Professor Dr. Thomas Efferth
Education:
1980-1986 Study of Biology, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
1990 PhD Thesis at the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
1997 Habilitation (Postdoctorate Thesis), Technical University Aachen, Germany
Positions:
2005 Research group leader, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
2007 Associate Professor (apl.), University of Heidelberg, Germany
2009 Full Professor, Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Mainz, Germany
Honors:
1991 Ludolf Krehl-Award (1st place) of Southwest-German Society for Medicine
2006 Honorary professor of the Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
2006 Dr. Wilmar Schwabe Award conferred by the Society for Medical Plant Research
2008 Citizen medal (Bürgerplakette) of the city of Heidelberg
2010 Visiting professor at the Zhejiang Chinese Medical University. Hangzhou, China
2011 Award of the Central European Society for Anticancer Drug Research (CESAR) for translational research in the development of antitumoral agents
Achievements:
- >350 PubMed-listed publications
- Hirsch-factor: 48
- >8000 citations
- 4 books
- >150 lectures at international conferences
- >150 poster presentations at international conferences
- Two US patents, 1 European patent, 1 Spanish patent
Functions:
- Vice-president of World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, Specialty Committee for Immunology
- Editor of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
- Co-Editor/Section editor of Planta Medica, European Journal of Medicinal plants, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Biochemistry and Analytical Biochemistry
- Editorial Board member of 26 journals, including International Journal of Oncology, Cancer Genomics and Proteomics, Chemico-Biological Interactions, Current Medicinal Chemistry, Frontiers in Pharmacology; Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Pharmaceuticals, Phytomedicine
- Scientific advisory board member of several institutions, including the German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG), International Institute of Anticancer Research (IIAR), Begell House Publishers (New York, USA)