Name: Prof. Dr. sc. nat. ETH Reinhard H. Dammann (PhD)
Born: April 23^th 1965 in Zürich, Switzerland (male)

Address (Institute):
Justus-Liebig University Giessen
Institute for Genetics
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 58-62
D-35392 Giessen
Tel: (49) 641-99 35462/ Fax: (49) 641-99 35469
E-mail: reinhard.dammann@gen.bio.uni-giessen.de

Website: http://www.uni-giessen.de/cms/fbz/fb08/biologie/gen/dammann

Research and Professional Experience:

since May 2007:
Univ. Professor for Genetics (tenure), Institute for Genetics, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany

05/01 – 04/07:
Group leader of the independent research group 'Tumorgenetik' of the Medical Faculty, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

04/00 – 04/01:
Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Biology, Duarte, California.

09/95 – 03/00:
Postdoc at Department of Biology (Prof. G. P. Pfeifer), Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, USA.
Research related to DNA Repair, Mutagenesis, DNA Replication, DNA Methylation,
DNA Footprinting, Protein Interactions

04/95 – 08/95:
Postdoc at the Institute for Cellbiology (Prof. Th. Koller/Dr. J. Sogo), ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Qualification and Education:

01.05.2007:
Appointment as Univ. Professor for lifetime

10.11.2004:
Venia legendi for “Biochemistry”. Title: Dr. rer. nat. habil.

16.09.2004:
Habilitation “Isolation, Charakterisierung und Funktion des Ras Assoziationsdomänen Familie 1 Gens aus dem Tumorsuppressionslocus 3p21.3 mit besonderer Berücksichtigung seiner epigenetischen Inaktivierung in humanen Tumoren“, Faculty of Biochemistry of the Martin-Luther Universtität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.

1992 – 04/1995:
PhD student at the Institute for Zellbiologie (Prof. Th. Koller/Dr. J. Sogo), ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
PhD thesis: ‚Chromatin structures and transcription of rDNA in Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae’, Exam: April 5th, 1995. Title: Dr. sc. nat. (ETH).

1985 - 1991:
Studies of Biology at the ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
Diploma thesis: ‚Chromatin Struktur von ribosomalen Genen in Hefe’,
Dipl. Nat. (Biochemical field) June 6^th, 1991 (Grade 1.3)

1975 - 1985:
Hochrhein-Gymnasium in Waldshut, Germany
Abitur (Grade 1.5)

Scientific Activities:

Memberships:

European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)
Gesellschaft für Genetik (Society for Genetics in Germany)
Epigenome Network of Excellence
Gießener Hochschulgesellschaft
Deutscher Hochschulverband

Scholarships:

1992-1995:
PhD stipendium ETH Zürich, Switzerland
1995:
Stipendium of the Ciba-Geigy-Jubiliäums-Stiftung

Honors:

2001:
AACR-Pfizer Scholar in Cancer Research Award of the American Association for Cancer Reserach

Patent:

U.S. Patent Nr. 6,596,488 (July 7th, 2003). G.P. Pfeifer and R. Dammann: Tumor suppressor gene

 Leadership and Management:

- Member of examination board (JLU Giessen)
- Section speaker of the International Giessen Graduate School for the Life Sciences (GGL)

 Journal Referee:

Cancer Research, Oncogene, Nucleic Acid Research, Gut, Gene, European Urology, BMC Cancer, American Journal of Pathology, Clinical Cancer Research, Liver International, DNA and Cell Biology, European Journal of Cancer, BMC Urology, Molecular Carcinogenesis, British Journal of Cancer, Mutation Research, Archives of Medical Research, Laboratory Investigation, International Journal of Cancer, BMC Molecular Cancer, Lancet

 Grant Referee:
 - German Research Foundation (DFG)
 - Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
 - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD)
 - The Agency for Science, Biomedical  Research Council (BMRC) in Singapore
 - Research Grants Council in Hong Kong
 - Health Research Board, Ireland
 - Foschungsförderungsprogramm der Medizinischen Fakultät der Ruhr Universität Bochum (FoRUM)
 - Graduiertenförderung der Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen
 - Wilhelm Roux Programm der Medizinischen Fakultät Halle
 - Schering Stiftung, Berlin

Committee:
Appointments for Junior-Professorships (MLU Halle)
Appointments for C3-Professorships (MLU Halle)
Appointments for C4-Professorships (MLU Halle)