!!Kärin Nickelsen - Curriculum Vitae *From 1 October 2011 Professor (W3) for the History of Science, Historical Seminar, LMU Munich\\ *2006 - 2011 Associate Professor attached to the chair for History T& Philosophy of Science (University of Bern, Switzerland). Extension in 2010 on the basis of a positive assessment of external referees.\\ *2010 Habilitation / venia legendi in History & Philosophy of Science, Phil.-nat. Fakultät, University of Bern, Switzerland\\ *2008 Visiting Scholar at the Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin (Dept II, Prof. Dr. Lorraine Daston).\\ *2005 Research year at University of Illinois, Urbana, as guest of Prof. Govindjee \\ *2002 - 2006 Assistant Professor attached to the chair for History & Philosophy of Science (University of Bern, Switzerland).\\ *2002 Ph.D. in History & Philosophy of Science, University of Bern, Switzerland (summa cum laude)\\ *1999 Diploma in Biology, Univ. of Göttingen, Germany (Botany, Microbiology, History of Science); with distinction\\ \\