| 1946-1953 | Studies in Biology, University of Würzburg
Dr. rer. nat. (equiv. to Ph.D.) in Biology at the University of Würzburg, Germany, Topic: ´Beobachtungen an in vitro kultivierten Geweben aus dem Vegetationskegel der Pisum-Wurzel´ |
1954-1958 | Study of pharmaceutical sciences, University of Würzburg |
| 1958-1959 | Compulsory practical year for pharmacists (public pharmacy: Stadtapotheke in Kulmbach) |
| 1960-1961 | Postdoctoral Research Associate with Prof. Lang at the California Institute of Technology, CA, USA |
| 1962 | Licensed pharmacist (Approbation) |
| 1962-1966 | Habilitation (equiv. to D.Sc.) in 1963, Topic: ´Über Veränderungen des Gibberellingehaltes von Hyoscyamus niger´, subsequently he continued his stay at the University of Würzburg as ´Wissenschaftlicher Assistent´ and later on as ´Wissenschaftlicher Rat´ |
| 1967-1968 | Außerordentlicher (equiv. to Assistant) Professor for Pharmacognosy, University of Tübingen |
| 1969-1994 | Full Professor for Pharmaceutical Biology (Head of Department, ´Ordinarius´), University of Tübingen |
| Ernst Reinhard is recognised as one of the pioneers in plant biotechnology. Initially interested in various aspects of plant hormone action and interaction he shifted to plant cell cultures and investigated their biotechnological potential in some detail. His scientific projects included the optimisation of alkaloid formation by Catharanthus and Berberis cell suspension cultures, forskolin production in submerged Coleus forskohlii root cultures, as well as biosynthesis and biotransformation of cardiac glycosides in Digitalis cell and shoot cultures, to name just a few. Ernst Reinhard is also famous for his textbook "Pharmazeutische Biologie, Band I". His qualities as an academic teacher are reflected in about 50 PhD theses which emerged under his supervision. His professional reputation together with an obliging but dynamic personality led him into a great number of functions. Ernst Reinhard was president of the Society of Medicinal Plant Research (1974-1978), served as a scientific counsellor to the Bundesapothekerkammer and was engaged in the work of the Commissions D (homeopathy) and E (phytotherapy) at the German Ministry of Health. Furthermore, Ernst Reinhard was chairman of the committee on manufacturing rules of the German homeopathic pharmacopeia. Professor Reinhard was awarded the Flückiger medal (1983), the Lesmüller medal (1991), and the Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse (1993), the latter in recognition of his tremendous and successful dedication in the realisation of the German homeopathic pharmacopeia. |
