Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy

Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. med. habil. Peter Ruth

Current address

Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen

Pharmazeutisches Institut

Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076 Tübingen

Phone: +49-7071-29-76781,

Fax: +49-7071-29-2476

E-Mail: peter.ruth(AT)uni-tuebingen.de

Scientific Career History

1977-1978Studies of Pharmacy at the ETH Zürich, Switzerland
1978-1981Studies of Pharmacy, Universität Heidelberg, Germany
1981-1982Practical year in Pharmacy
1982Final pharmaceutical examination
1982-1985

PhD thesis in the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Franz Hofmann at the Institut für Pharmakologie, Universität Heidelberg, Germany

Title of the thesis: Molecular basis of Ca2+ influx modulation in cardiac muscle by Ca2+ channel blockers

1986Head of 'Production of Liquid Pharmaceuticals', Böhringer Ingelheim, Germany
1986-1988Head of 'Quality control', Zentrale Krankenhausapotheke, Deutsche Bundeswehr, Koblenz, Germany
1988-1990Postdoctoral fellow at the Abteilung für Medizinische Biochemie, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany
1991-1996Postdoctoral fellow at the Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Technische Universität München, Germany
1994

Postdoctoral thesis (Habilitation) in 'Pharmacology and Toxicology', Technische Universität München, Germany. Mentor: Prof. Dr. Franz Hofmann

Title of the thesis: cGMP-dependent protein kinase: heterologous expression, tissue-specific distribution and modulation of cytosolic Ca2+- concentration

1996-2001Associate professor (C3) at the Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Technische Universität München, Germany
2001-presentFull professor and Chair (C4) , Abteilung für Pharmakologie, Toxikologie und Klinische Pharmazie, Institute of Pharmacy, Universität Tübingen, Germany
2011-presentDirector of the Institute of Pharmacy, Universität Tübingen, Germany

Scholarships, Awards, and Distinctions

2005Phoenix Scientific Award
2006-2009Member of the executive board of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie (DGPT)
2008-presentCo-editor for "Mutschler - Arzneimittelwirkungen: Lehrbuch der Pharmakologie und Toxikologie"
2008-presentFounding member of the scientific board of the Interfaculty Centre for Pharmacogenomics and Pharma Research (ICEPHA), University of Tübingen, Germany
2013-presentCo-speaker of the DFG Research Unit 2060