Franz Oberwinkler was appointed as successor to Karl Mgdefrau as Chair of Systematic Botany and Mycology at the University of Tbingen in 1974 and became the founding editor-in-chief of the academic journal, Mycological Progress, a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the study of fungi including lichens, in 2002.
In 1974 he was appointed as successor to Karl Magdefrau as Chair of Systematic Botany and Mycology at the University of Tubingen and from 1974 until his retirement in 2008 he was head of the University's botanic garden, Botanischer Garten der Universitat Tubingen. In 2002 he became the founding editor-in-chief of the academic journal, Mycological Progress. Mycological Progress is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the study of fungi including lichens. 
