The campus hosts nineteen senior labs as well as five junior and independent labs. Researchers collaborate widely and successfully with both national and international research institutions and a range of industry partners. For additional information and details, please follow the corresponding link.

Faculty

  Name Research Group Contact
Prof. Dr. Nico Blüthgen		Ecological networks
+49 6151 16-75411
B1|01 262
Prof. Dr. M. Cristina Cardoso
Post doctoral scientists spokesperson and Department spokesperson for PhD
Cell biology & epigenetics
+49 6151 16-21882
B2|03 204
Prof. Dr. Ralf Galuske
Dean for Student Affairs
Systems neurophysiology
+49 6151 16-20950
B1|01 167
Prof. Dr. H. Ulrich Göringer		Molecular genetics
+49 6151 16-24642
B2|03 330a
Prof. Dr. Kay Hamacher		Mathematical modeling and data analytics
+49 6151 16-20370
B1|08 203
Apl. Prof. Dr. Michael Heethoff		Animal evolutionary ecology
+49 6151 16-75417
B1|01 264
Prof. Dr. Andreas Jürgens		Chemical plant ecology
+49 6151 16-21850
B2|03 162
Prof. Dr. Ralf Kaldenhoff		Applied plant sciences
+49 6151 16-22250
B2|03 265
Prof. Dr. Bodo Laube		Neurophysiology and neurosensory systems
+49 6151 16-20970
B1|01 290
Prof. Dr. Markus Löbrich		Radiation biology and DNA repair
+49 6151 16-24620
B2|06 105
Prof. Dr. Alexander Loewer
Vice Dean and Department spokesperson for PhD
Systems biology of the stress response
+49 6151 16-28060
B2|06 205
Prof. Dr. Dominik Niopek		Biology of eukaryotic gene and genome regulation
20658
B2/05 09
Prof. Dr. Ulrike A. Nuber		Stem cell and developmental biology
+49 6151 16-24600
B2|06 06
Prof. Dr. Felicitas Pfeifer		Microbiology and Archaea
+49 6151 16-23670
B2|08 108
Prof. Dr. Jörg Simon
Dean
Microbial energy conversion & biotechnology
+49 6151 16-24680
B2|03 308
Prof. Dr. Viktor Stein		Protein engineering: signalling and transport
+49 6151 16-21947
B2|05 208
Prof. Dr. Beatrix Suess		Synthetic RNA biology
+49 6151 16-22000
B2|03 064
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Thiel		Plant membrane biophysics
+49 6151 16-21940
B1|01 183
Prof. Dr. Torsten Waldminghaus		Molecular microbiology
20332
B2/05 207
Prof. Dr. Heribert Warzecha		Plant biotechnology & metabolic engineering
+49 6151 16-20900
B1|02 4

Junior & independent faculty

  Name Working area(s) Contact
Madeleine Crößmann-Amend 		Fachdidaktik Biologie
+49 6151 16-22059
B2I03 132
PD Dr. Arnulf Kletzin		Sulfur biochemistry & microbial bioenergetics
+49 6151 16-23682
B2|03 355
Dr. Andreas Leclerque		Insect-associated Microorganisms and Microbial Control
B1|02 102
Dr. Meike Saul		Extracellular vesicles & miRNA research
+49 6151 16-22005
B2|03 E27
PD Dr. Simon Poppinga		Botanical Garden, Plant biomechanics, functional morphology, and biomimetics
22340
B1/08
Dr. Julia Weigand		RNA biochemistry
+49 6151 16-22005
B2|03 E27

Associated faculty

  Name Working area(s) Contact
PD Dr. Jürgen Gross
Head of Applied Chemical Ecology Lab
Institute for plant protection in fruit crops and viticulture, Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) Dossenheim
+49 (0) 6221 868 05-21
apl. Prof. Dr. Johannes Jehle		Institute for Biological Control Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants, Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), About Johannes Jehle
+49 6151 407220
Prof. Dr. Heinz Koeppl
Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, TU Darmstadt
Self-Organizing Systems
+49 6151 16-57 235
S3|06 202
PD Dr. Tobias Meckel
Department of Chemistry, TU Darmstadt
Membrane and paper dynamics
+49 6151 16-23729
L2|04 E307
PD Dr. Matthias Munk
Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
Neural plasticity modulated by oscillations
+49 6151 16-20952
Prof. Dr. Burkhard Jakob
Head Molecular Radiobiology & Imaging Group
Dept. Biophysics GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung

Emeritus Professors

Prof. Dr. Adam Bertl

Yeast Membrane Biology

Prof Dr. Paul Layer

Developmental Biology and Neurogenetics

Prof. Dr. Angelika Schwabe-Kratochwil

Vegetation Ecology and Restoration Ecology

Former junior & independent labs

PD Dr. Christopher Kaiser-Bunbury

Applied Network Ecology and Island Conservation

PD Dr. Indra Schröder

High Resolution Ion Channel Dynamics

PD Dr. Astrid Vogel-Höpker

Regulation of Early Eye Development