Michael Börsch: Studies - Postdoc - 'Wissenschaftlicher Assistent' - Research group leader - Professor
@ 1983/84 Chemistry (Diploma) at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
main topics: Physical Chemistry, Polymer Science
03/06/1991 Diploma, supervisor Prof. Dr. H. W. Zimmermann, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg,
19/12/1996 Dr. rer. nat., supervisor Prof. Dr. H. W. Zimmermann
@ 01/01/1997 Postdoc and
01/05/1999 'Wissenschafticher Assistent' with Prof. Dr. P. Gräber, Institute of Physical Chemistry,
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Setup of a confocal two-channel fluorescence correlation spectrometer for single-molecule detection and timeresolved
single-molecule-FRET with FoF1-ATP synthase
@ 01/04/2002 Research group leader and Principal Investigatior, with Prof. Dr. Jörg Wrachtrup at the 3rd Institute of Physics,
University of Stuttgart.
@ 15/08/2010 appointed Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology,
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
@ 08/2012 - 08/2014 appointed Visiting Scholar with Prof. Dr. W. E. Moerner, Department of Chemistry,
Stanford University, CA, USA
@ since 01/05/2011 Professor for Microscopy Methods, Single-Molecule Microscopy Group, Jena University Hospital,
Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany.
Scientific Interests
Single-molecule FRET imaging of FoF1-ATP synthase and other membrane transporters / molecular machines at work
Teaching in Physical Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry and Single-Molecule Spectroscopy since 1997
Consultant for fluoresence spectroscopy and microscopy since 2009