meeting co-organizer, RNA Society Meeting / 1000 participants / Banff, Canada
  

MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

• Since 2015 Member of the Protein Society
  
• Since 2005 Member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  
• Since 2004 Member of the American Biophysical Society
  
• Since 2004 Member of the German University Association
  
• Since 2003 Member of the RNA Society
  
• Since 1998 Member of the German Association for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology