Max Gassmann - Biography#

Prof. Max Gassmann is a trained Swiss veterinarian with Peruvian roots. He is full professor of Veterinary Physiology and director of the institute, as well as chairman of the Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), both institutions located at the University of Zurich. He graduated in Zurich before moving as a postdoctoral fellow to Stanford University Medical School where he joined the team of Prof. Paul Berg (Nobel Prize Laureate) for three years. Back in Zurich he first was principle investigator and lecturer at the Institute of Human Physiology before heading the one in the Veterinary Faculty. Prof. Gassmann work focuses mainly on hypoxia, high altitude and erythropoietin (Epo) in men and animals since 1992. He is member of the Leopoldina National Academy of Science and the Swiss National Academy of Medical Sciences as well as corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Bolivia and Peru. Moreover, he has a standing visiting professorship at the Medical Faculty of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru and holds a honorary professor title from that University. He is member of the Scientific advisory Board of the Ministry of Health of Slovakia. Over 300 publications, H-factor over 60.