Research

Main research interests: Translational Research in Pulmonary Diseases, Pulmonal Hypertonia, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Pneumonia and Sepsis, Acute and chronic respiratory insufficiency

Career

• since 2007 Director of the ‘Lung Development and Remodeling’, Chair at the Max-Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, W.G. Kerckhoff Institute, Bad Nauheim, Germany
• 2006-2024 Medical Executive Director of the University Hospital Giessen and Marburg (UKGM), Germany
• 2000-2024 Managing Director, Department of Medicine, University of Giessen School of Medicine, Germany
• since 1996 C 4-Professur für Innere Medizin/Pneumologie, Justus-Liebig University (JLU) Gießen, Germany
• 1991-1996 Head, Clinical Research Group “Respiratory Failure”, University of Giessen School of Medicine, Germany
• 1987-1991 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Giessen School of Medicine, Germany
• 1987 Habilitation at the JLU of Giessen, Germany
• 1982-1987 Internship and Residency, Department of Medicine, JLU Giessen,
• Germany (Prof. Lasch)
• 1980 Ph.D. at the University of Giessen, Germany
• 1979-1982 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathological Biochemistry, JLU Giessen, Germany (Prof. Roká)
• 1972-1979 Studies of Medicine at the Westfälische-Wilhelms University of Münster and at the JLU of Giessen, Germany

Projects

• since 2011 Chair of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL)
• since 2010 Chairman of the ‘LOEWE Center “Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center” (UGMLC)
• since 2006 Coordinator of the Excellence Cluster ‘CardioPulmonary System’ (ECCPS)
• 2006-2009 Koordinator, 6. supporting program EU Project “Pulmotension“
• 2002-2006 Koordinator, 5. supporting program EU Project “Disposition to Pulmonary Hypertension”
• 1997-2009 Head, Collaborative Research Center (Sonderforschungsbereich) SFB 547 “Cardio pulmonary Vascular System”

Functions

• since 2010 Associate Editor, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
• since 2009 Spokesman of the German Department Chairs of Internal Medicine
• 2007-2010 Chairman of the Medical Commission of the German Council of Science and Humanities (The Wissenschaftsrat)
• since 2006 Member of the Health Research Council (Gesundheitsforschungsrat)
• 2005-2006 President of the German Society of Internal Medicine
• 2004-2009 Vicepresident German Interdisciplinary Association of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI)
• 2003-2009 Member, German Council of Science and Humanities (The Wissenschaftsrat)
• 2002-2009 Member, Senate Committee “Clinical Research”, German Research Foundation (DFG)
• 2002 Conference Chairman, 6th Congress of the German Interdisciplinary Association of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI)
• 2001-2002 President, German Society for Pulmonary Medicine (DGP)
• 2000-2003 Chairman, Study Section “Medicine”, German Research Foundation (DFG)
• 1999-2001 President, German Society for Internal Critical Care Medicine (DGIIN)

Honours and Memberships

• 2014 Congress Chair Award of the European Respiratory Society (ERS)
• 2008 Robert-Pfleger Award
• 1988 Theodor-Frerichs Award, German Society for Internal Medicine
• 1987 Schunk-Award for Medicine, JLU Giessen