Petra Dersch

Petra Dersch has held various positions throughout their career. Petra began as a Research Assistant at Freie Universität Berlin in 1998 and held this role until 2002. Petra then worked as a Junior Research Group Leader at Robert Koch Institut Berlin from 2003 to 2005. From 2005 to 2008, Petra was a Prof. Dr. at TU Braunschweig. In 2008, they became the Head of the Department of Molecular Infection Biology at Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research. Most recently, Petra has been serving as the Director of the Institute for Infectiology at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster since 2019.

Petra Dersch pursued their education in the field of microbiology and infection research. From 1995 to 1998, they attended Tufts University as a postdoctoral fellow. Prior to that, they studied biology at the Max Planck Institut for Terrestrial Microbiology from 1992 to 1995.