• Education
• International Experience
• Awards and Distinctions

Date of birth: 1st September 1965

Education

1972 - 1986
Elemantary School, Senior Year of High School (Phoenix, Arizona) and 'Gymnasium' with Abitur, 1986 (1.4)

1991 - 1996
Doctoral thesis in the laboratory of Prof. Dr. C. Vogelmeier at the Medizinische Klinik I, University of Munich.
Title of the thesis: "Untersuchungen zur oxidativen Inaktivierung des Secretory Leukoprotease Inhibitor im Vergleich zu Alpha-1-Antitrypsin" (magna cum laude)
Professional Background

1987 - 1994
Medicine: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich; Universidad de Guatemala, Guatemala; Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

1994 - 1999
Resident and doctor at the Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich

1996
Degree of doctor in medicine (magna cum laude), Munich

1998
Dermatologist

1999 - 2000
Research fellowship of the DFG, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research (NIBR), Vienna, Austria

2000 - 2003
Scientist, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Vienna, Austria

2002
Board certification Allergologist

2002
Habilitation in 'Dermatology' at the Department of Immune Dermatology (Director Prof. Dr. G. Stingl) at the University Hospital, Vienna

2003 - present
Head of Research group for Allergy and Immunology

2003 - present
Assistant medical director at the Department for Dermatology Tübingen

2004 - present
Full professor (C3) for Dermatology with the focus on Allergology and Immunology in Tübingen

2007
Board certification Dermatopathology

2008
Board certification Laboratory Medicine

2009
Board Member of the Allergologie Journal

2009
Board certification Medical Tumour Therapy

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International Experience

1991, 1992
Medical studies, Universidad de Guatemala und Mayo Medical School

1999 - 2000
Research fellowship of the DFG, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research (NIBR), Vienna, Austria

2000 - 2003
Scientist, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Vienna, Austria

2002
Habilitation in 'Dermatology' at the Department of Immune Dermatology (Director Prof. Dr. G. Stingl) at the University Hospital, Vienna

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Awards and Distinctions

1991 - present
Grant, Deutsche Akademische Auslandsdienst (DAAD)

1995 - present
ad hoc Reviewer for Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Experimental Dermatology, Journal Immunological Methods, Allergy, British Journal of Dermatology, Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy, International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, Acta Dermato-Venerologica, European Journal of Dermatology, Dermatology, Journal of Dermatological Science

1996 - present
Travel grant, European Society for Dermatologic Research

2001 - present
Abstract reviewer of the European Society of Dermatological Research (ESDR) and Arbeitsgemeinschaft Dermatologische Forschung (ADF)

2005 - present
Board member Acta Dermato-Venerologica

2005
Poster award Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Dermatologische Forschung

2005
Highest award - Research Award Immunomodulation 2005

2005
Member of the organizing commitee and Secretary of the annual meeting of the European Society of Dermatological Research in Tübingen

2006 - present
Section editor Acta Dermato-Venerologica

2006
Organizer of the annual meeting of the Working group on mast cells and basophils in Tübingen

2007 - present
Spokesman of the Working group on mast cells and basophils

2007 - present
Member of the committee for the research award allergology of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Dermatologische Forschung (ADF)

2007 - present
Boardmember of the European Society of Dermatological Research

2007
Final Reviewer Immunology for the International Investigative Dermatology World Congress in 2008 in Kyoto

2008 - present
Board member of the Allergo Journal

2008 - present
Award for Translational Research in Dermatology

2008 - present
Section Head Dermatology of the German Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (DGAKI)

2009 - present
Coordinator of the DFG Priority Programm 1394 "Mast cells – promotors of health and modulators of disease"

2009
Poster award Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Dermatologische Forschung

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