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Curriculum Vitae

Advanced Professional Positions

  • 2005 – present Friedrich-Schiedel-Professor of Neuroscience, TU Munich
  • 2000 – 2004 Professor of Physiology (Chair), LMU Munich
  • 1999 – 2000 Professor of Physiology (Chair), TU Munich
  • 1993 – 1999 Professor of Physiology (Chair), Saarland University, Homburg
  • 1989 – 1992 Research Group Leader, MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen

Professional Experience and Postdoctoral Training

  • 1986 – 1988 Research Assistant, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Department head:   Bert Sakmann
  • 1985 – 1986 Research Assistant, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Department head: Hans Dieter Lux
  • 1984 – 1985 Research Assistant, University of Pennsylvania, USA, Department head: Brian Salzberg
  • 1982 – 1984 Research Assistant, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Department head: Hans Dieter Lux

Academic Education

  • 1978 – 1982 Doctoral training (MD), Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Mentor: Uwe Heinemann
  • 1981 Medical School (State exam), LMU Munich

Honours, Awards, Scholarships and Other Qualifications

  • 2013 Bauer Foundation Distinguished Guest Lecturer, Brandeis University, USA
  • 2013 Plenary Lecture, Spanish Neuroscience Society Meeting, Oviedo, Spain
  • 2013 Heller Lecture, Hebrew University Jerusalem
  • 2013 ERC Advanced Grant
  • 2011 Elected Member of the Bavarian Academy Sciences
  • 2007 Plenary Lecture, Italian Neuroscience Society
  • 2007 Carl-von-Linde Senior Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study TUM
  • 2006 Heinz Maier Leibnitz Medal of TUM
  • 2005 Endowed Friedrich Schiedel Chair of Neuroscience at TUM
  • 2004 Brooks Lecture, Harvard
  • 2004 Elected Member of the Academia Europea
  • 2003 Doctor honoris causa, Medical University Timisoara, Romania
  • 2002 Elected member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
  • 2001 Leibniz Prize
  • 2001 Max-Planck Prize
  • 1999 Plenary Lecture, German Physiology Society Meeting
  • 1999 Adolf Fick Prize for Physiology
  • 1999 Feldberg Prize
  • 1986 Michael Prize for Epileptology
  • 1984 Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Humboldt Foundation

Professional Activities, Memberships

  • 2012 – present Principal Investigator, Excellence Cluster “Synergy”
  • 2012 – present Principal Investigator, Excellence Cluster “CIPSM” (second round)
  • 2010 – present Scientific advisory board, Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Frankfurt
  • 2009 – present Scientific advisory board,School of Biosciences, Cardiff, UK
  • 2008 – present Member of various ERC review panels
  • 2008 – present Dean for Research of the Medical Faculty, TU Munich
  • 2007 – 2012 Principal Investigator, Excellence Cluster “CIPSM”
  • 1999 – 2003 Review Committee, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  • 1999 – 2002 “Senatsausschuss” DFG for CRCs
  • 1997 – 1999 Vice President for Research, Saarland University

Publications

  • Chen X, Leischner U, Rochefort N, Nelken I and Konnerth A. Functional mapping of single spines in cortical neurons in vivo. Nature 475:501-505, 2011.
  • Jia H, Rochefort N, Chen X and Konnerth A. Dendritic organization of sensory input to cortical neurons in vivo. Nature 464:1307-1312, 2010.
  • Hartmann J, Dragicevic E, Adelsberger H, Henning H, Sumser M, Abramowitz J, Blum R, Dietrich A, Freichel M, Flockerzi V, Birnbaumer L and Konnerth A. TRPC3 channels are required for synaptic transmission and motor coordination. Neuron 59:392-398, 2008.
  • Busche MA, Eichhoff G, Adelsberger H, Abramowski D, Wiederhold KH, Haass C, Staufenbiel M, Konnerth A and Garaschuk O. Clusters of Hyperactive Neurons Near Amyloid Plaques in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Science 321:1686-1689, 2008.
  • Takechi H, Eilers J and Konnerth A A new class of synaptic response involving calcium release in dendritic spines. Nature 396:757-760:1998.