Plant Genomes & Evolution

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Professor, Department of Botany, University of Düsseldorf

EDUCATION:
Dr Martin majored in Botany at the University of Hannover, graduated in 1985 and finished his PhD thesis in 1988 at the Max-Planck-Institute in Cologne under Heinz Saedler on molecular genetics and plant evolution. In 1989 he moved to Rüdiger Cerff's group at the Institute of Genetics of the University of Braunschweig to work on molecular evolution and endosymbiosis.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr Martin’s main scientific interests are endosymbiosis, cell evolution, and plant evolution.