Florian Kronenberg#


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
  • Lipoprotein metabolism
  • Genetic epidemiology
  • Lipoprotein(a)
  • Clinical epidemiological studies
  • Genetics of complex diseases such as atherosclerosis, kidney diseases, diabetes mellitus
  • Intermediate phenotypes

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

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