!!Martin C. Michel - Curriculum vitae 
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__Education: __		
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*1966 - 1969 Elementary School in Essen (Germany)
*1969 - 1978 Humboldtgymnasium (High School) in Essen
*1978 - 1981 University of Essen Medical School
*1981 - 1982 University of Vienna Medical School (Austria)
*1982 - 1985 University of Essen Medical School (including Internship in Medicine, Surgery, and Neurology)
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__Thesis:__ Doctorate obtained in the Dept. of Biochemistry of the University of Essen 1987
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__Work experience:__	
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*May 1985 - August 1987 postdoctoral fellow with Dr. O.-E. Brodde (Nephrology Research Labs, Dept. of Medicine, University of Essen Medical School)
*September 1987 - August 1989 postdoctoral fellow with Dr. P. A. Insel (Dept. of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego)
*September 1989 - September 1993 Senior Researcher in the Nephrology Research Labs, Dept. of Medicine, University of Essen Medical School
*October 1993 - December 2002 Head Nephrology Research Labs, Dept. of Medicine, University of Essen Medical School
*October 1998 - September 1999 Professor and Acting Head, Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ruhr-University Bochum Medical School
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__Research interests:__
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Experimental and clinical receptor pharmacology in the autonomic nervous systems, particularly with regard to the cardiovascular and urogenital system.
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__Academic and professional achievements:__
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*1985 	German physician's license (“Approbation”)
*1990 	German board certification in Pharmacology and Toxicology
*1991 	Appointed Assistant Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego (until 1997)
*1991 Appointed senior lecturer ("Privatdozent”) at the University of Essen Medical School
*1993 Appointed head Nephrology and Hypertension Research Labs, Dept. of Medicine, University of Essen
*1994 Appointed Advisory Editor Naunyn-Schmiedeberg’s Archives of Pharmacology
*1996 Appointed Consulting Editor Journal of Clinical Investigation (until 2000)
*1996 Promotion to Full Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Essen Medical School
*1996 Appointed member and coordinator IUPHAR nomenclature committee on neuropeptide Y/peptide YY/pancreatic polypeptide receptors
*1997  Appointed as member of WHO expert panel ”α-blocker treatment of BPH”
*1997 German board certification in Clinical Pharmacology
*1998 Appointed Editor British Journal of Pharmacology (until 2003)
*1999 Appointed Editor Naunyn-Schmiedeberg’s Archives of Pharmacology
*2002 Appointed to Editorial Board of Basic Research in Cardiology
*2002 Appointed Editorial Board Molecular Pharmacology
*2002 Appointed Managing Editor Naunyn-Schmiedeberg’s Archives of Pharmacology
*2009 Appointed Editorial Board Urologe B (until 2003)
*2003 Appointed Editorial Board Urologe
*2004 Appointed Editorial Board International Journal of Pharmacology
*2005 Appointed Editorial Board Current Drug Safety
*2005 Appointed Editor XPharm (pharmacological online database)
*2006 Appointed Editorial Board European Urology
*2006 Appointed Editorial Board American Journal of Physiology (Cell Physiology)
*2007 Appointed Editorial Board Journal of Hypertension
*2007 Appointed Series Editor Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
*2008 Appointed Member European Academy of Sciences (“Academia Europaea”)
*2008 Appointed Editorial Board Neurourology and Urodynamics
*2009 Appointed Editorial Board Advances in Therapy
*2009 Appointed Editorial Board LUTS
*2009 Appointed Editorial Board Pharmacological Reviews