Matthias Tschöp#
| Membership Number: | 4345 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 - present Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Germany
- 2012 - present Alexander von Humboldt Professor/Chair, Division of Metabolic Diseases, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
- 2012 - present Adjunct Professor, Yale University, USA
- 2011 - 2018 Research Director, Helmholtz Diabetes Center & Director, Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Germany
- 2009 - 2011 Arthur Russell Morgan Endowed Chair of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, USA
- 2009 - 2011 Research Director, Cincinnati Diabetes and Obesity Center, College of Medicine, Univ. of Cincinnati, USA
- 2009 - 2011 Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Univ. of Cincinnati, USA
- 2003 - 2009 Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Obesity Research Center and Genome Research Institute (tenure since 2007), Univ. of Cincinnati, USA
- 2002 - 2003 Senior Scientist, Dept. of Pharmacology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Nuthetal, Germany
- 1999 - 2002 Postdoctoral scientist, discovery research, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Discovery and development of precision therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of metabolic diseases
- Translational research in the fields of diabetes, obesity and metabolism
- Interactions of gastrointestinal hormones with central neuronal networks
- Diabetes and obesity research
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine, Jung Foundation for Science and Research
- 2020 Berthold Medal, German Society of Endocrinology (DGE)
- 2019 Election to EMBO Membership
- 2019 C. Ronald Kahn Distinguished Lectureship, Joslin Diabetes Center
- 2019 Paul Langerhans Medal, German Diabetes Association (DDG)
- 2018 Elected member, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- 2017 Carus Prize, City of Schweinfurt, Germany
- 2017 Charles H. Best Lectureship and Award, Univ. of Toronto
- 2017 Carus Medal, German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)
- 2017 Rolf Sammet Guest Professorship, Frankfurt Univ.
- 2017 Geoffrey Harris Prize, European Society of Endocrinology (ESE)
- 2017 Hansen Family Award, Bayer Foundations
- 2017 Honorary doctorate degree, Univ. of Leipzig
- 2017 Endocrine Society (ENDO) Outstanding Innovation Award
- 2016 Advanced Grant of the European Research Council (ERC)
- 2016 Victor Mutt Award, International Regulatory Peptide Society
- 2016 European Medal of the Society for Endocrinology
- 2014 Erwin Schrödinger Prize
- 2014 Paul Martini Prize, Paul Martini Foundation
- 2014 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award, Indiana University, USA
- 2013 Elected Member, German National Academy of Science Leopoldina, Germany
- 2012 Werner Creutzfeldt Award, German Diabetes Society (DDG)
- 2012 Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
- 2011 Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award, American Diabetes Association (ADA)
- 2010 NIH/NIDDK 60th Anniversary Scholar Award
- 2010 André Mayer Award, Int. Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO)
- 2009 Elected member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
- 2007 Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award, The Obesity Society (TOS)
- 2007 Christina Barz Award, German Society for Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychosomatic Medicine
- 2002 Young Investigator Award, European Neuroendocrine Association (ENEA)
- 2001 Schoeller Junkmann Prize, German Society of Endocrinology (DGE)
- 2000 Lilly Research Laboratories President‘s Award
- 2000 Eli Lilly Endocrine Research Award for Science
