Regine Hengge

Regine Hengge studied Biology and obtained her doctorate at Universität Konstanz. After a post-doctoral phase at Princeton University (NJ, USA), she completed her Habilitation in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Universität Konstanz. As a Full Professor she headed the microbiology unit of Freie Universität Berlin from 1998-2013, and since 2013 has been in a similar position at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. As a Principal Investigator at Matters of Activity, she is studying bacterial biofilms as an example of active matter with a focus on nano/micro-architecture and morphogenesis of biofilms. For her scientific research Regine Hengge received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize and an ERC Advanced Investigator Grant. She is an elected member of Leopoldina, EMBO and other national and international academies.