Background
Jonas, Rainer was born on March 19, 1948 in Herford, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. Son of Günther Jonas, Christa Charlotte Jonas.
Jonas, Rainer was born on March 19, 1948 in Herford, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. Son of Günther Jonas, Christa Charlotte Jonas.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, 1978. Diploma-Chemistry, University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, 1974.
Assistant University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, 1974—1979. Adjunct professor Federal University Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, 1979—1987. Guest researcher Research Centre Jülich (FZJ), Jülich, Germany, 1987—1989.
Senior researcher Ges Biotechnol Forschung (GBF), Braunschweig, Germany, 1989—1998, manager Germany, since 1999. Scientific Director Center Desenvolvimento Biotecnol, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 1992—1997. Professor Federal University Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 1995—1997.
Coordinator Biotec Cooperative Brazil Federal Ministry Research Technol, Bonn, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany, 1990—1996, coordinator Biotec Cooperative Argentina, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany, 1990—1995. Coordinator Biotech Research and Development Network CINTEBIO, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 1992—1997. Member advisory board Institut für Theoretische Physik Ges Biotechnol Forschung, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany, since 1989, course director Institut für Theoretische Physik, Lower Saxony, Germany, 1989—1994.
Head department science information Ges Biotechnol Forschung, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany, since 1999.
Member Social Democratic Party (Social Democratic Party of Germany), Wolfenbüttel, Germany, 1998. Member of Karl-May-Gesellschaft, New York Academy of Sciences, Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker.
Married Maria Fatima Carvalho. Children: Julia, Thiago Carvalho-Jonas.