Rausch New Vice Rector Research at Heidelbergh University
26 July 2010
The Senate of Heidelberg University elected a new Vice Rector for Research and Structure at its most recent assembly (22 June 2010). Prof. Dr. Thomas Rausch has been entrusted with this post. The appointment takes effect as of 1 October 2010 for a period of three years. Thomas Rausch (b. 1953) studied biology and chemistry at Goethe University Frankfurt, obtaining a doctorate in 1981 with a dissertation in the field of botany. He remained at the Botanical Institute to complete his postdoctoral work. In 1988/1989 he was at the University of California in Santa Cruz (USA) and then returned to Frankfurt to complete his Habilitation in 1991. From 1990 to 1993 he headed a research group at the Botanical Institute and in 1994 was appointed professor of molecular ecophysiology of plants at Heidelberg University. The biologist is a co-founder of the Heidelberg Institute for Plant Science within Heidelberg University’s Faculty of Biosciences. As Vice Rector for Research and Structure he succeeds physicist Prof. Dr. Kurt Roth.
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Vice Rector for Research and Structure: Prof. Dr. Thomas Rausch