Michael Wagner#
| Membership Number: | 6926 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Affiliated section(s): | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://dome.univie.ac.at/people/faculty-group-leaders/michael-wagner/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-9778-7684 |
| Twitter: | @MichiWagner4 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-wagner-451168/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2020 Vice-head of the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science
- 2019 - 2020 Founding Director of the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (full faculty status), University of Vienna
- 2019 - 2021 Visiting Professor in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, UK
- since 2019 Distinguished professor (20%), Aalborg University, Denmark
- since 2010 Head of the Large Instrument Facility of Advanced Isotope Research, University of Vienna
- 2003 - 2018 Head of the Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna
- since 2003 Full professor for Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna
- 2001 – 2003 Associate Professor (wissenschaftlicher Oberassistent) at the Technische Universität München
- 1996 - 2000 Assistant Professor at the Technische Universität München
- 1995 - 1996 Postdoctoral fellow at the Northwestern University, Evanston, Il. (Prof. D. A. Stahl, Prof. B. Rittmann); Holder of a DFG research fellowship
Fields of Scholarship
- Microbial physiology
- Chemical imaging
- Human microbiomes
- Single cell microbiology
- Nitrogen-cycle microbiology
- Sponge microbiomes
- Wastewater microbiology
Honours and Awards
- 2023 Scientific Director of the Austrian Cluster of Excellence "Microbiomes drive Planetary Health" (35 Mio€ funding for 5 years)
- 2014 - 2023 Highly Cited Researcher (http://highlycited.com)
- 2022 Elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 2020 Hans-Günter-Schlegel-Lecturer of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM) for outstanding scientific achievements for Microbiology in Germany
- 2019 Wittgenstein Award of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) on behalf of the Austrian Ministry for Science (1.5 Mio €). Highest science award in Austria.
- 2018 Jim Tiedje Award of the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), lifetime achievement award of the society
- 2017 Elected Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
- 2016 Full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 2015 Schrödinger Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 2014 Einstein Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2014 Honorary doctorate of the University of Aalborg, Denmark
- 2013 Elected Member of the American Academy of Microbiology
- 2011 ERC Advanced Grant Winner “NITRICARE: Nitrification Reloaded – a Single Cell Approach”
- 2009 Elected member of the German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina
- 2009 Corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
- 2009 Founding member of the European Academy of Microbiology
- 2008 Main Award of the City of Vienna for Life and Technical Sciences
- 2006 James M. Craig Memorial Lecturer; Oregon State University, USA
- 2002 Main Award of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology
- 1997 Young Researchers Award of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology
- 1996 Karl-Imhoff-Award (“Belobigung”) of the Abwassertechnischen Vereinigung (German Water and Waste Water Association)
- 2009 Founding member of the European Academy of Microbiology
- 2008 Main Award of the City of Vienna for Life and Technical Sciences
- 2006 James M. Craig Memorial Lecturer; Oregon State University, USA
- 2002 Main Award of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology
- 1997 Young Researchers Award of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology
- 1996 Karl-Imhoff-Award (“Belobigung”) of the Abwassertechnischen Vereinigung (German Water and Waste Water Association)
