Reinhard Lührmann

Born on May 15, 1949 in Osnabrück. Study of chemistry at the University of Münster, diploma (1973), PhD with Prof. Gassen at the University of Münster (1973-1975), postdoctoral fellow with Prof. H.G. Wittmann at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin (1976-1980), head of a Max Planck junior research group, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (1981-1988), German Habilitation in biochemistry and molecular biology at the Free University of Berlin (1982), Professor for Physiological Chemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Marburg (1988-1999), Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Honorary Professor at the University of Marburg (since 2000).