Prof. Dr. Lutz Heide
Work History
since 1994 | Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Tübingen, Germany |
| 1/14 - 12/15 | Professor at the Pharmacy Department, College of Medicine, University of Malawi. Contracted by GIZ/CIM, Germany, on official leave from the University of Tübingen. |
10/10 - 3/11 | Sabbatical at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
3/05 - 9/05 | Sabbatical at the Salk Institute of Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA |
3/99 - 9/99 | Sabbatical at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, and at the University of Cincinnati, USA |
4/96 - 9/96 | Sabbatical at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA |
1991 - 1994 | Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany |
1990 - 1991 | Heisenberg Scholar of the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
1987 - 1990 | Assistant Professor, Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Bonn, Germany |
1985 - 1987 | Postdoctoral Fellow (JSPS/Humboldt Scholar), Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan |
3/85 - 5/85 | Consultant for the UNICEF/WHO Action Programme on Essential Drugs, Somalia, Africa |
1982 - 1985 | Senior Pharmacist Advisor, Refugee Health Unit, Ministry of Health, Somalia, Africa |
1978 - 1981 | Teaching Assistant, Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Münster, Germany |
1977 - 1978 | Pharmacy trainee in a community pharmacy, Salzgitter, Germany |
Awards and Honours
1997, 2004 and 2012 | PHÖNIX Prize of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
1992 | Alfried Krupp-Award for Young University Professors (850.000 DM) | |
1990 | Heisenberg Scholarship of the German Research Foundation (DFG) | |
1989 | Egon Stahl-Prize of the Society of Medicinal Plant Research | |
1985 | First Grade Honour Certificate of the Ministry of Health, Somalia | |
1984 | Jephcott-White Waller Prize, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | |
Education
1989 | Habilitation (= highest academic degree in Germany) for Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Bonn, Germany |
1981 | PhD in Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Münster; Germany; passed with distinction (summa cum laude) |
1978 | Registered Pharmacist, State of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany |
1977 | University graduation in pharmacy, University of Münster, Germany |
Further Education
1999 | Summer Courses in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
1994 | Diploma Course in Medical Education, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK |
1984 | Certificate in Tropical Community Medicine and Health, Liverpool, UK |
Academic Service and Scientific Committees (Selected)
| 2016 - 2019 | Managing Director, Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Tübingen, Germany |
| since 2016 | Responsible organizer of the course “Pharmacy in Development Cooperation and Disaster Relief” at the University of Tübingen |
| since 2015 | Member of the selection committee for Georg Forster Research Fellowships, Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, Germany |
2011 - 2019 | Member of the Board of Trustees (Stiftungsrat) of the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle, Germany |
2010 - 2013 | Elected member of the Steering Committee (Fakultätsrat) of the Faculty of Science, Tübingen University |
2004 - 2013 | Member of the Selection Committee of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the Asia/Pacific Region |
2011 - 2012 | Member of the International Evaluation Committee of the School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
2008 - 2009 | Member of the International Advisory Board of the Fifteenth International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes (ISBA'15), Shanghai, China |
2007 - 2008 | Member of the International Scientific Committee of the International Biotechnology Symposium, Dalian, China |
1998 - 2001 | Managing Director, Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Tübingen, Germany |
| since 1997 | Responsible organizer of the Certificate Course “Clinical Pharmacy” at the University of Tübingen |
1995 - 1998 | Dean of Studies, Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Tübingen, Germany |
1997 - 1999 | Member of the national committee for the revision of the pharmacy curriculum at the German Ministry of Health |
Research Grants (selected)
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- European Research Area - Industrial Biotechnology (ERA-IB)
- European Commision (EU)
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- Baden-Württemberg Stiftung
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
- Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen
- Industry Funding
- Coordinator of the ERA-IB Consortium "GenoDrug" (2011-2013)
- Coordinator of the Graduate School "Antibacterial Compounds", Eberhard Karls University Tübingen (2009-2013)
- Coordinator of the EU Consortium "CombiGyrase" (2004-2007)
Areas of Research
- Pharmaceutical challenges in developing countries and in disaster relief
- Quality of anti-infective medicines in Africa; medical supply chain management in developing countries; pharmaceutical education in developing countries
- Synthetic biology of microbial bioactive compounds; gyrase inhibitors; aminocoumarin antibiotics; prenyl transferases
Personal Details
Date of birth: 16. May 1955, Salzgitter, Germany
Marital status: Married, two sons