▁" D ynam ics ▁of ▁Th i ol - based ▁Red ox ▁Switch es ▁in ▁Cell ular ▁Phys i ology ." ▁Since ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁she ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁coordin ator ▁of ▁the ▁LO E WE ▁Center ▁DR UID ▁( Nov el ▁D rug ▁Target s ▁against ▁P over ty - related ▁and ▁Neg lect ed ▁Trop ical ▁In fect ious ▁D ise ases ) ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁H ess ian ▁State ▁initi ative ▁to ▁fund ▁academic - e conom ic ▁excell ence ▁( Land es Off ensive ▁zur ▁Entwicklung ▁Wissenschaft lich - ök onom ischer ▁Ex z ell enz ▁- ▁LO E WE ). ▁ ▁On ▁ 3 ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁Be cker ▁was ▁elected ▁as ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Research ▁Foundation , ▁thereby ▁becoming ▁the ▁first ▁female ▁to ▁hold ▁this ▁post . ▁In ▁the ▁year - long ▁selection ▁process , ▁she ▁won ▁over ▁Wolfgang ▁Mar qu ard t ▁and ▁Dor othe a ▁Wagner . ▁Her ▁presiden cy ▁starts ▁on ▁ 1 ▁January ▁ 2 0 2 0 . ▁She ▁had ▁been ▁vice ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Research ▁Foundation ▁since ▁ 2 0 1 4 .. ▁ ▁Other ▁activities ▁Be cker ▁is ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁several ▁scientific ▁and ▁political ▁advis ory ▁bo ards , ▁works ▁as ▁an ▁expert ▁rev iewer , ▁and ▁organ izes ▁academic ▁con ferences , ▁including ▁the ▁following : ▁ ▁Alexander ▁von ▁H umb old t ▁Foundation , ▁Member ▁of ▁the ▁Board ▁of ▁Trust ees ▁( since ▁ 2 0 2 0 )