Andreas Marx

Andreas Marx (born 1968 ) is a German chemist and university administrator. He has been President of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena since 2024 and is Professor of Biological Chemistry.

Academic and professional background

Marx studied chemistry at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, the University of Sussex, and the Ruhr University Bochum. He received his Diplom from Ruhr University Bochum in 1994. In 2004 he accepted an appointment as Professor of Organic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Konstanz.

Presidency of the University of Jena

In April 2024 Marx was elected President of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, succeeding Walter Rosenthal. On 1 August 2024 he took up a professorship in Biological Chemistry at the same institution. He was formally appointed President on 2 August 2024 by the Thuringian Minister of Science, Wolfgang Tiefensee.

Prizes and awards

2024: Albrecht Kossel Prize 2017: František Šorm Memorial Medal of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 2017: Elected member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities 2014: Karl Heinz Beckurts Prize