Reinhard Sterner

Professor Dr. Reinhard Sterner

Natural Sciences Faculty III
Biochemistry II

Universitätsstrasse 31
D-93053 Regensburg

Phone: (Germany)941-943-3015

Email: reinhard.sterner[at]biologie.uni-regensburg.de

Curriculum vitae

1988

Diploma in Biology, University of Munich (Germany)

1988-1991

Doctoral thesis, University of Munich (Institute of Zoology: Prof. Dr. H. Decker)

1991-1997

Postdoctoral fellow, University of Basel (Switzerland)

(Biozentrum,  Department of Biophysical Chemistry: Prof. Dr. K. Kirschner)

1997

Habilitation in Biochemistry

1997-1999

Group leader (Heisenberg fellow of the DFG), University of Göttingen
(Institute of Microbiology and Genetics
: Prof. Dr. H.-J. Fritz)

1999-2003

Associate Professor of Biochemistry, University of Cologne (Germany)

Since 1/2004

Full Professor of Biochemistry, University of Regensburg (Germany)
Research Interests

Enzyme engineering by rational design and directed evolution

Natural enzyme evolution

Structure, function and stability of enzymes from hyperthermophiles

Protein-protein interactions in multi-enzyme complexes

Memberships

German node of the International Network of Protein Engineering Centres (INPEC)

Faculty of 1000

Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie

Chairman of the DFG priority program 1170:  “Directed evolution to optimize and understand molecular biocatalysts”