Prof. Dr. Tanja Pommerening

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  Concepts of humans and nature

  History of sciences, pharmacy and medicine, history of knowledge (pre-modern times, esp. Egypt)

  Methodological aspects of combining cultural and natural sciences

  Archeometry

  Funerary culture, mummification

  Ancient Egyptian metrology

  Transfer of knowledge

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  Since 2021
  Cooptation at the Medical Faculty, Marburg University

  Since 2020
  Promotion rights in Egyptology at the Department of Foreign Languages and Philologies, Marburg University

  Since 23 Oct 2020
  University Professor (W3) of the History of Pharmacy and Medicine, Marburg University

  Sep 2020
  Offer to stay: University professorship (W3) in Egyptology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, declined

  2017–2020
  Elected member of the Johannes Gutenberg University Senate

  2017–2020
  Director of the Gutenberg Junior Research College of the Johannes Gutenberg University (advisory board of the university administration)

  2013–2020
  Initiator and spokesperson of the Research Training Group (RTG) 1876 "Early Concepts of Human and Nature", funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

  2010–2020
  University Professor (W2) of Egyptology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz 

  Feb 2008–Jan 2009
  Research assistant in the field of Egyptology and in the German Research Foundation (DFG) special research field 295 "Cultural and linguistic contacts", subproject B.8: "Child gods in temple and settlement: From the Egyptian god child to the multicultural savior", project: "Milk of a woman who has given birth to a boy", Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

  2007–2010
  German Research Foundation (DFG) Research Grant; Project Title: "The Medical Prescriptions of Ancient Egypt in their Transdisciplinary Context: Philological, Cultural-Historical, and Pharmacological Considerations"

  Oct 2006–Feb 2007
  Guest scientist at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (university-internal funding programme)

  2004
  Doctorate ("summa cum laude") in the Department of Foreign Philologies, Marburg University ("The Ancient Egyptian Measures of Capacity")

  2002–2004
  Promotion scholarship recipient of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation

  1999–2006
  Research assistant at the Institute of the History of Pharmacy, Marburg University; also teaching assignments in Egyptology at the Department of Foreign Philologies since 2002

  1997–2001
  Secondary studies: Egyptology, history of pharmacy and natural sciences, and pharmaceutical biology, Marburg University, degree: Magister Artium ("with distinction")

  1997–1999
  Postgraduate studies: History of Pharmacy, Marburg University

  1995
  Third state examination, licensure as a pharmacist, also occupation as a pharmacist until 2010

  1994/1995
  Second state examination, Clinical Internship

  1989–1994
  Undergraduate studies: Pharmacy, Marburg University

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  Since 2022
  Scientific advisory board of the German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG)

  Since 2021
  German Research Foundation (DFG) Grants Committee and Senate Committee on Research Training Groups

  Advisory Board of the Association of Professors at Pharmaceutical Universities of the Federal Republic of Germany (VdPPhI); Training Commission; Task force "new approbation regulation"

  Advisory Board of the Bülow Foundation, Marburg

  Chair of the "Professor-Rudolf-Schmitz" study foundation

  Pilot phase "3-Way Strategy", federation-states working group "Care of Collections from Colonial Contexts"
  

  Since 2020
  Working Group for University Collections, Marburg University

  Spokesperson of the "Marburger Gespräche zur Alten Heilkunde" (together with N. P. Heeßel); formerly Interdisciplinary Working Group (IAK) "Alte Medizin", Mainz

  Working Group Collections and Colonial Contexts, Marburg University
  

  Since 2017
  Member of the supervisory board of the Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum für Archäometrie gGmbH, Mannheim
  

  Since 2013
  Deputy spokesperson for the project-based commission for the research project: "Texts and Knowledge in the Culture of Ancient Egypt: Structure and Transformation in the Vocabulary of the Egyptian Language" (Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig)

  Organizing commitee member of the Research Training Group 1876 "Early Concepts of Humans and Nature: Universal, Specific, Interchanged" (DFG, JGU Mainz) (Spokesperson 2013-2020)

  Since 2011
  Spokesperson of the international working group "Alte Medizin", JGU Mainz, since 2022 under the title "Marburger Gespräche zur Alten Heilkunde", Marburg University

  Since 2009
  Excavation project in Egypt as part of the Dayr al-Barsha project of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (with H. Willems)

  Professional associations, including:
  German Medical History Association, German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG), Society for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology (GWMT), International Association of Egyptologists (IAE), Society for the History of Science (GWG), German/International Society for the History of Pharmacy (DGGP/IGGP)

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  2022
  Appointment as a member of the Académie internationale d’histoire de la pharmacie

  2021
  Appointment as a member of the Scientific Society of Goethe University in Frankfurt (Main)

  Appointment as a member of the Historical Commission for Hesse

  2017
  Appointment as a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in Berlin

  2016
  Appointment as a member of the Academy of Public Sciences in  Erfurt

  2015
  Admission to the "AcademiaNet of Leading Women Scientists" internet portal

  2014
  Joseph Breitbach Prize of the Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz

  Mar 2007–Feb 2010
  German Research Foundation (DFG) research grant

  2005
  Dalberg Prize

  Jerry Stannard Memorial Award of the University of Kansas

  Oct 2002–Mar 2004
  Doctoral scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation

  Dec 2001
  Basel Egyptology Junior Researcher Prize (3rd prize)

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  Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

  Jul 2023–Jun 2027
  Leadership of the joint project "Agency and Ethics: Sensitive Objects in University Collections (AESOH)" (with Edith Franke and Ernst Halbmayer)
  

  German Research Foundation (DFG)

  Nov 2023–Oct 2028
  Principal Investigator of the Research Training Group 2844 "Staging of Religious Atmosphere in Ancient Cultures" (Speaker: Nils Heeßel)

  7 June 2023–June 9, 2023
  Material resources for the conference "Dekolonisierung wissenschaftlicher Disziplinen und Sammlungen" (eBer-23-12621)

  Oct 2013–Oct 2020
  Spokesperson of the German Research Foundation (DFG) Research Training Group 1876 "Early Concepts of Humans and Nature: Universal, Specific, Interchanged"

  Mar 2007–Feb 2010
  DFG research grant; Project title: "The Medical Recipes of Ancient Egypt in their Transdisciplinary Context from a Philological, Cultural-Historical, and Pharmacological Perspective"

  German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

  Jul 2023–Jun 2025
  Co-applicant "Ta'ziz-partnership – Scientific Collaboration: Dealing with Material Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean." Between Excavation and Digitization" (with Albrecht Fuess and Winfried Held)

  Fritz Thyssen Foundation

  2013 and 2014
  Material resources for the execution of two workshops (2013: Mainz, 2014: Frankfurt) on the topic of "Writings of Early Scholars." International workshop for the creation of a methodology book for the translation of pre-modern scientific texts (Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greek and Roman Antiquity (together with Prof. Dr. Annette Imhausen)

  2009
  Material resources for an international and interdisciplinary symposium (Mainz) with subsequent publication (Berlin/New York 2010): "Writings of Early Scholars" (together with Prof. Dr. Annette Imhausen, Goethe University Frankfurt) (Fritz Thyssen Foundation and the Center for Intercultural Studies (ZIS), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)

  State Offensive for the Development of Scientific and Economic Excellence (LOEWE)

  May 2023–Dec 2025
  Co-applicant "ArchaeoScent: Non-destructive and Non-contact Analysis of Archaeological Organic Residues and Artifacts" (with Michael Keusgen)

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