Robert Nitsch#
| Membership Number: | 3403 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2017 Medical Director, University Medical Center Münster
- Since 12/2010 Head of the Focus Program Translational Neuroscience
- Since 12/2009 W3 Professor, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
- 2004-2008 Deputy-Dean for Research, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Germany
- 1997-2003 Vice-Dean for Teaching and Financial Affairs, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Germany
- 1995 - 2009 C4 Professor, Head of Institute for Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Germany
- 1993 – 1994 Heisenberg Fellow of the German Science Foundation, Center for Morphology, University of Frankfurt, Germany
- 1992 Visiting Research Scientist, Yale Univ., Dept. of OB/GYN (Chair: Fred Naftolin) and Neurobiology (Chair: Pasko Rakic), USA
- 1990 – 1991 Research Associate (C1), Institute for Anatomy, Dept. of Neuroanatomy, University of Freiburg, Germany
- 1988 – 1990 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Anatomy, University of Frankfurt, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular mechanisms of axonal outgrowth and synaptic function
- Structural reorganization following brain lesion
- Neural homeostasis and mental function
- Neuro-immune interaction
Honours and Awards
- 1993 Heisenberg-Fellow of the DFG
- 1994 Wolfgang Bargmann Prize
- 2007 Member of the National Academy of Science of Germany (Leopoldina)
