Helmut Kettenmann- Curriculum Vitae#
Education
- 1973-1980- Universities of Heidelberg and Miami, Master Biology
- 1980-1982- University of Heidelberg PhD Biology
- 1982-1987- University of Heidelberg, Habilitation/Professorial qualification
Positions and Employment
- 1982-1987- Assistant at the Department of Neurobiology, University of Heidelberg, with a grant from the BMFT
- 1987-1992- Heisenberg Fellow at the Department of Neurobiology, University of Heidelberg
- 1990-1997- Coordinator DFG Priority Program "Functions of glial cells"
- 1992-1995- Head of the project group "Neurobiology" funded by the German Ministry of Research and Technology
- 1993-2009- Coordinator of the Research Department Neurosciences at the Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin-Buch
- since 1993- Secretary General of the German Neuroscience Society
- since 1996- Professor for Cellular Neurobiology at the Humboldt University Berlin (Charité)
- 1997-2003- Coordinator DFG Priority Program "The role of microglial cells in pathological nervous system"
- 1998-2002- Treasurer of FENS (Federation of European Neuroscience Societies)
- since 1998- Vice-Chair of the Collaborative Research Center 507 The function of non neuronal cells in neurological diseases
- since 2002- Head of the Admissions and Examination Commission in the International Graduate Programm Medical Neurosciences, Charité Berlin
- 2005-2006- FENS Trust Foundation Board member
- since 2006- Speaker of the Research Training School "The impact of Inflammation on Nervous System Function"
- 2006-2008- President-elect of FENS
- 2008-2010- President of FENS
Other professional activities
- since 1993- Foundation member of the German Neuroscience Society
- since 1988- Editor in Chief of the Journal GLIA
- since 1995- Editor in Chief of the Journal Neuroforum
- Reviewer of DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), European Commission, National Grant agencies, scientific journals
Honours
- 1984- Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz-prize for biological research on membrane of the German Ministry for Education and Sciences
- 1991- German University Software-prize
- since 2000- Member of the DANA Alliance
- since 2003- Member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists LEOPOLDINA
