CV– Nikolaus Pfanner
| Date of birth | September 10, 1956, Simmerberg, Germany |
| 1978 – 1984 | Study of Medicine, University of Munich |
| 1984 – 1985 | M.D. thesis, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University of Munich (Prof. Walter Neupert) |
| 1985 – 1986 | Postdoc, Physiological Chemistry, University of Munich (Prof. Walter Neupert) |
| 1987 – 1992 | Junior Group Leader, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University of Munich |
| 1988/89 | Research Fellow, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University (Prof. James Rothman) |
| 1992 – present | Professor and Chair, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Freiburg |
| 1995 – 2006 | Coordinator of Collaborative Research Center on “Cellular Functions of Dynamic Protein Interactions” (SFB 388) |
| 1996 – 2000 | Chair of Study Section of Biological Chemistry & Biophysics of German Science Foundation (DFG) |
| 2002 – 2008 | Chair of Research Board of Medical Faculty Freiburg |
| 2008 – 2017 | Council Member of University of Freiburg |
| 2009 – 2011 | President of German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM) |
Honors
| 1985 | Summa cum laude, University of Munich |
| 1991 | Research Award of University of Munich |
| 1999 – present | four times Best Lecturer, teaching evaluation of the Medical Faculty Freiburg (Preclinical Lecturers & Study Course Molecular Medicine) |
| 2002 | Max Planck Research Award |
| 2004 | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize |
| 2007 | Research Award of German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |
| 2008 | Research Award of the State of Baden-Württemberg |
| 2011 | Hector Science Award |
| 2014 | Wilhelm Feldberg Prize, U.K. |
| 2014 | Stein and Moore Award of the Protein Society, USA |
| 2015 | Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande) |
| 2015 | Otto Warburg Medal |
| 2018 | Reinhart Koselleck Grant of German Science Foundation |
Elected Member
| 1994 – | European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) |
| 2000 – | German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |
| 2004 – | Academy of Sciences Heidelberg |
| 2005 – | Academia Europaea |