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
1977-1978 | Studies of Pharmacy at the ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
1978-1981 | Studies of Pharmacy, Universität Heidelberg, Germany |
1981-1982 | Practical year in Pharmacy |
1982 | Final 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 |
1986 | Head of 'Production of Liquid Pharmaceuticals', Böhringer Ingelheim, Germany |
1986-1988 | Head of 'Quality control', Zentrale Krankenhausapotheke, Deutsche Bundeswehr, Koblenz, Germany |
1988-1990 | Postdoctoral fellow at the Abteilung für Medizinische Biochemie, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany |
1991-1996 | Postdoctoral 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 |
1996-2001 | Associate professor (C3) at the Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Technische Universität München, Germany |
2001-present | Full professor and Chair (C4) , Abteilung für Pharmakologie, Toxikologie und Klinische Pharmazie, Institute of Pharmacy, Universität Tübingen, Germany |
2011-present | Director of the Institute of Pharmacy, Universität Tübingen, Germany |
Scholarships, Awards, and Distinctions
2005 | Phoenix Scientific Award |
2006-2009 | Member of the executive board of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie (DGPT) |
2008-present | Co-editor for "Mutschler - Arzneimittelwirkungen: Lehrbuch der Pharmakologie und Toxikologie" |
2008-present | Founding member of the scientific board of the Interfaculty Centre for Pharmacogenomics and Pharma Research (ICEPHA), University of Tübingen, Germany |
2013-present | Co-speaker of the DFG Research Unit 2060 |