Michael Wagner#


Michael Wagner
Membership Number:6926
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
Affiliated section(s):BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Elected:2024
Main Country of Residence:AUSTRIA
Homepage(s):https://dome.univie.ac.at/people/faculty-group-leaders/michael-wagner/
ORCID:0000-0002-9778-7684
Twitter:@MichiWagner4
Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-wagner-451168/





Present and Previous Positions
  • Since 2020 Vice-head of the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science
  • 2019 - 2020 Founding Director of the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (full faculty status), University of Vienna
  • 2019 - 2021 Visiting Professor in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, UK
  • since 2019 Distinguished professor (20%), Aalborg University, Denmark
  • since 2010 Head of the Large Instrument Facility of Advanced Isotope Research, University of Vienna
  • 2003 - 2018 Head of the Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna
  • since 2003 Full professor for Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna
  • 2001 – 2003 Associate Professor (wissenschaftlicher Oberassistent) at the Technische Universität München
  • 1996 - 2000 Assistant Professor at the Technische Universität München
  • 1995 - 1996 Postdoctoral fellow at the Northwestern University, Evanston, Il. (Prof. D. A. Stahl, Prof. B. Rittmann); Holder of a DFG research fellowship

Fields of Scholarship
  • Microbial physiology
  • Chemical imaging
  • Human microbiomes
  • Single cell microbiology
  • Nitrogen-cycle microbiology
  • Sponge microbiomes
  • Wastewater microbiology

Honours and Awards
  • 2023 Scientific Director of the Austrian Cluster of Excellence "Microbiomes drive Planetary Health" (35 Mio€ funding for 5 years)
  • 2014 - 2023 Highly Cited Researcher (http://highlycited.com)
  • 2022 Elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • 2020 Hans-Günter-Schlegel-Lecturer of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM) for outstanding scientific achievements for Microbiology in Germany
  • 2019 Wittgenstein Award of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) on behalf of the Austrian Ministry for Science (1.5 Mio €). Highest science award in Austria.
  • 2018 Jim Tiedje Award of the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), lifetime achievement award of the society
  • 2017 Elected Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
  • 2016 Full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
  • 2015 Schrödinger Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
  • 2014 Einstein Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2014 Honorary doctorate of the University of Aalborg, Denmark
  • 2013 Elected Member of the American Academy of Microbiology
  • 2011 ERC Advanced Grant Winner “NITRICARE: Nitrification Reloaded – a Single Cell Approach”
  • 2009 Elected member of the German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina
  • 2009 Corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
  • 2009 Founding member of the European Academy of Microbiology
  • 2008 Main Award of the City of Vienna for Life and Technical Sciences
  • 2006 James M. Craig Memorial Lecturer; Oregon State University, USA
  • 2002 Main Award of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology
  • 1997 Young Researchers Award of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology
  • 1996 Karl-Imhoff-Award (“Belobigung”) of the Abwassertechnischen Vereinigung (German Water and Waste Water Association)
  • 2009 Founding member of the European Academy of Microbiology
  • 2008 Main Award of the City of Vienna for Life and Technical Sciences
  • 2006 James M. Craig Memorial Lecturer; Oregon State University, USA
  • 2002 Main Award of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology
  • 1997 Young Researchers Award of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology
  • 1996 Karl-Imhoff-Award (“Belobigung”) of the Abwassertechnischen Vereinigung (German Water and Waste Water Association)

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