Robert Nitsch - Curriculum Vitae#

Education:

• 1981 – 1985 Medicine and Philosophy, University of Kiel, Germany
  
• 1982 – 1985 Philosophy, University of Kiel and Hamburg, Germany
  
• 1985 – 1987 Medicine and Philosophy, University of Frankfurt, Germany
  
• 04/1987 – 09/1987 Internship, Dept. of Internal Medicine and Dept. of Neurology, University of Frankfurt
  
• 10/1987 – 05/1988 Internship, Dept. of Surgery, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
  
• 1982-1988 Fellow of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
  
• 06/1988 Medical doctor examination
  
• 01/1989 Dr. med. degree. Supervisor: Michael Frotscher

Professional Experience:

• 1988 – 1990 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Anatomy, University of Frankfurt, Germany
  
• 1990 – 1991 Research Associate (C1), Institute for Anatomy, Dept. of Neuroanatomy, University of Freiburg, Germany
  
• 1992 Visiting Research Scientist, Yale Medical School, Dept. of OB/GYN (Chair: Fred Naftolin) and Neurobiology (Chair: Pasko Rakic), New Haven, CT, USA
  
• 1993 Habilitation, University of Freiburg, Germany. Advisor: Michael Frotscher
  
• 1993 – 1994 Heisenberg Fellow of the German Science Foundation, Center for Morphology, University of Frankfurt, Germany
  
• 1994 Wolfgang-Bargmann Prize
  
• 1995 - 2009 C4 Professor, Head of Institute for Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Center for Anatomy, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Germany
  
• 1997-2003 Vice-Dean for Teaching and Financial Affairs, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Germany
  
• 2004-2008 Deputy-Dean for Research, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Germany
  
• Since 12/2009 W3 Professor, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
  
• 11/2012 Dr. phil. degree. Supervisor: Dominik Perler

Current professional activities:

Director of the newly established Institute for Microanatomy and Neurobiology at the University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany, and Head of the Focus Program Translational Neuroscience
Spokesperson CRC 1080: Molecular and Cellular Mechansisms of Neural Homoeostasis