Klaus Thurau#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1116 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1991 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Klaus Thurau passed away November 1, 2018.
Positions Held
- 1968 - 1998 Head of the Institute for Physiology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- University of Göttingen
Fields of Scholarship
- Physiological basis of kidney function
- Tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF)
- Hemodynamics
- Thurau-hypothesis
Honours and Awards
- 1987 - 1990 President of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN)
- 1990 Homer Smith Award, American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
- 1997 Franz-Volhard-Medaille
- 2008 Jacob-Henle-Medaille, University of Göttingen
- Honorary member of the German Nephrology Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nephrologie (DGfN))
