Professional Activities

Research Experience

2010/2011	Visiting Professor at the University Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (Department of Cardiology and Pulmonary Hypertension) for 5 weeks
2009-present	Heisenberg Professor (W3) and Lab Director at the University Heart Center Hamburg, Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology Lab (TSI), Germany
since 2009	Visiting Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Transplant Immunology
2007-2009	Instructor, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Transplant Immunology Lab, Stanford, CA
2006-2007	Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford, CA; Lab Director: Robert C. Robbins, MD
2002-2006	-Investigator/Instructor for Basic Science at University Hospital -Hamburg (Cardiovascular Surgery/ Institute of Immunology), Germany
2001-2002	Postdoctoral Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Munich, Germany
1999-2001	Doctoral Research, Thoracic- and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Wuerzburg, Germany
1998-1999	Pre-doctoral Fellow, Thoracic- and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Wuerzburg, Germany

Teaching Experience

2011-present	University Hamburg, 2nd track committee for “Experimental Cardiac Surgery” and “Regenerative Medicine”
2010-present	Mentor in the University Program “Excellent medical students”
2010-present	Mentor in the University Program “Mentoring for female postdocs”
2006-present	Hosting and teaching summer students in research and transplant immunology
2006-present	Organizing and supervising weekly research meetings
2001-present	Supervision of Medical Fellows, Undergraduate Students (3-4 each year) and Postdoctoral Fellows
2003-2005	Clinical teaching CV Surgery (cardiovascular diseases), University Hospital Hamburg (Germany)
2003-2006	Interdisciplinary course “Current questions in experimental and clinical transplantation”, University Hospital Hamburg (Germany)

Honors and Awards

2015	Paul Martini Prize (Award for pioneering work on new therapies for coronary heart disease and other diseases caused by vasoconstriction from the Paul Martini Foundation)
2014	Innovation Award of the German Academia (Innovationspreis der Deutschen Hochschulmedizin)
2013	Leducq Transatlantic Exchange Award (for 2 years) from the “LeDucq Fondation”, France
2012	TTS International Basic Science Award of the Transplantation Society
2010	Norman E. Shumway Career Development Award of the ISHLT (International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation)
2009	W3-Heisenberg-Professor (DFG) in Transplant Immunology and Stem Cell Immunobiology, Cardiac Surgery
2009	Best Abstract Basic Science from the German Transplant Society (DTG)
2008	Finalist in the Vivien Thomas Award Session of the American Heart Association (AHA)
2008	Best Scientific Abstract (11th Annual NewEra Cardiac Care: Innovation&Technology)
2007	Rudolf Pichlmayr Prize 2007 (from the German Transplant Society (DTG), “named after the pioneer of German Transplant Medicine, the prize is awarded for outstanding achievment in the transplant field”)
2007	Novartis Global Travel Award (Basic Science Symposium of the Transplantation Society 2007)
2007	ATC Young Investigator Award (American Transplant Congress 2007)
2006	Lilly-Research-Award for the best publication in preventive medicine (Schrepfer at al., Menopause 2006)
2005	Christian-Lauritzen-Award of Germany
2005	German Society for Thoracic- and Cardiovascular Surgery Best Oral Presentation Award
2005	"Dr. Martini-Award" of Hamburg (for investigations of malononitrilamides and their relevance for organ transplantation)
2004	German Transplantation Society Young Investigator Award
2003	Doctoral Thesis Diploma of Excellency, Julius-Maximilian-University, Wuerzburg, Germany
2002	German Society for Thoracic- and Cardiovascular Surgery (DGTHG): Young Investigator Award for the Doctoral Thesis