Curriculum Vitae Professor Dr. med. Horst-Werner Korf - Leopoldina
Curriculum Vitae Professor Dr. med. Horst-Werner Korf - Leopoldina
Curriculum Vitae Professor Dr. med. Horst-Werner Korf - Leopoldina
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<strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>Vitae</strong> <strong>Professor</strong> <strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>med</strong>. <strong>Horst</strong>-<strong>Werner</strong> <strong>Korf</strong><br />
Name: <strong>Horst</strong>-<strong>Werner</strong> <strong>Korf</strong><br />
Born: 20 February 1952<br />
Family status: married, 3 children<br />
Academic and Professional Career<br />
since 2010 Director, <strong>Dr</strong>. Senckenbergisches Chrono<strong>med</strong>izinisches Institut (SCI), Faculty of<br />
Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt /Main, Germany<br />
since 2006 Member of the Administration of the <strong>Dr</strong>. Senckenbergische Stiftung, Frankfurt /Main,<br />
Germany<br />
since 1995 Chairman , <strong>Dr</strong>. Senckenbergische Anatomie, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University<br />
Frankfurt /Main, Germany<br />
since 1995 Member of the Council of the Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University<br />
Frankfurt /Main, Germany<br />
since 1990 Full <strong>Professor</strong> of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Director of the Institute of Anatomy II,<br />
<strong>Dr</strong>. Senckenbergische Anatomie, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University<br />
Frankfurt /Main, Germany<br />
1997 - 1999 Dean of Student´s Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt / Main,<br />
Germany<br />
Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften <strong>Leopoldina</strong><br />
www.leopoldina.org<br />
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1987 - 1991 Visiting Fellow and Visiting Scientist, Section Neuroendocrionology (<strong>Dr</strong>. D.C. Klein),<br />
NIH, Bethesda, USA<br />
1986 Habilitation for Anatomy with Prof. A. Oksche, Justus-Liebig- University Giessen,<br />
Germany<br />
1979 - 1990 Research assistant and lecturer, Department of Anatomy and Cytobiology (Prof. A.<br />
Oksche), Justus-Liebig- University Giessen, Germany<br />
1976 - 1979 Intern and Resident in diverse hospitals<br />
1976 Promotion <strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>med</strong>. (Prof. A. Oksche), Justus-Liebig- University Giessen, Germany<br />
1970 - 1976 Study of Medicine, Justus-Liebig- University Giessen, Germany<br />
Project coordination, Membership in collaborative research projects (Selection)<br />
2008 - 2011 Member of the LOEWE Research Programme „Lipid Signaling Research Center<br />
Frankfurt (LiFF), Germany<br />
1997 - 2003 Member of the Board of the DFG (German Research Society) Research Traning Group<br />
“Neuronalal Plasticity”<br />
1996 - 2004 Member of the Board of the DFG Priority Programme “Functional and adaptive<br />
mechanisms in circadian Systems”<br />
1993 - 2005 Vice-Coordinator and Coordinator of the DFG Collaborative Research Center 269<br />
“Molecular and cellullar bases of neuronal organisation processes“, Frankfurt / Main ,<br />
Germany<br />
Functions in Scientific Societies and Committees (Selection)<br />
since 2009 Secretary / Treasurer of the International Federation of Comparative<br />
Endocrinological Societies<br />
2006 - 2007 Acting President of the Anatomische Gesellschaft (Society of Anatomy, President<br />
Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften <strong>Leopoldina</strong><br />
www.leopoldina.org<br />
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2006 - 2010)<br />
2005 - 2009 President of the European Biological Rhythms Society<br />
since 2010 Vice-President of the European Society for Comparative Endocrinology (Secretary<br />
Treasurer 2004 - 2010)<br />
2002 - 2005 President of the European Pineal and Biological Rhythms Society<br />
Major Scientific Interests<br />
Neurobiology of circadian systems, non-visual photoreception, role of peptidergic and<br />
lipidergic messengers for circadian and neuroendocrine regulation, impact of the circadian<br />
system on pathophysiological processes and disease, neurodegeneration and – regeneration<br />
(M. Huntington, spinocerebellar ataxias)<br />
Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften <strong>Leopoldina</strong><br />
www.leopoldina.org<br />
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