Rohini Kuner#
| Membership Number: | 3926 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2014 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.medizinische-fakultaet-hd.uni-heidelberg.de/Kuner.107599.0.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 09.2009-10.2012 Institute Director, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
- 07.2006- present W3 Professor & Chair for Pharmacology & Toxicology, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
- 01.2002-06.2006 Emmy Noether group leader (DFG), Institute of Pharmacology, Heidelberg University
- 10.2000-12.2001 Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Dr. Stefan Offermanns, Institute of Pharmacology, Heidelberg University
- 07.1998-09.2000 Scientist, Axaron AG, Heidelberg
- 07.1995-06.1998 Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Dr. Peter H. Seeburg, Centre for Molecular Biology, Heidelberg University and Department for Molecular Neurobiology, Max-Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg
- 12.1994 Doctoral dissertation, Ph.D. (The role of spinal excitatory amino acid receptors in pain) ; supervisor: Prof. Dr. G. F. Gebhart, Dept. of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Plasticity of the nervous system over development and neurological disorders
- Molecular mechanisms and networks underlying acute and chronic pain
Honours and Awards
- 1991 Maganmal Kriplani Award for Merit and Service to the Institution, University of Bombay, India
- 1991 Ichalkaranji Trust Prize for Studies Abroad, Pune, India
- 2005 Rudolf-Buchheim Prize of the German Society for Pharmacology and Toxicology (DGPT)
- 2006 Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation Research Award
- 2006 Bergius-Kuhn-Meyerhof Young Investigator Award of the Rotary Club Heidelberg
- 2007 National award for Basic Pain Research, German society for the Study of Pain (DGSS)
- 2008 Ingrid zu Solms Research Award (national)
- 2010 Pat Wall International Young Investigator Award of the International Association for the Study of Pain
- 2011 ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Award of the European Research Council
- 2011 Elected to the Research Section 'Neurosciences' of the German Research Foundation
