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Main Research Fields
Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology of Anticancer Drugs: We analyze novel cytotoxic synthetic and natural compounds with improved tumor specificity and efficacy against otherwise drug-resistant tumors.
Prediction of therapy response of tumors and survival of patients to devise novel individualized therapy options with chemo- and radiotherapy.
Scientific Career
| 1980 - 1986 | Study of Biology, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany |
| 1990 | PhD Thesis at the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany |
| 1997 | Habilitation (Postdoctorate Thesis), Technical University Aachen, Germany |
| 2005 | Research group leader, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany |
| 2007 | Associate Professor (apl.), University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| 2009 | Full Professor, Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Mainz, Germany |
Scholarships, Awards and Honors
| 1991 | Ludolf Krehl-Award (1st place) of Southwest-German Society for Medicine |
| 2006 | Honorary professor at the Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China |
| 2006 | Dr. Wilmar Schwabe Award conferred by the Society for Medical Plant Research in Helsinki, Finland, August 30th 2006 |
| 2008 | Citizen Medal (Bürgerplakette) of the City of Heidelberg, Germany |
| 2010 | Visiting professor at the Zhejiang Medical University. Hangzhou, China |
| 2011 | Award of the Central European Society for Anticancer Drug Research (CESAR) for translational research in the development of antitumoral agents |