MARTINS, Berta MDP, Dr.
Phone: (+)49 030 2093 49844
Email: berta.martins (at) biologie.hu-berlin.de
Philippstr. 13, Leonor-Michaelis-Haus (H18), 2. OG, Room: 313
Biography
Place and year of birth: Figueira da Foz (Portugal), 1971
Married, one child
Academic appointments and awards
since 2013 principal investigator at the Department of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2009-2013 Group leader ((MA-3348/2-1, 2-2) within the DFG Priority Program 1319) at the
Institute of Biology,Germany, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2008-2009 Substitution of a W2 professorship (5 months) at the Department of Biochemistry,
Universität Bayreuth
2006 Research subsidy from the Funds of the Chemical Industry (FCI)
2005-2008 Coordinator/Research assistent in the Elite Study Program Macromolecular Science
(Elite Network of Bavaria), Universität Bayreuth
2002-2005 Postdoc with Prof. Dr. Albrecht Messerschmidt at the Max-Planck-Institute for
Biochemistry, Germany
2001 Dr. rer. nat. in Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Germany
PhD Thesis with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Robert Huber FRS, Max-Planck-Institute
for Biochemistry, Germany
1998-2001 Fellow of the International Ph.D. Program PRAXIS XXI from the Foundation for Science and
Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Portugal
1996-1997 Research fellowship from the Max-Planck-Society at the Max-Planck-Institute
for Biochemistry, Germany
1995 Diploma in Chemistry, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Research interests
Structure and function of metaloenzymes
Radical mediated enzymology