Max Gassmann#
| Membership Number: | 6260 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Affiliated section(s): | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-2750-8878 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2002 - present Director of the Institute of Veterinary Physiology, University of Zurich
- 2001 - 2002 Full Professor at the Institute of Veterinary Physiology, University of Zurich
- 1992 - 2001 “Privatdozent” and independent senior group leader (PI) at the Institute of Human Physiologie, University of Zurich
Fields of Scholarship
- Iron
- Erythropoietin
- High altitude
- Sickle cell disease
- Anemia and ethnicity worldwide
- Hypoxia
- Erythropoietin
Honours and Awards
- Since 2017 Admission as Member of the Scientific Board of the Ministry of Health, Slovakia
- 2018 Elected individual member of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2018 Corresponding member of the National Academy of Science of Peru
- 2018 Appointment as honorary Professor (Prof. h.c.) of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
- 2017 Corresponding member of the National Academy of Science of Bolivia
- 2016 Best lecturer of the Vetsuisse Faculty of the University of Zurich
- 2016 Elected member of the German Academy of Sciences LEOPOLDINA
- 2004 Pfizer Research Award
