Scientific Career of Dr. Matthias Fischer

Education

2004-2011: Dissertation (Ph.D.) in Microbiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (Ph.D. supervisor: Prof. Dr. Curtis A. Suttle)
1997-2003: Studies of Biochemistry (Dipl. Biochem.), University of Bayreuth, Germany (Diploma supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christian F. Lehner)

2017-present: Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
2014-2017: Project leader, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
2011-2014: Postdoctoral fellow, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany

2016: Chica and Heinz Schaller Research Award
2012-2014: EMBO Long-Term Fellowship, Germany
2011: Captain Thomas S. Byrne Prize for outstanding doctoral thesis, Dpt. of Earth & Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Canada
2007-2008: Li Tze Fong Memorial Graduate Fellowship, University of British Columbia, Canada
2006-2007: Graduate Fellowship, University of British Columbia, Canada
2004-2006: Gottlieb Daimler- und Karl Benz International Student Fellowship, Germany / Canada
2000-2001: Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Scholarship, Germany
2000-2001: Fulbright Travel Scholarship, Univ. of Bayreuth, Germany / UC Berkeley, USA

November 2013: 1st International Symposium on Giant Virus Biology, Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany
November 2015: 2nd Ringberg Symposium on Giant Virus Biology, Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany
November 2017: 3rd Ringberg Symposium on Giant Virus Biology, Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany