Thomas Borsch
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Prof. Dr. Thomas BORSCH,
Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem,
Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
Phone: (+4930) 838-50133, Fax: (+4930) 838-50218, E-mail:
direktor@bgbm.org.
married, 2 daughters
born 18 February 1969 in Königstein im Taunus
Studies in Biology 1992-1996 in Frankfurt and Bonn
Dr. rer. nat. in Biology in 2000, Universität Bonn
Scientific career / Employments
1992-1994 | Research Assistant (part-time), Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt |
1999-2000 | Research Assistant, Institute of Botany, Universität Bonn |
2000-2005 | Scientific Assistant (C1), Nees Institute, Universität Bonn |
2005-2007 | Privatdozent, Nees Institute, Head of the laboratories of molecular systematics |
2007-2008 | Professor (W2) for Biodiversity and Evolution of plants, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Director of the Botanic Garden of the Universität Oldenburg |
2008- | Professor (W3) at the Institute of Biology, Systematic Botany and Plants Geography at the Freie Universität Berlin and Director of the Botanic Garden and the Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin |
Visiting scientist at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA (1997-1999), Visiting scientist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (1990, 6 months), at the Missouri Botanical Garden (1992, 3 months), and research stays (1-3 months) in Ethiopia, Bolivia, Mexico and Venezuela.
Evolution of flowering plants; molecular phylogenetics and especially mutational dynamics on non-coding genomic regions and their application of molecular markers; pollen morphology and ultrastructure research; genesis of biological diversity (based on the study of model groups such as the plant families Amaranthaceae and Nymphaeaceae); Assessment of plant diversity and taxonomy; endemism and biogeography of plants in biodiversity hotspots (especially Cuba and the Caucasus); conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
1987 | “Jugend forscht” 2. Bundespreis in Biologie |
1996 | Heinrich-Hörlein Gedächtnispreis, Universität Bonn |
1997-1999 | Scholarship Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
2006-2007 | Scholarship Heisenberg, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) |
2007- | Referee, Commission for Botany, Akademie der Literatur und der Wissenschaften, Mainz |
Journal of Systematics and Evolution (Associate Editor): 2009 - 2014
Plant Systematics and Evolution (Special Volume Editor, with D. Quandt and M. Koch): 2008
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad (Editoral Advisory Board): 2007-
TAXON (Special Volume Editor, with P.S. Soltis): 2008
Willdenowia (Editoral Board): 2008 -
American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Botanical Society of America, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, International Association for Plant Taxonomy, International Organisation of Systematics and Evolutionary Biology (President 2009-2011), Sociedad Mexicana de Botánica, Sociedad Cubana de Botánica (corresponding member)
Scientific advisory boards and committees
Netherlands Center for Biodiversity Naturalis, Scientific Advisory Board
Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF), BoD
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT), BoD
Dahlem Center of Plant Sciences (DCPS), Deputy Speaker
2006 | 17th Symposium of Systematics and Biodiversity of the German Botanical Society; Meeting organiser |
2011 | Biosystematics 2011, International Congress of Systematics and Evolutionary Biology; Congress President |