Peter Nick
Peter Nick (born October 1, 1962 in Leutkirch im Allgäu ) is a German molecular biologist , he is head of molecular cell biology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), long-time Dean of Studies for Chemistry and Biology, co-initiator of the Forum for Critical Interdisciplinarity (FKI) and Laureate of the State Teaching Prize Baden-Württemberg 2015.
Live and act
After attending primary school at Schloss Zeil and high school in Leutkirch im Allgäu with high school diploma in 1981, Peter Nick began studying biology at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg (1981-1986) with a semester abroad at the University of St Andrews in Scotland .
The diploma examination in biology in Freiburg with a grade of very good (1986) was followed by postgraduate studies with a doctorate (1990). After research stays in the Frontier Research Program, Wako-shi in Japan and at the CNRS-IBMP in Strasbourg , Peter Nick completed his habilitation and received the Venia legendi in botany (1996). As an assistant or senior assistant at the Institute for Biology II, Freiburg, he became head of the junior research group “Dynamics of the Plant Cell Skeleton - Molecular Cell Biology in Vivo”, which was set up by the VW Foundation.
In 2003 Peter Nick accepted the professorship “Molecular Cell Biology” at the Botanical Institute 1 at the University of Karlsruhe , of which he became head in 2005. From 2004 to 2014 he was also Dean of Studies at the Faculty of Chemistry and Biosciences. He turned down offers to the universities of Frankfurt, Darmstadt and Salzburg.
He and Mathias Gutmann received the State Teaching Prize Baden-Württemberg in 2015 for the FKI initiative.
Peter Nick is married and has two children.
Awards and honors (selection)
- 1981: State winner Baden-Württemberg in youth research
- 1981–1990: Scholarship and doctoral scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation
- 1990–1992: Scholarship from Science and Technology Agency, Japan
- 1992–1994: Grant from the Human Frontier Science Program Organization
- 1994–1996: Habilitation grant from the German Research Foundation
- 1999–2004: Junior Research Group of the Volkswagen Foundation
- 2007: Teaching award from the Faculty of Chemistry and Biosciences, TU Karlsruhe
- 2014: Teaching award from the Faculty of Chemistry and Biosciences, KIT
- 2015: Teaching award from the state of Baden-Württemberg
Work (selection)
- 1985 Bachelor Sci. Thesisː "Heterophylly in a Potamogeton Species"
- 1986 Diploma thesisː "Photogravitropism and polarity in maize germ buds"
- 1990 Dissertationː "Experiment on tropism, transverse polarity and microtubules"
- 1996 Habilitation thesisː "Single cell and plant shape"
- 2003 editor-in-chief of PROTOPLASMA
- 2005 Professor and Head of the Botanical Institute 1, Karlsruhe
- 2011 Series Editor Plant Cell Monographs (Springer)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Nick on the KIT Botanical Institute and Molecular Cell Biology website
- ↑ Website FKI Karlsruhe
- ↑ Press release on the state teaching award for BW
- ^ Peter Nick in IDW Information Service of Science
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nick, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German molecular biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leutkirch in the Allgäu |