Newly appointed professors 2021

Each year, about 30 appointment procedures are completed successfully at the University. Here, you can find all newly appointed professors at a glance.

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  • Rosalind Allen
    Prof. allen
    Prof. allen
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)

    Denomination: Theoretical Microbial Ecology

    Previous employer: University of Edinburgh

  • Ilona Croy
    Ilona Croy
    Ilona Croy
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

    Professorship: Clinical Psychology

    Previous employer: TU Dresden

  • Bas Dutilh

    Professorship: Viral Ecology

    Previous employer: Utrecht University

  • Tanja Groten
    Tanja Groten
    Tanja Groten
    Image: Ann Schroll/UKJ

    Professorship: Obstetrics and Maternal Health

    Previous employer: Jena University Hospital

  • Johannes Hackl
    Johannes Hackl
    Johannes Hackl
    Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)

    Professorship: Languages and Cultures of the Ancient Near East

    Previous employer: Leipzig University

  • Andreas Hejnol
    Prof. Hejnol
    Prof. Hejnol
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)

    Professorship: Zoology

    Previous employer: University of Bergen, Norway 

  • Ute Hellmich
    Ute Hellmich
    Ute Hellmich
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

    Professorship: Biostructural Interactions

    Previous employer: Mainz University (Germany)

  • Peter Huppke
    Peter Huppke
    Peter Huppke
    Image: Foto UKJ

    Professorship: Neuropaediatrics 

    Previous employer: University Göttingen

  • Sarah Jäger
    Sarah Jäger
    Sarah Jäger
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

    Professorship: Systematic Theology/Ethics

    Previous employer: Church University Wuppertal (Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal, Germany)

  • Andriy Khobta
    Andriy Khobta
    Andriy Khobta
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

    Professorship: Nutritional Toxicology

    Previous employer: University Mainz

  • Nele Kuhlmann
    Nele Kuhlmann
    Nele Kuhlmann
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

    Professorship: General/Systematic Education

    Previous employer: University Bayreuth

  • Anja Laukötter
    Anja Laukötter
    Anja Laukötter
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

    Professorship: Cultural history with a Focus on Museum/Museum Studies

    Previous employer: Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin

  • Kai Lawonn
    Kai Lawonn
    Kai Lawonn
    Image: privat/Lawonn

    Professorship: Visualization

    Previous employer: University of Jena

  • Sina Leipold
    Sina Leipold
    Sina Leipold
    Image: André Künzelmann / UFZ

    Professorship: Environmental Politics

    Previous employer: Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg

  • Roland Maier
    Roland Maier
    Roland Maier
    Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)

    Professorship: Numerical Analysis,

    Previous employer: Chalmers University of Technology und University of Gothenburg

  • Stefanie Middendorf
    Stefanie Middendorf
    Stefanie Middendorf
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)

    Professorship: 20th Century and Contemporary History

    Previous employer: Freie Universität Berlin

  • Javier Miranda
    Javier Miranda
    Javier Miranda
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

    Professorship: Microeconomics, Productivity Research

    Previous employer: US Bureau of the Census (Washington D.C.)

  • Sven Möbius-Winkler
    Sven Möbius-Winkler
    Sven Möbius-Winkler
    Image: Michael Szabó/UKJ

    Professorship: Invasive Cardiac Functional Diagnostics

    Previous employer: University of Jena

  • Martin Oschatz
    Martin Oschatz
    Martin Oschatz
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

    Professorship: Chemistry of Materials for Energy Applications

    Previous employer: Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam (Germany)

  • Adrian Tibor Press
    Dr. Adrian Press
    Dr. Adrian Press
    Image: Michael Szabó/UKJ

    Professorship: Molecular Medicine of Life-threatening Infections

    Previous employer: Jena University Hospital

  • Jonas Sauer

    Professorship: Analysis

    Previous employer: TU Delft (Netherlands)

  • Michael Schart
    Michael Schart
    Michael Schart
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

    Professorship: Methodology and Didactics of German as a Foreign and Second Language

    Previous employer: Keio University Tokyo

  • Indra Schröder
    Indra Schröde
    Indra Schröde
    Image: Michael Szabó/UKJ

    Professorship: Biophysics of ion channels

  • Pierre Stallforth
    Pierre Stallforth
    Pierre Stallforth
    Image: Anna Schroll/Leibniz-HKI

    Professorship: Bioorganic Chemistry and Palaeobiotechnology

    Previous employer: Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology -
    Hans Knöll Institute

  • Daniel Streitz
    Daniel Streitz
    Daniel Streitz
    Image: Fotowerk Halle

    Professorship: Finance, Law, and Regulation

    Previous employer: Copenhagen Business School

  • Hendrik Süß
    Hendrik Süß
    Hendrik Süß
    Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)

    Professorship: Algebra

    Previous employer: University of Manchester 

  • Dario Riccardo Valenzano
    Dario R. Valenzano
    Dario R. Valenzano
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

    Professorship: Functional Microbiota-Host Interaction in Ageing

    Previous employer: Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne

  • Christoph Vatter
    Christoph Vatter
    Christoph Vatter
    Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)

    Professorship: Intercultural Business Communication with focus on the Theory of
    Culture and Communication

    Previous employer: Universität des Saarlandes und Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

  • Melanie Weirich
    Melanie Weirich
    Melanie Weirich
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

    Professorship: Linguistics and Phonetics

    Previous employer: Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS)

  • Sebastian Weis
    Prof. Weis
    Prof. Weis
    Image: UKJ

    Professorship: Translational infection research

    Previous employer: Jena University Hospital

  • Roland Winkler
    Roland Winkler
    Roland Winkler
    Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)

    Professorship: Macroeconomics

    Previous employer: University Antwerpen

  • Christina Zielinski
    Christina Zielinski
    Christina Zielinski
    Image: Anna Schroll/Leibniz-HKI

    Professorship: Infection Immunology

    Previous employer: TU München and German Center for Infection Research

  • Alexander Zipprich
    Alexander Zipprich
    Alexander Zipprich
    Image: Michael Szabó/UKJ

    Professorship: Hepatology

    Previous employer: Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

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