Prof. Dr. T. Nicolai Siegel
Principal Investigator
Scientific Education and Academic Positions
- since 2017
- W2 Professor
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Experimental Parasitology
Dept. Physiol. Chemistry, Biomedical Center Munich
Research Focus: Molecular and Systems Biology of Pathogens - 2012-2017
- ZINF Young Investigator
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Institute for Molecular Infection Biology (director: Jörg Vogel)
Research Focus: Trypanosoma gene regulation - 2009-2011
- EMBO / HFSP Postdoctoral Fellow
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Dept. of Parasitology & Mycology (mentor: Artur Scherf)
Research Focus: Non-protein-coding RNA in antigenic variation of malaria parasites - 2003-2009
- PhD Student
The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology (mentor: George A. M. Cross)
Research Focus: Regulation of gene expression in Trypanosoma brucei - 2002-2003
- Study abroad
ETH, Zürich, Switzerland
Dept. of Biology (mentor: Wolf-Dietrich Hardt) - 1999-2003
- Bachelor of sciences in biochemistry
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
With honors in biochemistry
Awards and Fellowships
- 2022
- ERC Consolidator Grant to study mechanisms controlling cell-to-cell heterogeneity in pathogen populations
- 2016
- ERC Starting Grant to study the role of 3D genome architecture in antigenic variation
- 2016
- Karl Asmund Rudolphi Medal. Awarded by the German Society for Parasitology for outstanding scientific achievements regarding the elucidation of epigenetic mechanisms of gene regulation in trypanosomes
- 2010
- HFSP (Human Frontier Science Program) long-term postdoctoral fellowship
- 2009
- EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization) long-term fellowship
- 2009
- Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, European Commission (declined)
- 2009
- DFG (German Research Foundation) postdoctoral fellowship (declined)
- 2005
- Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds, PhD fellowship