Curriculum Vitae - Prof. Dr. Sven Hammerschmidt

Born

at 8 February 1966 in Wolfenbüttel

since 7/2008	Professur (W3) for „Allgemeine und Molekulare Genetik“, Interfakulty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, Dept. of Molecular Genetics and Infection Biology, University of Greifswald
4/2007-6/2008	Professur (W2) for Cellular Microbiology at the Max von Pettenkofer Institute, Bakteriologie (Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. J. Heesemann) Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
2004	Rehabilitation at the University of Würzburg, Teaching license for the field of microbiology
4/2003-3/2007	Junior Group leader at the Center of Infection Research, University of Würzburg (Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. J. Hacker)
6/2002	Habilitation; „Venia Legendi“ for Mikrobiology at TU Braunschweig
1998 und 1999	Research stay at the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (BMBF/WTZ Projekt)
1/1996-3/2003	Scientific Employee at the "Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung GmbH" (today Helmholtz-Center for Infection research, HZI), Dept. of Microbial pathogenicity (Head: Prof. Dr. G.S. Chhatwal)
5/1996	PhD Degree (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Hannover
2/1993-12/1995	PhD thesis of the Medical University of Hannover, Institute of Medicine Microbiology (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. Frosch)
1992-1993	Diploma Thesis at the Medical University of Hannover, Institute of Medicine Microbiology
1987-1993	Study of Biology at the Technical University of Braunschweig

since 7/2008	Full Professor (W3) for “General and Molecular Genetics”, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
4/2007-6/2008	Professor (W2) for “Cellular Microbiology”, Max von Pettenkofer Institute, LMU München, Germany
2004	(re-)Habilitation at the University of Würzburg, lecturer for Microbiology
2003-4/2007	Head Junior Research Group at the Research Center for Infectious Diseases at the University of Würzburg, Germany
2002	Habilitation at the Technical University of Braunschweig. Venia legendi for Microbiology
1996-2003	Post-Doc at the German Centre for Biotechnology mbH (renamed into Helmholtz Center for Infection Research), Braunschweig, Germany
1993-1995	PhD thesis at the Institute for Medical Microbiology, Medical School Hannover, Germany; Dr. rer.nat (May 1996)
1987-1993	Study of Biology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany

2007	Becton-Dickinson-Forschungspreis
1998	Robert-Koch-Preis für Postdoktoranden für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie
1997	ASM Sustaining Member Student Travel Grant

since 2011	Editorial Board Member Infection and Immunity
since 2011	Editorial Board Member Frontiers in Molecular Innate Immunity
since 2010	Associate Editor Molecular Oral Microbiology
since 2009	Editor Journal Microbes and Infection
2013	Scientific committee member of the DGHM in Rostock
2009	Scientific committee member of the 9th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus; Bern, Switzerland
2007	Scientific committee member of the 8th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus; Oeiras, Portugal
2005	Organisator (Chairman) of the 7th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus; Braunschweig, Germany
2004	Co-Organisator of the "International Symposium THREAT OF INFECTION: Microbes of high pathogenic potential - strategies for detection, control and eradication. Würzburg July 25th – 28th , Germany
2002	Member of the Scientific Committee of the IV Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases in Goa, India

Membership German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology – DGHM

Speaker Section Microbial Pathogenesis of the DGHM

Membership Association for General and Applied Microbiology – VAAM

Membership American Society for Microbiology – ASM

Membership Robert-Koch-Stiftung

Elected Member of the Senate of the University of Greifswald