Dobromir Dobrev#
| Membership Number: | 6882 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.uni-due.de/pharmakologie |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-4612-117X |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2012 Full Professor (W3) of Pharmacology/Toxicology and Director of Institute of Pharmacology, University Duisburg-Essen
- 2015 Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Dept. of Mol. Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
- 2010 - 2012 Full Professor (W3) and Chair of Division of Experimental Cardiology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
- 2009 Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
- 1999 - 2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dresden University of Technology
- 1994 - 1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dresden University of Technology
- 1992 - 1994 "Arzt im Praktikum", Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Dresden University of Technology
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular mechanisms of atrial fibrillation
- Calcium handling and signaling
- Cellular signaling
- Ion channel function and dysfunction
- Cellular electrophysiology
- Cardiac inflammation
- Cardiovascular pharmacology
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Conferred Honorary Doctorate (Dr. h.c.), University of Medicine & Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Bucharest, Romania
- 2022 Elected Fellow of the US Heart Rhythm Association (FHRS)
- 2022 Chair-Elect, European Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, European Society of Cardiology
- 2021 Scientific Advisory Board of LYRIC – Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute – University of Bordeaux, France
- 2021 Elected Fellow of the European Heart Rhythm Association (FEHRA)
- 2021 Teaching Award of Medical Faculty of University Duisburg-Essen
- 2021 Best Lecturer Teaching Award 2021, Medical Faculty of University Duisburg-Essen
- 2020 Elected Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC)
- 2018 Honorary Member of Romanian Society of Cardiology
- 2018 Elected Fellow of International Society of Heart Research
- 2017 Elected Fellow of International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences
- 2017 Board Member, European Heart Rhythm Association
- 2016 Chairperson, European Working Group on Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology, European Society of Cardiology
- 2012 Outstanding Achievement Award, European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society
- 2007 Coordinator, “The Transatlantic Networks of Excellence in Cardiovascular Research Program” Fondation Leducq, Paris
- 2005 Albert-Fraenkel Award, German Cardiac Society
- 2004 Carl Gustav Carus Education Award, Medical Faculty, Dresden University of Technology
- 2001 Carl Gustav Carus Education Award, Medical Faculty, Dresden University of Technology
- 2001 Wilhelm P. Winterstein Research Award, German Heart Foundation
- 2000 Education Award, Dresden University of Technology
