Prof. Dr. Julia Bornhorst

University of Wuppertal
Food Chemistry (Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences)
Gaußstraße 20
42119 Wuppertal
eMail: bornhorst[a]uni-wuppertal.de
Qualifications and Scientific Career
- 03/2022 Offer (“Ruf”) W3 Professorship for Food Chemistry University of Potsdam, Germany declined
- 10/2021 Co-Editor-in-Chief Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology
- Since 1/2019 W2 Professorship for Food Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Wuppertal, Germany
- 05/2018 Offer (“Ruf”) W2 Professorship for Food Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Wuppertal, Germany
- 10/2017 – 09/2018 Substitute W2 professor (“Vertretungsprofessorin”) for Food Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Wuppertal, Germany
- 01/2014 – 12/2018 “Habillitandin” (junior group leader) at the Institute of Nutritional Science, Department of Food Chemistry (Head Prof. Dr. Tanja Schwerdtle), University of Potsdam, Germany
- 11/2013 – 12/2013 Postdoctoral researcher in the research group of Prof. Dr. Tanja Schwerdtle, Institute of Food Chemistry, University of Münster (WWU Münster), Germany
- 10/2012 – 10/2013 Postdoctoral researcher in the research group of Prof. Dr. Michael Aschner, Department of Pediatrics and Toxicology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA
- 06/2012 – 09/2012 Member of the NRW Graduate School of Chemistry as postdoctoral researcher
- 01/2009 – 06/2012 PhD thesis in the research group of Prof. Dr. Tanja Schwerdtle, Institute of Food Chemistry, University of Münster (WWU Münster), Germany
- 11/2008 1st State Examination for Food Chemists, Institute of Food Chemistry, University of Münster (WWU Münster), Germany
- 03/2008 – 10/2008 Research thesis in the research group of Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Humpf, Institute of Food Chemistry, University of Münster (WWU Münster), Germany
- 10/2004 – 11/2008 Studies of Food Chemistry, Faculty 12, University of Münster (WWU Münster), Germany
Membership in Scientific Committees
- since 2018 Member of the “Deutsche Hochschulverband”
- since 2018 Member of the DFG Research Unit TraceAge (https://www.uni-potsdam.de/traceage/)
- since 2015 Member of the Potsdam graduate school (Postdoc representative 04/2016 - 04/2018)
- since 2012 German Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (DGPT)
- 10/2011 – 10/2012 Student Member of the NRW Graduate School of Chemistry Committee
- since 2009 Member of the German Society for Research on DNA Repair (DGDR)
- since 2009 Member of the Society of Food Chemistry (LChG/GDCh)
- since 2009 Member of the German Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (GUM) (board member 2015 - 2021)
- since 2009 Member of European Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EEMGS)
- since 2009 Member of the Society for Minerals and Trace Elements (GMS) (board member since 2019 and vice president since 2022)
Important awards
- 05/2019 EEMGS Early Career Award of the European Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EEMGS)
- 03/2016 “Young Toxicologist Merck Award” of the German Society of Toxicology (GT)
- 01/2014 Selected Member of the 16th Ernst Strüngmann Forum „ Heavy Metals and Infectious Diseases”
- 10/2013 Young Scientist Award of the German Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (GUM)
- 09/2012 Josef-Schormüller Award of the Society of Food Chemistry (LChG), part of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)