Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hoppe
Education and professional career
2022 - 2023: Director Department Biology
2019 - 2021: Acting Director, CECAD Research Center, University of Cologne
2019 - 2021: Inner Board Member Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Cologne
2016-2022: Committee Member of the Interdisciplinary Program Molecular Medicine (IPMM) for PhD training, selection of relevant PhD projects and PhD candidates, Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Cologne
since 2018: Deputy Coordinator of CECAD, Excellence Cluster on “Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-associated Diseases”, University of Cologne
Since 2012: Member of the CECAD Executive Board, University of Cologne
2012-2018: Head of Research Area B (Protein Homeostasis in Aging) of the Excellence Cluster CECAD, University of Cologne
2011 - 2013: Acting Director at the Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
since 2008: Professor for C. elegans Genetics and Development, University of Cologne
2003 - 2008: Group Leader, Center for Molecular Neurobiology (ZMNH), University of Hamburg
2001 - 2003: Postdoctoral Associate (C1), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Gene Center
2000: PhD with Prof. Stefan Jentsch, Center for Molecular Biology Heidelberg (ZMBH), University of Heidelberg
1996 - 2000: Doctorate, Center for Molecular Biology Heidelberg (ZMBH) and MPI for Biochemistry in Munich-Martinsried
1996: Diploma with Prof. Stefan Jentsch, Faculty of Biology/Center for Molecular Biology Heidelberg (ZMBH), University of Heidelberg, Germany
1991 - 1995: Undergraduate studies, University of Münster and University of Heidelberg, Germany
Awards, distinctions and professional activities
2023: ERC Advanced Grant, European Research Council, Belgium
2020: EMBO member
2016: Max Delbrück Award for Life Sciences, University of Cologne, Germany
2013: ERC Consolidator Grant, European Research Council, Belgium
2008 - 2010: EMBO Young Investigator, Germany
2008: Felix Jerusalem Award, German Society of Muscular Diseases (DGM), Germany
2008: Walther Flemming Medal, German Society of Cell Biology (DGZ), Germany
2007: Werner Otto Award for Biomedical Research, Germany
2008-2010: EMBO Young Investigator Award
2001: Junior Research Award of the MPI for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
Editorial boards
Aging Biology Journal, Aging Cell, Cells, Frontiers in Protein Folding & Degradation, F1000 Research, Mechanisms of Ageing and Development.
Scientific advisory boards
INSERM/Programmes Transversaux (AGEMED), France; LOEWE Program: Ubiquitin-Net, University of Frankfurt, Germany; Medical Faculty Jena, Germany.