apl. Prof. Dr. Volker Böhm

Academic career

- Study of food chemistry at Münster University
- State approved exams: 1987 and 1988
- PhD thesis 1992 at Münster University “Rückstandsanalytik von koplanaren PCB-Kongeneren in Lebensmitteln und Frauenmilch” (Analysis of residues of coplanar PCB congeners in food and human milk)
- Additional qualification as lecturer in human nutrition 1999 (Jena University) “Antioxidativ wirksame Carotinoide und Polyphenole – Analytik, Gehalte in Lebensmitteln und intestinale Absorption“ (Antioxidative carotenoids and polyphenols - analysis, contents in food and intestinal absorption)
- Lecturer for human nutrition, assistant professor since 1999 (Jena University)
- Lecturer for human nutrition, senior assistant professor since 2005 (Jena University) as well as for food chemistry since 2014
- Adjunct professor for food chemistry since 2019 (Jena University)

Professional career

- PhD student at Münster University 1988 – 1992
- Preparation of a food company to get a quality control certificate 1992 – 1993
- Postdoc position at Jena University, Institute of Nutrition, 1993 – 1999
- Senior scientific assistant at Jena University, Institute of Nutrition, 1999 – 2003
- Senior scientific assistant and research group leader since 2005
- Coordinator of the large EU funded project LYCOCARD 2006 - 2011

Research stays abroad

- Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA, with Prof. Dr. Steven J. Schwartz, summer 2000

Functions and memberships

- International Carotenoid Society, Fellow (FICS) since 2017
- Society for Free Radical Research
- European Academy of Nutritional Science (EANS)
- Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) (German Chemical Society)
- Lebensmittelchemische Gesellschaft (Association of Food Science)
- Chairman of the regional branch of the Association of Food Science (2014 - 2019)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung (DGE) (German Nutrition Society)
- Spokesman of the Food Science section of the German Nutrition Society

Particpation at conferences (selection)

- International Symposium on Carotenoids (1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017)
- International Congress on Pigments in Food (2004, 2006, 2016)
- European Meeting on Fat Soluble Vitamins (2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2017)
- International Congress of Nutrition (1997, 2001)
- Bioavailability (2001)
- Euro Food Chem (2001)
- Nutritionists meet Food Scientists and Technologists (2000)
- Annual German Food Science meetings and congresses of the German Nutrition Society

Referee for journals (selection)

- Antioxidants (Member of Editorial Board)
- Br J Nutr
- Eur Food Res Technol
- Eur J Nutr
- Food Chem
- Int J Vitam Nutr Res
- J Agric Food Chem
- J Chromatogr
- J Food Sci
- J Sci Food Agric
- LWT - Food Sci Technol
- Mol Nutr Food Res

Anna Heidrich

2019

A-level exams at the Erzbischöfliches Suitbertus-Gymnasium, Düsseldorf

2019-2024

Studies – 1. State exam in food chemistry at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal

2022

Student assistant in the working group of Prof. Dr. Schebb (Investigation of the effect of secondary plant products on the arachidonic acid cascade of macrophages isolated and differentiated from buffy coats)

2023/24

Trainee at the Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau Weinsberg (Research on the kinetics of 2-acetylpyridine and ascorbic acid degradation products in model wine solutions using GC-MS)

since 5/2024

PhD student at the Institute of Nutritional Sciences at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena „Protective effects of carotenoids against UV-induced DNA damage“

Angelika Malarski

1983

A-level exams at Erweiterte Oberschule Suhl

1983 bis 1988

Study of chemistry at Friedrich Schiller University Jena

1988

Diploma

since 1999

Technical assistant at the Institute of Nutrition, Jena University,
since October 2013 in the Research Group Bioactive Plant Products

Julia Schmidt

Assistance

2005
A-level exams at vocational secondary school Walter-Gropius-Schule Erfurt

2005 - 2011
Studies of Media and Sociology at Friedrich Schiller University Jena

July 2011
Graduate degree

since 04/2014
Secretary at the Institute of Nutritional Sciences, Research Group Bioactive Plant Products (Prof. Dr. Böhm)

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