Görlich, Dirk, Prof. Dr.

Professor, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences


  • 1989: Diploma (Biochemistry), Martin-Luther-Universität in Halle
  • 1990-1993: Graduate studies (Laboratory of T.A. Rapoport, Berlin)
  • 1993: Dr. rer. nat. (Biochemistry) Humboldt-Universität Berlin
  • 1993-1995 Postdoc (Laboratory of R.A. Laskey, Cambridge, England)
  • 1996-2007: Research group leader at the ZMBH Heidelberg
  • 2001-2007: Professor for Molecular Biology (Universität Heidelberg)
  • since 2007: Director, Dept. Cellular Logistics, MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences,Göttingen
  • 2018-2019: Managing Director of the Institute



Major Research Interests
• Nuclear pore complexes, their function and assembly
• Hydrogels, “smart” materials, phase separations
• Structural biology
• Importins and Exportins, cargo recognition
• Recombinant antibodies, protein engineering

Homepage Department/Research Group
hhttps://www.mpinat.mpg.de/de/goerlich

ORCID: 0000-0002-4343-5210