Matthias Tschöp#
| Email: | matthias.tschoep 'at' helmholtz-muenchen.de |
| Membership Number: | 4345 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Username: | mtschoep |
| Elected: | 2016 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 - present Research Director, Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Germany
- 2011 - present Research Director, Helmholtz Diabetes Center & Director, Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Germany
- 2012 - present Alexander von Humboldt Professor/Chair, Division of Metabolic Diseases, Technische Universitaet Muenchen
- 2012 - present Adjunct Professor, Yale University, USA
- 2009 - 2011 Arthur Russell Morgan Endowed Chair of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, USA
- 2009 - 2011 Research Director, Cincinnati Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, College of Medicine, Univ. of Cincinnati, USA
- 2009 - 2011 Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Univ. of Cincinnati, USA
- 2003 - 2009 Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Obesity Research Center, Univ. of Cincinnati, USA
- 2002 - 2003 Senior Scientist, Dept. of Pharmacology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Nuthetal, Germany
- 1999 - 2002 Postdoctoral scientist, discovery research, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Diabetes and obesity research
- Metabolic syndrome and therapeutics
- Development of novel clinical approaches for the treatment of diabetes and obesity
- Translational research in the fields of diabetes, obesity and metabolism
- Interactions of gastrointestinal hormones with central neuronal networks
Honours and Awards
- 2016 ERC Advanced Grant
- 2016 Victor Mutt Award
- 2016 European Medal of the Society for Endocrinology
- 2014 Erwin Schrödinger Prize
- 2014 Paul Martini Prize
- 2014 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award, Indiana University, USA
- 2013 Elected Member, German National Academy of Science Leopoldina, Germany
- 2012 Werner Creutzfeldt Award, German Diabetes Society
- 2012 Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
- 2011 Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award, American Diabetes Association
- 2010 NIH/NIDDK 60th Anniversary Scholar Award
- 2010 André Mayer Award, Int. Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO)
- 2007 Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award, The Obesity Society (TOS)
- 2007 Christina Barz Award of the German Society for Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychosomatic Medicine
- 2002 Young Investigator Award, European Neuroendocrine Association (ENEA)
- 2001 Schoeller-Junkmann Award of the German Endocrine Society (DGE)
- 2000 Lilly Research Laboratories President‘s Award
- 2000 Eli Lilly Endocrine Research Award for Science
