
Team Leader
Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering
Phone: +49 (0)241 80 89886
Phone: +49 (0)241 80 23401
| 1988 - 1995 | Medical School, University of Technology Aachen, Germany |
| 29.05.1995 | Teilapprobation (Arzt im Praktium (AiP)) |
| 07/1995–12/1995 | Research Fellow at the Dept. of Physiology, RWTH Aachen |
| 01/1996–12/1996 | Resident at the Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery Heart Center Lahr/Baden Head: PD Dr. med. J. Ennker |
| 01.01.1997 | Erteilung der Approbation als Arzt |
| 01/1997–12/2004 | Resident at the Clinic for Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery University Hospital Aachen Head: Univ.-Prof. Dr. med B.J. Messmer/ since 8/2001 Univ.-Prof. Dr med. R. Autschbach |
| 10/1998–04/1999 | Resident at the ICU of the Clinic of Cardiology (exchange program) Head: Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. P. Hanrath |
| 01/2005–11/2005 | Senior Physician at the Institut National de Chirurgie Cardiaque et de Cardiologie Interventionnelle, Luxembourg Head: Drs. K. Chalabi, A. Charpentier & G. Wendt |
| since Dec. 2005 | Head of the Dept. for Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Helmholtz nstitut for Biomedical Engineering at the Aachen University Chair of Applied Medical Engineering Director: Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Dipl. Ing. T. Schmitz-Rode |
| 1988–1995 | Department of Physiology, University of Technology Aachen,Germany |
| Direktor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. H. Schmid-Schönbein Labor für Extrakorporale Zirkulation | |
| Laboratory for Extracorporeal Circulation | |
| Head: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. K. Mottaghy | |
| Dissertation: „Entwicklung und Konstruktion alternativer Oxygenatorkonzepte unter Verwendung von mikroporösen Kapillarmembranen“ | |
| Note: magna cum laude (1) | |
| 04/1999–02/2000 | Research Fellowship at the University Zurich & Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich Clinic for Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery University Hospital Zürich |
| Direktor: Prof. Dr. M. Turina | |
| Dept. of Applied Cardiovascular Surgery Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Lab. | |
| Head: PD Dr. G. Zünd Institute for Biomedical Technology & Dept. of Biomaterials | |
| Director: Prof. Dr. J.A. Hubbell | |
| Research Area: Bioactive Biomaterials | |
| 09/2000–09/2001 | Research Fellowship at the Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Technologies University of Technology Aachen |
| Director: Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. G. Rau | |
| Dept. of Cardiovascular Technologies | |
| Head: Prof. Dr.-Ing. H. Reul | |
| 09/2001–09/2002 | Research Fellowship at the Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research on Biomaterials (IZKF „Biomat.“) Aachen University, Germany |
| Chairman: Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Ch. Mittermayer | |
| 2003 – 2004 | Chairman of the Department of Tissue Engineering & Stem Cell |
| Research & Member of the Executive Committee Interdisciplinary | |
| Center for Clinical Research on Biomaterials | |
| 2003 – 2004 | Member of the Faculty Board of the Medical Faculty Aachen University |
| from 12/2005 | Head of the Department for Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the Aachen University |
| seit 2000 | ASAIO Journal (American Journal of Artificial Internal Organs) |
| seit 2005 Member of the Editorial Board | |
| seit 2003 | European Cells & Materials |
| seit 2004 | Artificial Organs (International Society for Artificial Organs) |
| seit 2004 | Tissue Engineering |
| seit 2005 | FASEB Journal |