Wolfgang Löscher#
| Membership Number: | 6908 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Affiliated section(s): | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
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| ORCID: | 0000-0002-9648-8973 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2023 Head, Translational Neuropharmacology Lab, NIFE, Department of Experimental Otology of the ENT Clinics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- 2022 Head, Translational Epilepsy Research Group, Hannover, Germany, and Emeritus Professor, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany
- 2019 - 2022: Research Professor, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany
- 1987 - 2019: Director, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany
- 2002 - 2022 Head, Center of Systems Neuroscience, Hannover, Germany
- 1986 - 1987 Research Scientist, Institute of Neuropsychopharmacology, Schering AG, Berlin, Germany
- 1982 - 1986 Interim Professorship, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Free University of Berlin
- 1979 Visiting Scientist, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
- 1978 Visiting Scientist, Leo Pharmaceuticals, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1975 - 1982 Postdoctoral Fellow and, thereafter, Assistant Professor, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Free University of Berlin
Fields of Scholarship
- Prevention of epilepsy after brain injury
- Mechanisms of drug resistance in epilepsy
- Mechanisms of epileptogenesis
- The physiology and pathophysiology of drug efflux transporters
- Novel treatments for neonatal seizures and their long-term sequelae
- Development of new more effective anti-seizure medications
- The blood-brain barrier in the healthy and diseased brain
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher
- 2018 Lifetime Accelerator Award of the Epilepsy Foundation of America
- 2014 European Epileptology Award of the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE) in recognition of outstanding contributions to European epileptology
- 2011 Ambassador for Epilepsy Award of the ILAE in recognition of outstanding personal contribution to international activities advancing the cause of epilepsy
- 2006 Epilepsy Research Recognition Award for Basic Science of the American Epilepsy Society (AES) for research into the understanding of drug resistance
- 2001 Epilepsy Research Award of the ILAE for outstanding contributions in pharmacologic development of antiepileptic drugs
- 2000 Election to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 1993 The Michael Prize for contributions to scientific research promoting further development in epileptology
- 1981 The Alfred Hauptmann Award for studies of GABA and the epilepsies
