Christian Printzen

Academic interests: Taxonomy, evolution, biogeography, population genetics and diversity of lichens 1990: M. Sc. (“Diplom”), Biology, Köln University, Germany 1995: PhD, Systematic Botany, Ludwig-Maximilians-University München, Germany 1996–1999: Lecturer, Institut für Biologie und ihre Didaktik, Köln University, Germany 1999–2000: Postdoctoral fellow, Arizona State University, Tempe, U.S.A. 2000–2002: Researcher („forsker“), Department of Botany, Bergen University, Norway 2002-present: Curator of Cryptogams, Herbarium Senckenbergianum (FR), Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt, Germany