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Curriculum vitae Prof. Dr. Christoph Rummel

  • Education

    2013 Habilitation Veterinary-Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig University of Giessen (JLU)
    2011 Specialist in veterinarian physiology
    2005 Dr. med. vet. Justus-Liebig University of Giessen
    2002-2005 Graduation from the Training Research Group sponsored by the DFG in “molecular veterinarian medicine, GK 455”
    1998-1999 Studies at École Nationale Vétérinaire, Agroalimentaire et de l’alimentation Nantes-Atlantique (ONIRIS), (F)
    1996-2002 Studies of veterinary medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen

  • Academic and Professional Career

    Since 2023 Executive director of the Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, JLU
    Since 2022 Full professor (W3) for Veterinary Physiology, Justus Liebig University Gießen (JLU)
    2019-2022 Independent JLU research group leader, Giessen
    2018 Associate Professor, Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, JLU
    2009-2014 Emmy Noether Research Group Leader of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
    2008-2018 Research Associate at the Institute of Veterinary Physiology, JLU
    2005-2007 Post-Doc in the „Neuroinflammation Lab“ of Dr. Giamal N. Luheshi, 
    Douglas Mental Health University Institute: McGill University, Montréal, (CA)

  • Institutional Responsibilities

    Since 2023 Together with Prof. Huttner, Lead of the JLU Accent Area „Translational Neuroscience Network Giessen (TNNG)”
    2018-2023 Member of the Board of Directors of the CMBB
    Since 2018 Election and appointment as deputy member from the group of scientific staff of the Commission for Good Scientific Practice, JLU
    Since 2017 Speaker of the section “Neuroscience” of the International Giessen Graduate Centre for the Life Sciences, JLU

  • Commissions of trust

    2022 Editorial board Neuroimmunomodulation
    2019 Editorial board and guest editor Brain, Behavior and Immunity Health
    2019 Editorial board Psychoneuroimmunology Journal
    2016 Organising team European Psychoneuroimmunology Network
    2015 Steering Committee German Brain Immune Network
    2014 Editorial board Brain, Behavior and Immunity

  • Fellowships, Awards and Third Party Funding

    2022-2026 Full proposals in Infectiology 2022 of the German Research Foundation (DFG): „Inflammatory mediators and neurodevelopmental morbidity associated with invasive
    Group B Streptococcus (GBS) disease early in life.“
    2022-2025 EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND)/BMBF: "Risk factors and markers for early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease: focus on early-life adversity, inflammation and lipid mediators. Acronym: Effects of early-Stress On Lipid mediators and Inflammation for early Detection of neurodegeneration (SOLID)."
    2021-2025 Volkswagen Stiftung: Herbstschulreihe "European Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) Autumn School Series"
    2020-2023 FCMH Flexi Funds “Lung-brain axis in health and disease”
    2014-2016 Humboldt Foundation (DEU/1156367)
    2014 Dr. Jutta und Dr. Georg Bruns-Award 2014
    2012 Award of the Academy for Animal Health Association for outstanding research in the field of veterinary physiology, in particular the work in the field of neuroimmunology
    2010 Research Award of the Association of Friends and Supporters of Veterinary Medicine at the JLU Giessen and of Bayer AG
    2009-2014 Emmy Noether Research Group Leader of the German Research Foundation
    2005 Merial Award for the best doctoral thesis of the faculty of veterinary medicine in 2005, JLU-Giessen
    Since 2003 German Research Foundation, DFG (GRK 455, RU 1397/1-1, RU 1397/2-1, RU 1397/8-1)

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