Jan de Vries

Prof. Jan de Vries is a University Professor at the Department of Applied Bioinformatics at the Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Göttingen. He holds leadership roles including Speaker of the DFG Priority Program 2237 “MAdLand” and has been awarded prestigious grants like the ERC Starting Grant (2019-2024). His research focuses on plant evolution, comparative genomics, and bioinformatics.

Education:

• B.Sc. Biology, Technical University of Braunschweig (2011)
• M.Sc. Biology, Uppsala University (2013)
• Dr. rer. nat., summa cum laude, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (2016)

Research Interests:

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

His work bridges genomics, phylogenetics, and environmental adaptation, particularly in streptophytes and algal-plant transitions.

Grants & Awards:

• DFG Research Fellow (2016-2018)
• DFG Return Grant (2019)
• ERC Starting Grant (2019-2024)

Labs & Teams: Leads the streptophyte research group (https://streptophytes.com), affiliated with Göttingen Graduate Center for Neuroscience, Biophysics and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB) in Microbiology and Biochemistry.