TU Braunschweig
Zoological Institute
Zelluläre und Molekulare Neurobiologie
Spielmannstraße 7
38106 Braunschweig
Germany
Tel: +49 531 391 3230
Fax: +49 531 391 8178
Email: r.koester[at]tu-bs.de
Professional Experience/Education
2020-2021: President of the Gesellschaft für Genetik
2019-2021: Senator of the TU Braunschweig
2017-2019: Dean of the Life Science Faculty, TU Braunschweig
since 2013: Full Professor of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Zoological Institute, TU Braunschweig
2010-2013: Professor of Cell Biology and Cell Physiology, Zoological Institute, TU Braunschweig
2008-2010: Malik MZSG Master of Management, Malik Management Zentrum St. Gallen
2003-2010: Independent Groupleader of Zebrafish Neuroimaging Group, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Developmental Genetics
1998-2003: Postdoctoral Scholar (Laboratory of Prof. Dr. Scott E. Fraser), California Institute of Technology, Biological Imaging Center, Pasadena, USA
1995-1998: PhD Student (Laboratory of Prof. Dr. Jochen Wittbrodt), Max-Planck-Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
1989-1994: Studies in Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg and Physiological Chemistry
Awards and Fellowships
2014: Ars Legendi Fakultätenpreis für exzellente Hochschullehre
2014: Bildungspreis der Allianz für die Region
2008: Young Investigator of European Network of Neuroscience Institutes (ENI-Net)
2003: BioFuture-Award of German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
1999: Best PhD Award of German Society of Developmental Biology (GfE)
1999-2001: Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO), Postdoctoral Fellowship
1998-1999: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Postdoctoral Fellowship
1996-1998: Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds, Ph.D. Fellowhship
1990-1994: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Undergraduate and Graduate Student Fellowship
Exhibition of Scientific Art
2011: Scientific Art Exhibition "Bilder des Gehirns", Haus der Wissenschaft, TU Braunschweig
2009: Scientific Art Exhibition "Wunderkammer Wissenschaft", Helmholtz Gemeinschaft
2003: Scientific Art Exhibition: Genomic Issue(s), Art Gallery of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York
2003: Scientific Art Exhibition: photoGenesis: Opus2, St. Barbara Museum of Art
Genes & Associates
Geneaesthetics