Alexander von Humboldt Professorship awarded to Prof. Bas E. Dutilh

Bas E. Dutilh Image: privat - Life Awards and Personnel - Published: Germany's most valuable research award, the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship, was awarded to Bas E. Dutilh, the new professor of Viral Ecology in the Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse at the University of Jena. Prof. Dutilh is an expert in modelling microbial balance and is investigating the role that viruses play therein. Over the last decade, Prof. Dutilh established himself as a pioneer of virus discovery by using metagenomics, the analysis of sequence data from complex natural samples. He is one of the most cited experts in his field worldwide, as confirmed by his ranking among "Highly Cited Researchers" since 2018. Bringing with him an ERC Consolidator grant, the expert for virus discovery is now moving from Utrecht University in the Netherlands to the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. In his new research environment, he is looking forward to expanding the scope of his computational research, as well as developing high-throughput experiments in a brand-new laboratory. Prof. Dutilh will be rooted within the Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse .