Prof. Dr. Falk Harnisch
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Prof. Dr. Falk Harnisch
Co-Head of Department
Group Leader
Department Microbial Biotechnology
Working Group Electrobiotechnology
Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Phone +49 341 6025-1337
falk.harnisch@ufz.de
CV / Scientific Career
since 2024
Co-Head of Department
since 2019
Full Professor
Group leader
2016
Habilitation
2012 –
2019
Young Investigators Group Leader
Department Microbial Biotechnology at Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Germany
Group leader at Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research and Full Professor (W3) for "Electrobiotechnology" at Leipzig University, Germany
Leipzig University, Germany
venia legendi in Biochemistry/ Biophysical Chemistry
Group of Microbial Bioelectrocatalysis & Bioelectrotechnology
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
Association:
Institute of Biochemistry
, Leipzig University
2016-2019 Privatdozent (PD)
2011
Visiting Academic
(6 months)
Advanced Water Management Centre
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
2008 – 2012
Senior Scientist
Institute of Environmental & Sustainable Chemistry
TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
2006 – 2008
PhD-studies
Institute of Biochemistry
University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
2009 PhD in Environmental Chemistry (summa cum laude)
2001 – 2006
Diploma studies
Institute of Biochemistry
University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
2006 Diploma in Biochemistry (very good)
2003 Pre-Diploma in Biochemistry (good)
2021-2023
2018-2023
2016-2018
President
of the International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology
Member of the Board of Directors and Vice President (2019-2021)
of the International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology
Co-Speaker
of the Future Panel (Zukunftsforum) of the DECHEMA
since 2024
since 2021
since 2019
since 2016
since 2014
Member of the Editorial Board of
ChemSusChem
Topical Editor "Biotechnology" for
ChemText
Member of the Editorial Board of
Environmental Sciene & Ecotechnology
Review Editor for
Frontiers in Microbiologie/ Energy Research
Member of the Editorial Board of Engineering in Life Science
2015
UFZ Research Award
by the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
2015
Science for Solving Society’s Problems Challenge - Award
by the Electrochemical Society (ECS)
2012
Helmholtz Young Investigators Group
by the Helmholtz Association and the UFZ
2012
BMBF-Award Biotechnology 2020+
by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
2011
Australia Award: Endeavour-Research Fellowship
by the Australian Government
2011
DAAD Post-Doctoral-Fellowship
by the German Academic Exchange Service
2010
Most Cited Article 2005-2009 Award
by Electrochemistry Communications
2009
Promotion Award (best Thesis Award)
by the subdivision for Applied Electrochemistry of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
2008
1st Prize for the Best Oral Presentation
at the 10th Young Scientists Conference on Chemistry of the German Chemical Society (GDCh), Rostock, Germany
2007-2008
PhD–scholarship
of the German Federal Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt)
2006-2008
PhD-scholarship
of the German Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
2006
METROHM – Award
for the promotion of young scientists (younger than 35 years) 1st place at the ELACH 7 conference on Applied and Analytical Electrochemistry, Waldheim, Germany