Regine Kahmann

Regine Kahmann is a Professor of Genetics at Philipps University Marburg and Director/Head of the Department of Organismic Interactions at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) in Marburg. Her academic career spans prestigious institutions including Ludwigs-Maximilians-University Munich, Max-Planck-Institutes for Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Education:

• Diplom in Biology, University of Göttingen (1972)
• Dr.rer.nat (Biology), Free University of Berlin (1974)

Research Interests:
Molecular phytopathology, fungal plant pathogens, signal perception/transmission, virulence determinants, effectors, comparative genomics, host specificity, and morphological differentiation in microbial systems.

Scientific Honors:

• Member, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (2008)
• Member, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (2001)
• Bavarian Order of Maximilian for Science and Art (1999)
• Member, Academia Europaea (1998)
• Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1998)
• Dannie Heineman Prize (1997)
• Member, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1995)
• Leibniz Prize (1993)
• Member, European Molecular Biology Organisation (1991)
• Teaching Prize, LMU Munich Biology Department