Martin C. Michel - Curriculum vitae #

Education:

• 1966 - 1969 Elementary School in Essen (Germany)
• 1969 - 1978 Humboldtgymnasium (High School) in Essen
• 1978 - 1981 University of Essen Medical School
• 1981 - 1982 University of Vienna Medical School (Austria)
• 1982 - 1985 University of Essen Medical School (including Internship in Medicine, Surgery, and Neurology)

Thesis: Doctorate obtained in the Dept. of Biochemistry of the University of Essen 1987

Work experience:

• May 1985 - August 1987 postdoctoral fellow with Dr. O.-E. Brodde (Nephrology Research Labs, Dept. of Medicine, University of Essen Medical School)
• September 1987 - August 1989 postdoctoral fellow with Dr. P. A. Insel (Dept. of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego)
• September 1989 - September 1993 Senior Researcher in the Nephrology Research Labs, Dept. of Medicine, University of Essen Medical School
• October 1993 - December 2002 Head Nephrology Research Labs, Dept. of Medicine, University of Essen Medical School
• October 1998 - September 1999 Professor and Acting Head, Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ruhr-University Bochum Medical School

Research interests:

Experimental and clinical receptor pharmacology in the autonomic nervous systems, particularly with regard to the cardiovascular and urogenital system.

Academic and professional achievements:

• 1985 German physician's license (“Approbation”)
• 1990 German board certification in Pharmacology and Toxicology
• 1991 Appointed Assistant Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego (until 1997)
• 1991 Appointed senior lecturer ("Privatdozent”) at the University of Essen Medical School
• 1993 Appointed head Nephrology and Hypertension Research Labs, Dept. of Medicine, University of Essen
• 1994 Appointed Advisory Editor Naunyn-Schmiedeberg’s Archives of Pharmacology
• 1996 Appointed Consulting Editor Journal of Clinical Investigation (until 2000)
• 1996 Promotion to Full Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Essen Medical School
• 1996 Appointed member and coordinator IUPHAR nomenclature committee on neuropeptide Y/peptide YY/pancreatic polypeptide receptors
• 1997 Appointed as member of WHO expert panel ”α-blocker treatment of BPH”
• 1997 German board certification in Clinical Pharmacology
• 1998 Appointed Editor British Journal of Pharmacology (until 2003)
• 1999 Appointed Editor Naunyn-Schmiedeberg’s Archives of Pharmacology
• 2002 Appointed to Editorial Board of Basic Research in Cardiology
• 2002 Appointed Editorial Board Molecular Pharmacology
• 2002 Appointed Managing Editor Naunyn-Schmiedeberg’s Archives of Pharmacology
• 2009 Appointed Editorial Board Urologe B (until 2003)
• 2003 Appointed Editorial Board Urologe
• 2004 Appointed Editorial Board International Journal of Pharmacology
• 2005 Appointed Editorial Board Current Drug Safety
• 2005 Appointed Editor XPharm (pharmacological online database)
• 2006 Appointed Editorial Board European Urology
• 2006 Appointed Editorial Board American Journal of Physiology (Cell Physiology)
• 2007 Appointed Editorial Board Journal of Hypertension
• 2007 Appointed Series Editor Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
• 2008 Appointed Member European Academy of Sciences (“Academia Europaea”)
• 2008 Appointed Editorial Board Neurourology and Urodynamics
• 2009 Appointed Editorial Board Advances in Therapy
• 2009 Appointed Editorial Board LUTS
• 2009 Appointed Editorial Board Pharmacological Reviews