Prof. Dr. Alga Zuccaro

Education

2004

Dr. rer. nat. in Biology (PhD, Summa cum laude = with highest honor); Institute of Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany

2000

Diploma, Biology (110/110); Faculty of Science, University of Ancona, Italy
 

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Current Position

since 2023

Tenured Professor (W3) for Ecological Genetics of Microbes (CEPLAS); Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, Germany
 

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Previous Positions

2014 - 2023

Tenured Professor (W2) for Ecological Genetics of Microbes (CEPLAS); Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, Germany

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2014

Junior Professor (W1) for Ecological Genetics of Microbes (CEPLAS); Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, Germany

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2011 - 2016

Research Group Leader; Department of Organismic Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany

2010 – 2011

Project Group Leader; Department of Organismic Interactions, Max Plank Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany

2007 – 2010

Group Leader; Institute of Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany

2004 – 2007

Postdoc and Staff Member; Institute of Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
 

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Commissions of Trust

since 2014

Member of the CEPLAS Bachelor Program Quantitative Biology Study Commission, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and University of Cologne

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since 2015 

Coordinator of Research Area 2, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences, CEPLAS

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since 2018 

Speaker of the SPP2125 initiative DECRyPT Priority Program of the DFG, "Deconstruction and Reconstruction of the Plant Microbiota".

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since 2020 

Coordinator of the CRC1403 Cell-Death-RTG (Integrated Research TrainingGroup) and part of the Management Committee of the CRC1403

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since 2022 

Spokesperson & Coordinator of iHEAD “Immunometabolism in Health and Disease” Profilbildungsinitiative NRW MKW

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Fellowships and Awards

2005

Post doctoral research project (AFTOL assembling the fungal tree of life); Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, USA

2001

DAAD (Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdienst); Institute of Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany

2001

Molitoris Scholarship for Marine Mycology; City University of Hong Kong. Award

1998

SAS Exchange Programme Course (Socrates/Erasmus); University of Wolverhampton, UK