.: Kettenmann, Helmut

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