Martin Röcken#
| Membership Number: | 4384 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://hautklinik-tuebingen.de |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2002 C4-Professor for Dermatology and Chairman, Dept. of Dermatology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany
- 1998 - 2002 C3-Professor for Dermatology and Venereology, Dept. of Dermatology, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany
- 1993 - 1998 Consultant (“Oberarzt”), Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany
- 1991 - 1993 Visiting Associate, Laboratory of Immunology, NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- 1988 - 1991 Research grant of the DFG, Université de Genève, Switzerland
- 1984 - 1988 Medical training and consultand ("Oberarzt"), Dept. of Dermatology, City Hospital München-Schwabing, Teaching Unit of the University of Munich, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Autoimmune diseases of the skin & psoriasis
- Allergology
- Pathogen-host-interactions during infectious diseases in immune-competent and immune-compromised hosts
- Tumor immune therapy
- Tumor immunology
- Induction of tumor cell senescence by the immune system
- Basic immunology, focus on CD4 T cells, cytokines and antigen presenting cells
- Stem cell therapy for severe skin fragility syndromes
- Translational medicine
Honours and Awards
- Academy of Sciences
- 2004 German Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina
- Leading positions in scientific societies
- 2014 European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV), Chair, Scientific programming committee
- 2012 – 2014 EADV, Executive Board
- 2009 – 2014 EADV, Board of Directors
- 2004 – 2012 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German research foundation, responsible for all state-funded research grants, “Section 1: inflammation research”; (Vice Chairman of Review Board)
- 2004 – 2007 European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR), Secretary Treasurer
- 2003 Deutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft (DDG; German Society of Dermatology), Board of Directors
- 2003 – 2004 ESDR, President
- 2001 – 2007 ESDR, Board of Directors
- 2000 European Dermatology Foundation
- 1997 – 2001 Arbeitsgemeinschaft Dermatologische Forschung (German Society for Research in Dermatology), Board of Directors & Secretary Treasurer
- Selected Awards
- 2012 C.E.R.I.E.S. Award (worldwide one award per year)
- 2001 Paula and Richard Hertwig Award, Helmholtz Societies
- 1995 Oscar Gans Award, German Society of Dermatology (DDG)
- 1995 Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, habilitation award (one award for the best habilitation in Medical Sciences every 4) years)
- 1994 Theodor-Nasemann-Award, Theodor Nasemann Foundation
- Recent honorary membership
- 2016 French Society of Dermatology, Honorary Member
- Recent honorary lectures
- 2016 Alfred Marchionini Memory Lecture (Alfred-Marchionini-Foundation ‚Supporting Medical Research’ & University of Hamburg)
- 2016 Ferdinand von Hebra Lecture, Austrian Society of Dermatology
- 2014 Bruno Bloch Lecture (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
- 2013 Günter Goerz Lecture, Unique Memorial Lecture of the German Society for Research in Dermatology, ADF
- 2012 Rudi Cormane Lecture, Unique Memorial Lecture of the European Society for Dermatological Research, ESDR
- 2012 Joint Guest Lecture of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology and the European Society for Dermatological Research
