Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Anna Gorbushina
Born 1968 in St. Petersburg, Russia
Studies in Biology / Biophysics at St. Petersburg State University, Russia
(1985 to 1991)
PhD in Mycology at the Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of
Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (1992 to 1997)
Post-doctoral position in Geomicrobiology, Oldenburg University (1998 to
2007), with field and laboratory research periods in
USA (Duke University (NC) and Utah, Nevada and Arizona deserts)
Israel (Desert Research Institute, Sde Boquer)
Habilitation in Microbiology, Oldenburg University (2006)
Feodor Lynen-Fellow, funded by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation,
Geneva University, Switzerland (2008)
Professor (W3/S), Free University of Berlin and Head of Department 4
Materials and Environment, BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and
Testing (since April 2009)
Research interests
Geomicrobiology and microbial ecology of rock biofilms
Microbial weathering and soil formation
Subaerial biofilm models on materials
Evolution and ecophysiology of fungi
Microbial ecology of atmospheric mineral dust (aerobiology)
Honorary positions
Reviewer for various funding organizations: Helmholtz Junior Research
Group, European Research Council (ERC), Israel NSF, National Research Council
of Canada (NERC), Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
(FWF)
Reviewer for 12 ISI-listed journals
Guest editor (2003) and associate editor of Geomicrobiology Journal (since
2007)
Awards and nominations
German Science Foundation (DFG) Research Fellowship (2001)
Elected member of the International Board of ISEB, International Symposia
on Environmental Biogeochemistry (2001)
Dorothea Erxleben-Scholarship (6 years research assistant position) (2001
to 2007)
Short term scholarship of the Swiss National Science Foundation (2007)
Feodor Lynen-Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
(2008)
