Matias Hernandez
Project Group Leader, Structural Biochemistry
Membrane fusion between cells
Vita
Education
2007– 2011
PhD in Biology, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany
Supervisor: Reinhard Jahn. Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
2007– 2005
Honours Thesis and MSc in Chemistry, University of Sydney, Australia
Supervisor: Robert Gilbert
2002 – 2004
BSc in Molecular Biotechnology and Chemistry, University of Sydney, Australia
Current Position
2021– now
Project Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
Previous Positions
2016 – 2021
Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
2013 – 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
Supervisor: Petra Schwille
2011 – 2013
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
Supervisor: Reinhard Jahn
Fellowships and Awards
2014 – 2015
Postdoctoral fellowship of the Peter und Traudl-Engelhorn Foundation
2013
Biochemical Journal Award awarded at Cell-Cell Fusion EMBO workshop, Israel
2012
Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society
2007 – 2011
PhD fellowship, National Commission for Technological and Scientific Research of Chile
2006
Australian Postgraduate Award (for MSc)
2006
Bruce Veness Chandler Scholarship in Chemistry
2005
University Medal (highest accolade at an Australian university)