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Curriculum vitae Prof. Dr. Uwe Homberg

  • Education

    1992 Habilitation in Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany
    1982 Dr. rer.nat., Faculty of Biology, Free University Berlin, Germany
    1979 Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA, Summer Course “Neural Systems and Behavior”
    1978 Diploma in Biology, Faculty of Biology, Free University Berlin

  • Academic and professional career

    1997 - 2021 Professor, Department of Neurobiology/Ethology, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
    2003 - 2013 Adjunct Professor, ARL Division of Neurobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
    1995 - 1997 Acting Chair of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Regensburg
    1992 - 1995 Heisenberg-Fellow, Faculty of Biology, University of Regensburg
    1991 - 1992 Heisenberg-Fellow, Faculty of Biology, University of Konstanz
    1988 - 1991 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Biology, University of Konstanz
    1988 - 1998 Adjunct Assistant Professor, ARL Division of Neurobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
    1985 - 1988 Postdoctoral Fellow, ARL Division of Neurobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
    1984 - 1985 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, USA
    1982 - 1983 Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Biology, Technical University Berlin, Germany

  • Institutional responsibilities

    2017 - 2021 Founding Member, Board of Directors, Center for Mind, Brain, and Behavior (CMBB), Philipps-Universität Marburg and Justus Liebig University of Gießen, Germany
    2014 - 2021 Chair, MSc Programs on Neurosciences, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
    2009 - 2011 Dean, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
    2008 - 2009 Vice-Dean, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany

  • Commissions of trust

    2010 - 2013 Member of Council, International Society for Neuroethology
    2005 - 2009 Member, executive committee, and spokesman of the section Behavioural Neurosciences, German Society for Neuroscience

  • Fellowships, awards and third party funding

    2007 - 2010 European Office of Aerospace Research and Development (EOARD), FA8655-08-1-3021: Nocturnal visual orientation in flying insects: a benchmark for the design of vision-based sensors in micro-aerial vehicles
    1991 - 1995 Heisenberg Fellowship, German Research Foundation
    1988 - heute Continuous funding by Research Grants from German Research Foundation (HO 950/3 - HO 950/25)
    1984 - 1985 Research Fellowship, German Research Foundation

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