Principal Investigator
Institute of Biology 1,
Abt. Entwicklungsbiologie
Hauptstr. 1
79104 Freiburg
- +49(0)761 / 203-2587
- driever@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
- W3 Professor of Developmental Biology
Academic Education
| 1979 – 1986 | Study of Biochemistry (German M.Sc. equivalent) at the Universities of Tübingen (ALU) and Munich (LMU) |
Scientific Degrees
| 2003 | Dr. rer. nat. (PhD equivalent), Genetics and molecular biology of bicoid, a gene that acts as a maternal morphogen to determine pattern in the Drosophila embryo (summa cum laude) |
Professional Experience
| Since 1996 | Full Professor of Developmental Biology, Freiburg University, Institute of Biology I |
| 1991 – 1996 | Assistant Professor of Medicine (Genetics), Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston |
| 1990 – 1991 | Postdoctoral Research at the Institute of Neurosciences, University of Oregon (Group of Prof. M. Westerfield) |
| 1989 – 1990 | Postdoc at the MPI Developmental Biology, Tübingen (Group of Prof. C. Nüsslein-Volhardt) |
Other activities, awards and honours
| 2014 – 2016 | Dean, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg |
| Since 2007 | Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS) Coordinator of Research Area B (Supracelluar Signalling) |
| 2001 – 2012 | Initiator and Speaker of SFB 592 “Signaling Mechanisms in Embryogenesis and Organogenesis” |
| 1998 – 1999 | President, German Society for Developmental Biology |
| 1997 | Otto Mangold Award of the German Society for Developmental Biology |
| 1996 | Co-Founder, DeveloGen AG Göttingen |
| 1988 | Otto Hahn Medal of the Max-Planck-Society |
