
Professional Career
Since April 2017 W2 Professor (Biochemistry), TU Kaiserslautern
2014 - 2017 Apl. Professor (Biochemistry), RKU Heidelberg
2010 - 2017 Independent research group leader, Dept. of Parasitology, RKU Heidelberg
2006 - 2010 Junior research group leader, Dept. of Physiol. Chemistry, LMU Munich
2005 - 2006 Postdoc, JLU Gießen & WEHI Melbourne, Australia
Qualifications
2011 Habilitation in Biochemistry, RKU Heidelberg
2011 Baden-Württemberg certificate of the center for educational development
2002 - 2005 PhD studies, JLU Gießen
1997 - 2002 Diploma studies in Biochemistry, EKU Tübingen
Scholarships & Awards
2017 Distinguished Teaching Award of the TU Kaiserslautern
2016 Asmund Rudolphi Medal of the German Society of Parasitology
2014 Heisenberg Scholarship of the DFG
Activities as Referee
Acta tropica, ACS Infectious Diseases, Angewandte Chemie, Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, Arch Biochem Biophys, BBA - Molecular Cell Research, Biochemical Journal, Biochemistry, Biochimie, Biological Chemistry, ChemMedChem, European Journal of Cell Biology, FEBS Journal, FRBM, International Journal of Parasitology, JBC, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Malaria Journal, Medicinal Research Reviews, Microbial Cell (academic editor), Molecular Microbiology, Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Communications, Parasitology International, Parasitology Research, PLOS Biology, PLOS ONE, PNAS U.S.A., Redox Biology, Redox Report, Research in Microbiology, Scientific Reports.
Prof. Dr. Marcel Deponte
Erwin-Schrödinger Straße 54
Room 54-583
D-67663 Kaiserslautern
Tel.: +49-(0)631-205-4060
Fax.: +49-(0)631-205-3419
Research Focus
- Comparative Biochemistry
- Enzymology
- Molecular Parasitology