Jan De Vries

Jan de Vries is Professor of Applied Bioinformatics at the University of Göttingen. After earning his PhD from Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf in 2016, conducting research on plastid evolution and functional genomics, he carried out his postdoctoral work at Dalhousie University on a DFG Research Fellowship from 2016 to 2019. In Autumn 2019, he joined Göttingen as junior professor and became associate professor with start of 2022 and full professor with start of 2026. His research integrates evolutionary genomics, plant biology, and systems-level analyses to uncover the molecular foundations of plant terrestrialization, stress adaptation, and plastid innovation. He is the recipient of major competitive funding, including an ERC Starting Grant (“TerreStriAL”), an ERC Consolidator Grant (“StreptoProgram”), and multiple DFG projects, and serves as Spokesperson of the Priority Programme “MAdLand.” His has leadership roles on the boards of IMPRS Genome Science, the Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences, and the M.Sc. programme in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. He published 107 papers and is an active reviewer for leading journals and funding agencies.