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

2023		Science Prize of the Dr. August and Dr. Anni Lesmüller Foundation (see here)
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

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