Curriculum Vitae of Marina Rodnina

Date of birth: November 19, 1960

Education
1982 - Diploma in Biology (specialization Genetics/Molecular Biology), University of Kiev, Ukraine
1989 - PhD in Molecular Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Acad. Sci. Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
1998 - Habilitation in Biochemistry, University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany

Current Position
Since 2008 - Director, Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen

Previous Positions
2000 - 2008 - Professor, Head of the Institute of Physical Biochemistry, University of Witten/Herdecke
1998 - 2000 - Associate Professor for Physical Biochemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Witten/Herdecke
1992 - 1998 - Assistant Investigator, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Witten/Herdecke
1990 - 1992 - Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Witten/Herdecke, with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wintermeyer
1982 - 1990 - Research Assistant, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Kiev, Ukraine

Fellowships and Awards
2016 - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
2015 - The Hans Neurath Award of the Protein Society
2008 - Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
2017 - Elected member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences
2004 - Elected Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization
1990 - 1992 - Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship

Commissions of Trust
Since 2015 - Member of the Collaborative Research Centers subcommittee of the Senate of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
Since 2016 - Editorial board member, RNA
Since 2015 - Scientific Advisory Board, Biochemistry Center of the University of Heidelberg (BZH) / Germany
Since 2014 - Chair and panel member of the review board of the German-Israeli Minerva Program
Since 2011 - Expert Board Member and Vice Chair of the International Training Programme, Research Executive Agency (REA)
Since 2005 - Editorial advisory board member, EMBO Journal, EMBO Reports, and Biochemistry
2009 - 2015 - Expert Panel Member for the ERC Starter Grants
2008 - 2015 - Panel Member of the review board of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2009 - 2012 - Panel Member of the PhD fellowship selection committee of the German Academic Exchange Agency (DAAD)

Committees/Services
Since 2013 - Dean of the International Max Planck Graduate School for Molecular Biology, Göttingen
Since 2010 - Speaker of the Biomolecules Programme of the Goettingen Graduate School for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences
Current - Member of 17 Thesis Advisory Committees of the Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences; Mentor for the Dorothea Schlözer Mentoring Programme. 2007 - 2009 - Board of Directors of the RNA Society
2006 - 2008 - Ombudsperson of the University of Witten/Herdecke
2002 - 2008 - Member of the Doctoral Program Committee at the University of Witten/Herdecke
2003 - 2008 - Chair of the Natural Science faculty committee for ECTS certification at the University of Witten/Herdecke
2016 - Meeting co-organizer, Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Translational Control / 1000 participants / Cold Spring Harbor, USA
2010 - Meeting lead organizer, Ribosome: Structure, Function and Dynamics / 300 participants / Orvieto, Italy
2009 - Meeting co-organizer, EMBO Conference Protein Synthesis and Translational control / 800 participants / Heidelberg, Germany
2004 - Meeting co-organizer, RNA Society Meeting / 1000 participants / Banff, Canada

Memberships of Scientific Societies
Since 2015 - Member of the Protein Society
Since 2005 - Member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Since 2004 - Member of the American Biophysical Society
Since 2004 - Member of the German University Association
Since 2003 - Member of the RNA Society
Since 1998 - Member of the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology