Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinze
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinze (retired)
Ants are undoubtedly one of the greatest successes in ecology and evolution. How conflicts associated with group living are resolved, how labor is divided among nestmates, and which genes regulate ageing and reproduction has been focus of research in my team for several decades. Following my retirement in 2024, projects involving social evolution continue both in cooperation with colleagues at UR and worldwide.
Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinze
Personal information
Educational background and positions
2000 - 2024 Professor of zoology and evolutionary biology, University of Regensburg
1996 - 2000 Professor of zoology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
1995 – 1996 Heisenberg-Fellow, University of Würzburg
1994 Habilitation at University of Würzburg
1989 – 1994 Scientific Assistant at University of Würzburg
1988 – 1989 Postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
1988 Dissertation at Technical University of Darmstadt
1978 - 1984 Study of biology at Technical University of Darmstadt
Awards
2021 Karl-von-Frisch Award of German Zoological Society
2020 Award for high teaching quality, Faculty of Biology and Precl. Medicine, Univ. Regensburg
2008 Elected Member of Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities https://badw.de/gelehrtengemeinschaft/mitglieder.html?tx_badwdb_badwperson%5Baction%5D=show&tx_badwdb_badwperson%5Bcontroller%5D=BADWPerson&tx_badwdb_badwperson%5BpartialType%5D=BADWPersonDetailsPartial&tx_badwdb_badwperson%5Bper_id%5D=1229&cHash=b45f3841bbbda168e3d1dd358bc81119 (externer Link, ?ffnet neues Fenster)
2006 Award for high teaching quality, Bavarian State Ministry of Education, Science and the Arts
2004 Elected Member of National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina https://www.leopoldina.org/mitgliederverzeichnis/mitglieder/member/Member/show/juergen-heinze/ (externer Link, ?ffnet neues Fenster)
1995 Heisenberg-Fellowship of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
1984 Stipend of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
Functions in Scientific Societies and Committees (Selection)
Since 2020 member of BAdW Forum Ecology
Since 2017 Consulting board of STAR-UBB (Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and
Technology), Babe?-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania
2018 - 2024 member of German Council of Science and Humanities (“Wissenschaftsrat”)
2016 - 2024 member of Committee of Experts, Excellence Strategy of federal and state governments of Germany
2010 - 2016 member of Excellence Initiative Grants committee of DFG
2009 - 2015 member of senate of German Research Foundation (DFG)
2008 - 2022 member of the executive committee of Int. Society of Zoological Sciences
2004 - 2024 editor-in-chief of Frontiers in Zoology https://frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12983-025-00558-2 (externer Link, ?ffnet neues Fenster)
2000 - 2024 associate editor of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology