Sophia Sonnewald
PD Dr. rer. nat. Sophia Sonnewald
Department Biologie
Chair of Biochemistry (Prof. Dr. Sonnewald)
Staudtstraße 5
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-25239
- Fax number: +49 9131 85-28254
- Email: sophia.sonnewald@fau.de
Academic Education and training
| 1989 – 1994 | Study of Biology at Humboldt University Berlin with Diploma in Biology, major studies: Plant Biology, Ecology |
| 1995 – 1999 | Graduate student at Humboldt University Berlin; Scholarships from the state of Berlin (NaföG) and the Humboldt University |
| 1999 | PhD at Humboldt University Berlin (Dr. rer. nat.) |
| 2017 | Habilitation in Biochemistry at the Faculty of Natural Science at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg |
Professional positions
| 1995 | Research Assistent, Brandenburgisch-Technische Universität Cottbus |
| 1999 – 2002 | Postdoc at the Institute for Plant genetics and crop plant research (IPK) Gatersleben, Dept. Molecular Cell Biology (Head Prof. Dr. U. Sonnewald) |
| 2002 – 2004 | Junior Group leader “Molecular Developmental Physiology”, IPK Gatersleben, Dept. Molecular Cell Biology |
| Since 2004 | Scientific assistant and group leader: “Molecular physiology and transcriptomics” at Division of Biochemistry of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremburg (Head Prof. Dr. U. Sonnewald) |
| 2013 | Academic adviser (Akademische Rätin) |
| 2016 | Academic senior adviser (Akademische Oberrätin) |
Others
| 2002 – 2004 | Several research stays at IARC Long Ashton / Rothamstedt Research UK, in Dr. P. Hedden‘s lab (funded by DAAD) |
| 2004 – 2007 | Coordinator of trilateral BMBF project: “GENOSOME” |
| Since 2020 | Editor of “Journal of Plant Physiology” Reviewing activities for different journals: e.g. JPGR, FIGE, JEXBOT, POTR |