Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Jakob Franke

since 01/2020
W2 Tenure Track Professor for Biochemistry of Plant Specialised Metabolites, Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany

since 10/2019
Emmy Noether group leader, Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany

12/2017 - 01/2020
Junior Research Group Leader with Prof. Russell Cox, Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany

12/2015 - 11/2017
Postdoc with Prof. Sarah O'Connor, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

10/2011 - 11/2015
PhD thesis with Prof. Christian Hertweck, Hans Knoell Institute, Jena, Germany

03/2011 - 09/2011
Master thesis with Prof. Christian Hertweck, Hans Knoell Institute, Jena, Germany

10/2009 - 09/2011
M.Sc. Chemistry, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

03/2009 - 07/2009
Bachelor thesis with Prof. Peter Spiteller, Technical University, Munich, Germany

10/2006 - 09/2009
B.Sc. Biochemistry, Technical University, Munich, Germany

2019
DFG Emmy Noether Fellowshipg

2019
Material Cost Allowances of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI)

2017
Royal Society of Chemistry Poster Award, Directing Biosynthesis V, University of Warwick, UK

2016
PhD award, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

2015
DFG Post-doctoral Research Fellowship

• GDCh: German Chemical Society
• VBio: Association for Biology, Bioscience, and Biomedicine
• DBG: German Society for Plant Sciences