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Prof. Dr. med. Eberhart Zrenner
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Position
Full Professor of Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research
Contacts details
Schleichstr 12-16
D-72076 Tübingen
Germany
Phone +49 7071 29-84786 or 29-87311
Fax +49 7071 29-5038
Email ezrenner [at] uni-tuebingen [dot] de
See also Clinic for Hereditary Retinal Degenerations
  Retina Implant Project
CV
| University of Erlangen and Munich | 1967-72 | Medicine | |
| Technical University of Munich | MD | 1973 | Medicine (summa cum laude) |
| Max-Planck-Institute for Physiol. and Clin. Research | Post Doc | 1973-74 | Sensory physiology |
| National Inst. of Health, USA | Fogarty fellowship | 1977-78 | Neurophysiology |
| University of Giessen | Habilitation | 1981 | Cell physiology |
| University of Munich | Ophthalmol. board exam | 1985 | Ophthalmology |
Positions:
| 1973 | |
Internship in Surgery and Internal Medicine, Munich |
| 1974-1976 | |
Research fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute for Physiological and Clinical Research, Bad Nauheim, Dept. of Experimental Ophthalmology, and Eye Hospital in Frankfurt and Munich |
| 1977-1978 | |
Fogarty International Fellow, NIH, Laboratory of Vision Research |
| 1979-1984 | |
Experimental Ophthalmology at the Max-Planck-Institute for Physiological and Clinical Research, Bad Nauheim |
| 1985-1989 1989 since 1989 | |
Associate Professor and Head of a Research Unit of the Max-Planck-Society at the University Eye Hospital, Munich Full professor of Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Germany Chairman of the Department "Pathophysiology of Vision and Neuro-Ophthalmology" and Head of the Division of Experimental Ophthalmology at the University of Tuebingen, now Institute for Ophthalmic Research at the Centre for Ophthalmology |
| 1994 - 1997 | |
Speaker of the Research Committee of the Medical Faculty, Tuebingen |
| 1994 - 1995 1998 - 2000 2007 - 2011 2007 - 2011 2007 - 2011 since 2011 |
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Dean of the Medical Faculty of the University of Tuebingen Dean of the Medical Faculty of the University of Tuebingen Director of the Centre for Ophthalmology, together with Prof. K.U. Bartz-Schmidt Director of the Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tuebingen Head of the strategy committee of the Medical Faculty, Tuebingen Head of the Board of the Center for Neurosensory Systems (ZfN), University of Tuebingen |
| since 2011 | Professor for Pathophysiology of Vision, Institute for Ophthalmic Research |
Scientific interests
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Honors and awards
1973 Dissertation award for an experimental study on the optic qualities of the eye
1976 Fogarty fellowship award
1979 Franceschetti-Liebrecht-Award of the German Ophthalmological Society
1984 NATO travel award to develop cooperation with the University of Cambridge, UK
1985 Honorary Professor at the University of Giessen
1995 Alcon Research Award
1998 Memorial Medal of Charles University, Prague
1998 Election as Member of the "Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften"
1999 Election as Member of the "Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina"
1999 MacKenzie Memorial Award
2000 von Graefe-Award of the German Ophthalmological Society
2002 Order of the Federal Republic of Germany ("Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande")
2006 "Bartimaeus Award" of the DetroitInstitute of Ophthalmology awarded at the World Congress of Artificial Vision
2007 Emiko Adachi-Award of the International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV)
2009 Karl-Heinz Beckurts Award
2009 Visiting Professorship, SUNY, New York
2011 Honorary Doctorate, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand
2011 EURETINA London, Innovation Award 2011
2012 Honorary Doctorate, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
2012 Honorary member of ISCEV
2012 Ludwig von Sallmann Award, Int. Soc. Eye Research
2012 ACHSE - Central Versorgungspreis 2012
Other scientific functions
1985 Secretary General of the International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision
1986 Co-Founder and Editor of "Clinical Vision Sciences", Pergamon Press, Oxford, UK
1991 - 2000 President of the International Society forClinical Electrophysiology of Vision
1991 - 1998 Speaker to the DFG core program "Hereditary Retinal Degeneration"
since 1993 Section Editor of "Vision Research" and "Neuro-Ophthalmology"
since 1995 Speaker of a BMBF consortium aiming to construct a retinal implant
since 1997 Speaker of a center core grant "SFB 430"
Editorial Board member for "Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science"
1999 Senator of the Max-Planck-Society, Germany
since 2000 Editor in Chief of "Neuro-Ophthalmology"
since 2000 President of the International Society for Ocular Toxicology
Nov. 2002 Editorial Board Member of the ISCEV Documenta Ophthalmologica
since 2005 Speaker of the DFG Clinical Research Group "Hereditary Retinal Degenerations"
since 2006 Chairman of the European Vision Institute (EVI)
Advisory boards
| Advisor for the German Research Council in several projects (SFB 73, SFB 325, SFB 200, SFB 307) Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation Since 1995 co-chairman of the International Retinitis Pigmentosa Association (IRPA) Member of the Quality Management Committee for Sensory Functioning Testing of the German Ophthalmological Society Committee member for the "Theodor Leber Award" Committee member for the "Elfriede-Aulhorn-Award" Committee member for the "Eberhard-Dodt-Award" of the International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV) 1996-1997 : Member of the Research Council of Baden-Wuerttemberg ("Landesforschungsbeirat"), appointed by the Minister of Research and Technology 1998 Member of a council on the future role of out-patient departments in hospitals ("Gesundheitsforschungsrat"), appointed by the Federal Minister of Research Since 2001 Member of the Neuroscience Board of the Research Center ("Beirat des Neurowissenschaftlichen Forschungszentrums, Berlin") Since 2002 Head of a Senate Commission "Medical Engineering" of the Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft appointed member of a Federal Research Council ("Wissenschaftsrat") 2003 - 2006. Reappointed for second term in 2006 Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of Alcon Research Institute 2003-2009 Since 2003 appointed Member of "Expert group for structure of the Medical School" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research Since 2003 Chairman of the Board of Retina Implant AG Since 2004 appointed as Member of the Academia Ophthalmologica Europae Since 2004 Chairman of the European Vision Institut, Brussels Since 2006 Full member of the German Federal "Gesundheitsforschungsrat" Since 2007 Member of the Hochschulrat of the University of Erlangen | |
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