1980: Diploma in Geology/Palaeontology, University of Tübingen
1980 - 1984: doctoral research fellow, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
1984: Dr. rer. nat. in Geology/Palaeontology, University of Tübingen
1984 - 1988: postdoctoral research fellow, FU-Berlin
1989 - 1994: Assistant Professor, FU-Berlin
1991: Habilitation in Geology/Palaeontology, FU-Berlin
1993: Visiting Professor, University of Paris-Sud XI/Orsay
1998: Academician of the Academy of Science of Göttingen
1999: Call C4 Professorship for Palaeontology, University of Erlangen
since 2006: Visiting Professor, North-West University of Xian (China)
since 1994: Full Professor (C4) in Palaeontology and Geobiology, University of Göttingen
since 2011: Visiting Professor, Nanjing University & Academy of Science-NIGPAS (China)
J. Reitner: Geobiologische Aspekte hadaischer, archaischer und proterozoischer Lebenswelten. In: Jahrbuch der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. 2008, S. 241–256.
J. Reitner, G. Schumann, K. Pedersen: Fungi in subterranean environments. In: G. M. Gadd (Hrsg.): Fungi in Biogeochemical Cycles. Cambridge University Press, 2006, S. 378–403.
J. Reitner: Calcifying extracellular mucus substances (EMS) of Madrepora oculata – a first geobiological approach. In: A. Freiwald, J. M. Roberts: Cold-water Corals and Ecosystems. Springer, Berlin 2005, S. 731–744.
J. Reitner, G. Arp, V. Thiel, P. Gautret, U. Galling, W. Michaelis: Organic matter in Great Salt Lake Ooids (Utah, USA) -First approach to a formation via organic matrices. In: Facies. 36, Erlangen 1997, S. 210–219.
