Prof. Dr. Claus-Peter Witte

Prof. Dr. Claus-Peter Witte
Address
Herrenhäuser Straße 2
30419 Hannover
Building
Room
101
Prof. Dr. Claus-Peter Witte
Address
Herrenhäuser Straße 2
30419 Hannover
Building
Room
101
Positions
Executive Director
Institute of Plant Nutrition
Representatives for Professors
Faculty Council, Faculty of Natural Sciences
Representatives for Professors
Curriculum and Teaching Committee, Horticultural Science (BSc / MSc) / Plant Biotechnology (BSc / MSc) and Plant Biology (MSc)
Representatives for Professors
Admissions Board for MSc Plant Biotechnology
Deputy Representatives for Professors
Coordination Board, Faculty of Natural Sciences
Professors
Institute of Plant Nutrition

Focus in research and teaching

  • Nucleoitide catabolismn
  • Urea  catabolismn
  • Tymidine  catabolismn
  • Metabolic analytics

Curriculum vitae

  • Professional background
    • 1991-1997 Studies of Biotechnology at the Technical University Braunschweig
    • 1996-1997 Diploma thesis at the University Córdoba (Spain), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, in the group of Emilio Fernández
    • 1997-2001 PhD thesis at the Scottish Crop Research Institut (UK), Department of Biochemistry, in the group of Howard Davies
    • 1997-2001 first a fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) then a Marie Curie fellowship from the European Commission.
    • 2001-2004 Postdoc at the Max-Planck-Institut for Plant Breeding Research (Cologne), Department for Plant Microbe Interactions (Paul Schulze-Lefert), in the group of Tina Romeis
    • 2001-2003 EMBO long term fellowship
    • 2005-2009 Lecturer (C1) at the Freie Universitaet Berlin, Department of Plant Biochemistry, in the group of Tina Romeis
    • 2009-2014 Group leader of a German-Chinese junior research group at the Freie Universitaet Berlin, Department of Plant Biochemistry
    • 2012 Habilitation in Botany at the faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy at the Freie Universitaet Berlin
    • 2014 Professor at the Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Institute for Plant Nutrition, Department of Molecular Nutrition and Biochemistry of Plants