Curriculum Vitae
M. LIENHARD SCHMITZ
Prof. Dr.
Personal
Date of birth: February 16, 1961
Place of birth: Tübingen, Germany
Academic Education and Appointments
1980 – 1987
Studies in Biology, Universities of Göttingen and Freiburg
1987
Diploma in Biology, University of Freiburg (Prof. G. Feix)
1990
PhD in Molecular Biology, University of Freiburg (Prof. G. Feix)
1990 – 1993
Post-doctoral Fellow, Gene Center, Martinsried (Dr. P. A. Baeuerle)
1994 – 1996
Assistant Professor, Institute for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Freiburg (Prof. P. A. Baeuerle)
1997
Habilitation in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Freiburg (Prof. P. A. Baeuerle)
1997 – 2001
Group leader, German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg
2002 – 2005
Faculty member, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern (Switzerland)
2005
Full Professor (W3) at the University of Giessen
2006
Principal investigator DFG Excellence cluster EXC 147, Giessen & Frankfurt
2006 – 2009
Principal investigator in the DFG Collaborative Research Center SFB 547, Giessen
2008
Guest Editor Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Molecular Cell Research
2010
Principal investigator in the DFG Collaborative Research Center TRR81, Giessen, Marburg, Rotterdam
2011
Academy of Finland: Chair of the Molecular Medicine Panel
2013
- Principal investigator and executive board member of the DFG Collaborative Research Center SFB 1021 Marburg & Giessen
- Founding Member: Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung
- Founding Member: International Max Planck Research School for Heart and Lung Research (IMPRS-HLR), Bad Nauheim, Giessen, Frankfurt
2015
Scientific advisory board of the Faculty of Biology & Pharmacy of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2016
Executive editor BBA Molecular Cell Research
2016 – 2020
- Principal investigator in the DFG Collaborative Research Center SFB1213;
- Scientific Advisory Board: Current Medicinal Chemistry;
- Editorial board: Frontiers in Genetics, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Cell signaling and trafficking