Renal, Fluid & Electrolyte Physiology

BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION:
1991 - 1997 Studies in Biology and Chemistry, University of Regensburg

1998 - 2001 Ph.D. Fellowship
2001 Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D. in Physiology), University of Regensburg
2001 - 2002 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg
2002 - 2004 Visiting Fellow (DFG Research Fellowship), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
2004 - 2008 Scientific Assistant, Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg
2006 Sabbatical: Research Associate (Oak Ridge Associated Universities Fellowship), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
2007 Habilitation (Physiology)
2008 Offers for professorships (Physiology) University of Wurzburg (W2), University of Hamburg (W2), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (Associate Professor)
10/2008 - Professor (W2) at the University of Regensburg

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Renal and cardiovascular physiology:Function of the kidney in the regulation of blood pressure and salt/water homoiostasis.
- renal tubular transport
- renin-angiotensin system
- regulation of angiotensin receptor function
- renal tubular-vascular cross-talk
- purinergic signaling in the kidney