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Prof. Thomas C.G. Bosch

Thomas Bosch studied Biology at the University of Munich and Swansea University College in the UK from 1976 to 1983. He earned his doctorate from the University of Munich in 1986. From 1986 to 1988, Bosch held a postdoctoral position at the University of California, Irvine, USA. After a position as research associate at the University of Munich, he was appointed to professorship for Zoology at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena in 1997. From 2000 to 2024, Bosch was Professor of General Zoology at Kiel University. He was appointed Senior Research Professor at the same institution in October 2024. From 2010 to 2013 he served as Vice-President of Kiel University and was responsible for Kiel University’s institutional strategy and international relations. Since November 2013 Bosch is heading the interdisciplinary research center “Kiel Life Science” (KLS) at Kiel University.

Bosch was founding director (2016 -2023) of the DFG funded Collaborative Research Center (CRC/SFB 1182) “Origin and Function of Metaorganisms” which addresses the recognized role of multi-organismic interactions for health and disease. 2008 – 2021 Bosch was Editor-in-Chief of “Zoology”. 2016-2017 he served as President of the German Society of Developmental Biology (GfE). Bosch is a member of several national and international Academic Committees and Boards. Since 2016 he is Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR). 2018-2019 he was Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. His awards include a Dr. honoris causa degree from St. Petersburg State University, Russia (2004) and the Wissenschaftspreis der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft (DZG) – Karl-Ritter-von-Frisch-Medaille (2022).

Vita

Information on our research can also be found in the Open Access Video Journal LATEST THINKING in which Thomas Bosch talks about: “What Can the Origins of Multicellular Life Teach Us About How Bodies Function?”