Curriculum vitae

Awards and Honours
2005 „Best teacher of the year award“, International Graduate Program “Molecular
Biology and Medicine of the Lung”
2002 - 2005 Heisenberg Stipend of the German Research Council
2001 - 2003 Lung Fibrosis Stipend of the German Lung Foundation
2003 „Best teacher of the year award“, International Graduate Program “Molecular
Biology and Medicine of the Lung”
2001 Award for outstanding scientific achievements, German Pneumologic Society
2000 Young Investigator Award, German Pneumologic Society
1996 Dissertation Award, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Funding
1994 – 7.094.993€ in total, 6.060.327€ on basis of peer-reviewed grants in networks,
SFBs, KFOs and single applications (European Commission, German Research
Council, German Ministry of Education and Research, University of Giessen
School of Medicine) and 466.850€ from industrial sources (in frame of clinical
trials)
Publications
1994 – in total 135 scientific publications, among which are:
88 original, peer reviewed articles exclusively in medline listed, native english
journals (42 first/senior author),
1 article in revision
3 “letters to the editor” or “correspondence”
28 invited reviews, editorials or commentaries (19 first/senior author),
12 book chapters (11 first/senior author),
3 chapters in textbooks (Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine)
Patents
2007 - DE 10 2007 062 411.7: “Reinforcement of correct epithelial processing of
hydrophobic surfactant protein B and blockade of epithelial maladaptive ERstress
response or apoptosis as new treatment option in sporadic Idiopathic
Pulmonary Fibrosis”
2006 - PCT/EP2006/003154: “New dry nebulizer”
2003 - PCT/EP2003/14542: “Novel chimeric plasminogen activators and their
pharmaceutical use”
1999 - PCT/EP99/04796: “Determination of the hydrophobic pulmonary surfactant
protein SP-C”
Professional Societies
2008 - Member, German Society for Internal Medicine
2008 - Member, German Technology, Methods, and Infrastructure for Networked Medical
Research (TMF)
2008 - Member, International Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs (ICORD)
2008- Member, European Respiratory Society (ERS)
2006 - Member, German Sepsis Association (Deutsche Sepsis-Gesellschaft)
2002 - Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Lung Fibrosis Self Care
Association (Erwachsenen Histiozytosis X [EHX])
2000 - Member, German Pneumologic Society (DGP)
1998 - Member, American Thoracic Society (ATS)