Prof. Dr. Jan de Vries

Professor of Applied Bioinformatics


  • 2011 B.Sc. Biology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
  • 2013 M.Sc. Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden
  • 2016 Dr. rer. nat., summa cum laude, Institute of Molecular Evolution, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
  • 2016-2019 Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Canada
  • 2016-2018 DFG Research Fellow
  • 2019 DFG Return Grant, Institute of Microbiology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
  • 2019-2024 ERC Starting Grant
  • 2019-2021 Junior Professor (tenure track), Department of Applied Bioinformatics at the Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Göttingen
  • Since 2022 University Professor, Department of Applied Bioinformatics at the Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Göttingen
  • Since 2024 Speaker of the DFG Priority Program 2237 “MAdLand”



Major Research Interests


  • Plant Evolution & Plant Terrestrialization
  • Comparative Functional Genomics
  • Evolutionary Bioinformatics



Homepage Department/Research Group
https://streptophytes.com
https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/613776.html

ORCID: 0000-0003-3507-5195