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Joerg Bewersdorf, Dr. rer. nat.

Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Cell Biology
Principal Investigator
Cell Biology

Dr. rer. nat. (PhD equivalent) - University of Heidelberg, Germany - 2002

Curriculum Vitae

2022 - present            Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

2022 - present            Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Cell Biology

2021 - present            Secondary appointment, Dept. of Physics, Yale University

2018 – present            Professor (tenured), Dept. of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine

2014 – 2018                   Associate Professor (tenured), Dept. of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine

2012 – present            Member, Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine

2011 – present            Secondary appointment, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University

2009 – 2014                 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine

2005 – 2009                Associate Research Scientist/Research Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory,
                                            Bar Harbor, Maine

2002 – 2005                Postdoctoral Associate, Dept. of NanoBiophotonics (S.W. Hell),
                                            Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany

1998 – 2002                 Doctoral Thesis (University of Heidelberg, Germany) with Leica
                                            Microsystems, Mannheim, and Max Planck Institute for Biophysical
                                            Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany (mentor: S.W. Hell)

1992 – 1998                  Study of physics at University of Freiburg, Germany,
                                           Glasgow University, U.K., and  University of Heidelberg, Germany

Contact Info

joerg.bewersdorf@yale.edu