Newly appointed professors 2021

Each year, about 30 appointment procedures are completed successfully at the University. Here, you can find all newly appointed professors at a glance.

Appointments 2021

Rosalind Allen
Prof. allen
Prof. allen
Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)

Denomination: Theoretical Microbial Ecology

Previous employer: University of Edinburgh

Ilona Croy

Professorship: Clinical Psychology

Previous employer: TU Dresden

Bas Dutilh

Professorship: Viral Ecology

Previous employer: Utrecht University

Tanja Groten
Tanja Groten
Tanja Groten
Image: Ann Schroll/UKJ

Professorship: Obstetrics and Maternal Health

Previous employer: Jena University Hospital

Johannes Hackl

Professorship: Assyriology

Previous employer: Leipzig University

Andreas Hejnol
Prof. Hejnol
Prof. Hejnol
Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)

Professorship: Zoology

Previous employer: University of Bergen, Norway 

Ute Hellmich
Ute Hellmich
Ute Hellmich
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

Professorship: Biostructural Interactions

Previous employer: Mainz University (Germany)

Peter Huppke
Peter Huppke
Peter Huppke
Image: Foto UKJ

Professorship: Neuropaediatrics 

Previous employer: University Göttingen

Sarah Jäger
Sarah Jäger
Sarah Jäger
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

Professorship: Systematic Theology/Ethics

Previous employer: Church University Wuppertal (Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal, Germany)

Andriy Khobta
Andriy Khobta
Andriy Khobta
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

Professorship: Nutritional Toxicology

Previous employer: University Mainz

Nele Kuhlmann
Nele Kuhlmann
Nele Kuhlmann
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

Professorship: General/Systematic Education

Previous employer: University Bayreuth

Anja Laukötter
Anja Laukötter
Anja Laukötter
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

Professorship: Cultural history with a Focus on Museum/Museum Studies

Previous employer: Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin

Kai Lawonn
Kai Lawonn
Kai Lawonn
Image: privat/Lawonn

Professorship: Visualization

Previous employer: University of Jena

Sina Leipold
Sina Leipold
Sina Leipold
Image: André Künzelmann / UFZ

Professorship: Environmental Politics

Previous employer: Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg

Roland Maier

Professorship: Numerical Analysis,

Previous employer: Chalmers University of Technology und University of Gothenburg

Stefanie Middendorf

Professorship: 20th Century and Contemporary History

Previous employer: Freie Universität Berlin

Javier Miranda

Professorship: Microeconomics, Productivity Research

Previous employer: US Bureau of the Census (Washington D.C.)

Sven Möbius-Winkler
Sven Möbius-Winkler
Sven Möbius-Winkler
Image: Michael Szabó/UKJ

Professorship: Invasive Cardiac Functional Diagnostics

Previous employer: University of Jena

Martin Oschatz
Martin Oschatz
Martin Oschatz
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

Professorship: Chemistry of Materials for Energy Applications

Previous employer: Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam (Germany)

Adrian Tibor Press
Dr. Adrian Press
Dr. Adrian Press
Image: Michael Szabó/UKJ

Professorship: Molecular Medicine of Life-threatening Infections

Previous employer: Jena University Hospital

Jonas Sauer

Professorship: Analysis

Previous employer: TU Delft (Netherlands)

Michael Schart

Professorship: Methodology and Didactics of German as a Foreign and Second Language

Previous employer: Keio University Tokyo

Indra Schröder
Indra Schröde
Indra Schröde
Image: Michael Szabó/UKJ

Professorship: Biophysics of ion channels

Pierre Stallforth

Professorship: Bioorganic Chemistry and Palaeobiotechnology

Previous employer: Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology -
Hans Knöll Institute

Daniel Streitz
Daniel Streitz
Daniel Streitz
Image: Fotowerk Halle

Professorship: Finance, Law, and Regulation

Previous employer: Copenhagen Business School

Hendrik Süß

Professorship: Algebra

Previous employer: University of Manchester 

Dario Riccardo Valenzano
Dario R. Valenzano
Dario R. Valenzano
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

Professorship: Functional Microbiota-Host Interaction in Ageing

Previous employer: Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne

Christoph Vatter

Professorship: Intercultural Business Communication with focus on the Theory of
Culture and Communication

Previous employer: Universität des Saarlandes und Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Melanie Weirich

Professorship: Linguistics and Phonetics

Previous employer: Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS)

Sebastian Weis
Prof. Weis
Prof. Weis
Image: UKJ

Professorship: Translational infection research

Previous employer: Jena University Hospital

Roland Winkler
Roland Winkler
Roland Winkler
Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)

Professorship: Macroeconomics

Previous employer: University Antwerpen

Christina Zielinski
Christina Zielinski
Christina Zielinski
Image: Anna Schroll/Leibniz-HKI

Professorship: Infection Immunology

Previous employer: TU München and German Center for Infection Research

Alexander Zipprich
Alexander Zipprich
Alexander Zipprich
Image: Michael Szabó/UKJ

Professorship: Hepatology

Previous employer: Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg