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Position:
University Professor (W3) and Director of the Clinical Department of Dental Prosthetics and Biomedical Materials
Institute address:
Hannover Medical School
Clinical Department of Dental Prosthetics and Biomedical Materials
Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1
30625 Hannover
Phone +49 511 532-4774
Main areas of research:
- Bacterial biofilms and implant-associated infections
- The oral microbiome
- Dental materials science and technology
- Chemical and physical implant functionalization
Academic and professional background
- 1988 - 1994
University of Hamburg, study of dentistry - 1994
Dr. med. dent., University of Hamburg - 1994 - 1998
Research assistant in the Department of Conservative Dentistry and Periodontology at Kiel University - 1988 - 2000
Postgraduate training in "Dental Implantology" at New York University and research assistant at the Department of Dental Prosthodontics, MHH - 2001
Appointment as specialist for prosthodontics of the DGPro (Diplomate of the German Society of Prosthodontics and Dental Materials) - 2002
Habilitation and Venia legendi for Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, Hannover Medical School, - 2005
Appointment to the Chair (W3) of Dental Prosthetics and Biomedical Materials at the MHH and Director of the Clinical Department of Dental Prosthetics and Biomedical Materials, MHH - 2013 - 2019
Spokesperson for the BIOFABRICATION research network (funded by the Volkswagen Foundation) - 2014
Appointment to the Chair of Dental Prosthetics, Geriatric Dentistry and Functional Dentistry at the Charité Berlin (successfully defended by the MHH) - since 2019
Spokesperson of the research network Bac Data - Development of analytical pipelines for individualized diagnostics and therapy of biofilm-associated infections (funding as part of the state's call for proposals) Big Data in the Life Sciences)
Functions in scientific societies and committees
- Since 2020
Deputy Spokesperson of the Review Board 205 (Medicine) of the German Research Foundation (DFG) - Since 2019
Member of the Permanent Senate Commission of the German Research Foundation (DFG) for Fundamental Issues in Clinical Research - since 2019
Deputy Chairwoman of the Board of NIFE (Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development) - since 2019
Spokeswoman of the Professors of the Hannover Medical School Senate - since 2018
Member of the Cluster of Excellence RESIST - since 2016
President of the German Society for Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomaterials (DGPro) - since 2016
Member of the Review Board for Medicine of the German Research Foundation (DFG) - since 2014
Member of the Cluster of Excellence REBIRTH - 2012 - 2016
Vice President of the German Society for Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomaterials (DGPro) - 2012 - 2017
Editor in chief: BioNanoMaterials - since 2012
Board member of the Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development (NIFE) - 2011 - 2012
Member of the Advisory Board for Biomaterials of the German Society for Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomaterials - since 2011
Head of the "Implant-associated Infections" research area at the Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development (NIFE) - since 2010
Active member of the Biomaterials in Medical Technology Guidelines Committee (VDI 5701) - since 2009
Member of the Board of Directors of the Research Network Center for Biocompatibility and Implant Immunology in Medical Technology (CrossBit) at the MHH - 2007 - 2014
Sub-project leader in the SFB 599: "Sustainable bioresorbable and permanent implants made of metallic and ceramic materials", sub-project "Chemical functionalization of dental implant abutments to reduce oral biofilm formation" - since 2003
Member of the MHH Research Commission - since 2003
Member of the Senate of the MHH