Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Lenhof

Education

1989

Diploma in Mathematics, Saarland University

1993

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Saarland University,
supervisor:  Prof. Dr. Kurt Mehlhorn

1999

Habilitation in Computer Science, Saarland University,
mentor: Prof. Dr. Kurt Mehlhorn

Biography

1993 — 1999

Postdoc at MPI für Informatik, Saarbrücken

1998

Guest Professor (summer term), Martin-Luther-University, Halle

1999 — 2000

Head of research group (C3) at the MPI für Informatik, Saarbrücken

2000

Offers of C4-Professorship for Bioinformatics from Bielefeld University, LMU Munich, Saarland University

2000

Professor (C4) for Bioinformatics, Saarland University

Academic self-administration and further tasks

1999 — 2000

Deputy Speaker of the “GI-Fachgruppe Bioinformatik“

2001

Co-founder of the Center for Bioinformatics Saar

2001

Implementation of the first UdS Bioinformatics degree programs: Bachelor, Master, and Diploma.
The Bioinformatics B.Sc. and M.Sc. programs were the first Bachelor and Master degree programs of UdS.

2001 — 2023

Member of the CBI “Zentrumsrat“

2001 — 2023

Chair of the examination board of the Bioinformatics degree programs

2001 — 2004

Dean of studies of the Bioinformatics degree programs

2003 — 2023

Mentor of the Bioinformatics students in the CS “Förderprogramm“

2005 — 2010

Planning of the CBI Building (E2.1) together with Prof. Volkhard Helms and Pia Scherer-Geiss (CEO)

2018 — 2020

Member of the MI faculty council (Mathematics and Computer Science)

2018 — 2023

Member of the CBI “Zentrumsleitung“ together with Prof. Volkhard Helms and Prof. Andreas Keller

2018 — 2023

Member of the CS Gradschool progress committee

Conference organization, PC membership etc.

2002

Chair of the local organizing committee of the first European Conference on Computational Biology ECCB 2002, Saarbrücken, together with Prof. Dr. Thomas Lengauer and Pia Scherer-Geiss (CEO).

2003

PC cochair of ECCB 2003, Paris, together with Prof. Marie-France Sagot

2008

ECCB 2008: Area chair “Pathways/Interactions/Proteomics”, together with Prof. Trey Ideker

2010

ECCB 2010: Area chair “Other Bioinformatics Applications”, together with Prof. Martin Vingron

2013 — 2023

Member of the selection committee of the “GI Dissertationspreis“

PC Membership

8 x ISMB , 3 x RECOMB, 12 x ECCB, 12 x GCB, 1 x JOBIM, 2 x CompLife

Awards

2005

Bwcon Open Source Award

2010

Busy Beaver Award for “Bioinformatics 1“, winter term 2009/2010

2013

Busy Beaver Award for “Bioinformatics 1“, winter term 2012/2013

2016

Busy Beaver Award for “Bioinformatics 1“, winter term 2015/2016

2016

Busy Beaver Award for “Bioinformatics 2“, summer term 2016

2018

“Deutschland — Land der Ideen“

Contact

Center for Bioinformatics
Saarland Informatics Campus
Saarland University
Building E2.1, Room 416
P.O. Box 15 11 50
66041 Saarbrücken
Germany

+49 681 302 64701

+49 681 302 64719