Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Polz
Professorship for Microbial Population Biology and Genetics at the Center for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science
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Curriculum Vitae:
1986-1991 Mag.rer.nat. in Zoology, University of Vienna
1992 Research stay at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
1991-1997 PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
1998-2004 Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
2000 Outstanding Young Investigator in Residence, Peter Wall Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2004-2009 Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
2009-2019 Full Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
2012 Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology
2013 Eli Lilli Award, American Association for Microbiology
2013 Frank Perkins Award for excellence in graduate student advising
2006-2014 Editor of "Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews"
2011-2017 Editor of "Environmental Microbiology"
since January 2020 Professor of Microbial Population Biology and Genetics Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Research, University of Vienna
Research areas:
* Microbial population genomics
* Evolutionary Ecology
* Microbial viruses
* Symbiosis