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, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
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 assistant in the Elite Study Program Macromolecular Science
(Elitenetzwerk Bayern), Universität Bayreuth
2002-2005 Postdoc with Prof. Dr. Albrecht Messerschmidt at the MPI Biochemie, Germany
2001 Dr. rer. nat. in Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Germany
PhD Thesis with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Robert Huber (FRS), MPI Biochemie, 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 MPI Biochemie, Germany
1995 Diploma in Chemistry, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Research interests
Structure and function of metalloenzymes
Radical mediated enzymology