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Plant Physiology Group

Juergen Kesselmeier

Citizen: German

Birth: 4 March, 1950 in Paderborn, Germany

Education

University of Cologne 1975 1. Staatsexamen Biology
University of Cologne 1976 1. Staatsexamen Chemistry
University of Cologne 1979 Dissertation in Botany
University of Cologne 1987 Habilitation in Botany
University of Mainz 1989 Habilitation in Botany

Career / Employment

1979 - 1987 Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, University of Cologne
1987 - 1988 Professor of Botany, University of Cologne
1997 - present Professor of Botany, University of Mainz
1988 - present Head of the Plant Physiology Group at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Dept. Biogeochemistry

Specialization

main field botany
other fields plant physiology, environmental biology, atmosphere;
current research plant metabolism and atmospheric environment, atmosphere biosphere interactions, exchange of trace gases between vegetation and atmosphere: volatile reduced sulfur compounds, non methane hydrocarbons, nitrogen compounds


Committees and Societies

  1. Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft
  2. Federal European Society of Plant Physiologists
  3. European Geophysical Union
  4. American Geophysical Union
  5. Graduiertenkolleg der DFG "Kreisläufe, Austauschprozesse und Wirkungen von Stoffen in der Umwelt", Universität Mainz
  6. Graduiertenkolleg der DFG "Spurenanalytik von Elementspezies: Methodenentwicklungen und Anwendungen", Universität Mainz
  7. Koordinationsausschuss Zentrum für Umweltforschung, Universität Mainz
  8. Member of the Editorial Board of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (European Geosciences Union)
  9. Co-Editor in Chief of Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union)