Curriculum Vitae

1996             Specialist in anatomy

1986             Doctorate in medicine with distinction (summa cum laude)                      at the Hannover Medical School (MHH)

1984             License to practice medicine

1977 - 1984  Study of medicine at the Hannover Medical School

Academic Career

Since 2023  Group leader “Synaptic plasticity” at the Institute for                      Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology at the MHH (Head: Prof. Dr. med. M. Lenz)

2016 - 2023  Academic Councilor at the Institute for Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology at the MHH (Head: Prof.in Dr. rer. nat. C. Grothe)

1998 – 2016 Research Associate / Academic Councilor at the Institute for Cell Biology in the Center for Anatomy at the MHH (headed by                      Prof. Dr. rer. nat. E. Ungewickell)

1985 - 1998  Research associate / university assistant in the Department of Cell Biology and Electron Microscopy at the MHH (Head:                      Prof. Dr. med. E. Reale)

Additional Qualifications

2016              Basic module "Effective leadership"; Crash Course Psychology for Executives; Advanced module "Management Advanced"

2013              Qualification measure “Ambient Assisted Living (people and technology)”

2011 – 2014  Basic program for the qualification of teachers and "active in teaching" at the MHH

Since 1998   Technical qualification 4.2 for handling unsealed radioactive substances with activities up to 105 times the exemption limit

1998              Expertise for project managers of genetic engineering work and representatives for biological safety

Since 1998   Appointed examiner in the subject zoology / biology in the scientific preliminary examination / Z1 for dentistry students

Since 1989   Appointed examiner in the subject of anatomy for the preliminary medical examination / 1st medical examination / state                       examination-equivalent anatomy module examination for medical students

Scientific Focus

1. Resilience of the synaptic plasticity discernable by electron microscopy

2. Interaction of the local cells with metallic, inorganic and biological implants in the heart, aorta, ligaments, peripheral nerves, middle ear     and inner ear

3. Influence of physical forces on cells and the extracellular matrices in vivo

4. Importance of the endosomal-lysosomal system in the cellular defense against foreign materials and in the healing of defects

5. Clarification of relevant pathomechanisms based on ultrastructural changes in monogenetic diseases to improve personalized     medicine

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