Florian Kronenberg#
| Membership Number: | 6242 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Affiliated section(s): | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://genepi.i-med.ac.at/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-2229-1120 |
| Twitter: | @KronenbergLab |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2004 to date Full professor and Head of the Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
- 2008 to 2017 Three terms as Director of the Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology
- 2002 - 2004 Head of the Research Unit "Genetic Epidemiology" at the Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz-Center Munich, Germany
- 1999 - 2002 Independent scientist at the Department of Medical Biology and Human Genetics, University of Innsbruck.
- 1997 - 1999 Postdoctorol Fellow at the Department of Cardiovascular Genetics at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
- 1991 - 1997 Postdoctoral Fellow and Residency in Medical Biology at the Institute of Medical Biology and Human Genetics, University of Innsbruck, Austria
- 1988 - 1990 Doctoral thesis at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in collaboration with the Division of Nephrology, Innsbruck University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria
Fields of Scholarship
- Genetic epidemiology
- Lipoprotein(a)
- Genetics of complex diseases such as atherosclerosis, kidney diseases, diabetes mellitus
- Intermediate phenotypes
- Clinical epidemiological studies
- Lipoprotein metabolism
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Award for lifetime achievement in science from the Dr. Johannes und Hertha Tuba-Stiftung
- 2021 Scholarship of the Dr. Johannes und Hertha Tuba-Stiftung
- 2018 Badge of Honour of the Tyrolean Private University UMIT, Hall i.T., Austria
- 2010 Paula und Richard von Hertwig-Preis for interdisciplinary collaboration
- 2005 Cultural Award for Medicine of the local government (Oberösterreich)
- 2001 Research award for basic sciences in diabetology of the "Austrian Diabetes Association"
- 2000 Research award of the City of Innsbruck
- 2000 Research award of the "Austrian Stroke Foundation"
- 1999 Knoll William Harvey Prize (international competition)
- 1997 - 2000 APART ("Austrian Programme for Advanced Research and Technology") from the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 1997 Bernd-Tersteegen Award of the German Dialysis Society (international competition)
- 1995 Award of the local government (Oberösterreich)
- 1994 Award of the Austrian Society of Nephrology
- 1993 Award of the Austrian Society of Transplantation, Transfusion and Genetics ("Austrotransplant")
- 1990 Research scholarship of the Austrian Ministry of Science
- 1989 Research scholarship of the Austrian Ministry of Science
- 1988 Scholarship for academic performance awarded by the School of Medicine, University of Innsbruck
