Group Leader
Group Leader
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Kai Markus Schneider
Assistant to Group Leader
Anne-Kathrin Gerber
+49 (0) 351 458 82217
Education
| 2023 | Board Certification in Internal Medicine, Germany |
| 2019 | Doctorate (Dr. rer.nat, PhD), RWTH Aachen University |
| 2017 | Medical Doctorate (Dr. med, MD), University Hospital RWTH Aachen |
| 2009 - 2016 | Medical School RWTH Aachen University, Aachen Germany; Research and clinical rotations at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boson, USA |
Positions held
| since October 2024 | Full Professor (W3) of Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Research Group leader at the Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) |
| since October 2024 | Senior Physician, Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden |
| 2023 - 2024 | Assistant Professor (W1, tenure Track) of Experimental Gastroenterology and Organ Crosstalk, RWTH Aachen University Medical School |
| 2022 - 2024 | Physician Scientist and Junior Research group leader, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany |
| 2020 - 2022 | Postdoctoral Fellow at Christoph Thaiss’ lab, Dept. of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Topic: Neuro-immune interactions and gut-brain axis. |
| 2016 - 2020 | Resident Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, RWTH Aachen, Germany |
Fellowships and Awards (selection)
| 2024 | Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize (200.000€) of the German Research Foundation |
| 2024 | Neurogastroenterology Prize (5.000€) German Neurogastroenterology Society |
| 2024 | Theodor-Frerichs-Prize (30.000€) of the German Society of Internal Medicine |
| 2023 | Rising Star Award by the United European Gastroenterology (UEG) |
| 2022 | Research Award “Rheinisch-Westfälischen Gesellschaft für Innere Medizin“ |
| 2022 | Research Prize (5.000€) of the Hans and Gertie Fischer Foundation e.V. |
| 2021 | Early Career Investigator Award in Basic Science, AASLD |
| 2020 | Postdoctoral Research Scholarship, Germany Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 2018 | German National PhD Award (Deutscher Studienpreis) 2nd rank |
| 2017 | Ismar-Boas-Award of the German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases |
| 2013 - 2016 | Academic Scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), Germany |