Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Martin Witt
CV
| Since 2022 | Dept of Anatomy, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Germany (Honorary basis) |
| 2020 - 2022 | Deputy director, Dept of Anatomy, Rostock Univ. Med. Ctr. |
| 2019 | Doctor honoris causa at the Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland |
| 2008 | Extraordinary Professor of Anatomy, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany |
| 2007 | Visiting Professor at the Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| 2005 | Research Professor, Otorhinolaryngology, Taste and Smell Clinic, TU Dresden |
| 2002 | Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo (Faculty of Frontier Sciences, Department of Integrated Biosciences) |
| 1999 | Extraordinary Professor of Anatomy, University of Technology (TU) Dresden, Germany |
| 1997 - 2000 | Wissenschaftlicher Oberassistent (Dept. of Anatomy, TU Dresden) |
| 1995 | Appointed Associate Professor at the Dept. of Anatomy, Kuwait University (turned down) |
| 1994 - 1997 | Senior Physician ("Oberarzt") and Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, TU Dresden, Germany |
| 1994 | Habilitation degree on "Carbohydrate histochemistry of vertebrate taste organs". University of Tübingen, Germany |
| 1990 | Research Fellow, Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, N.C., USA |
| 1988 - 1994 | Senior Research Associate ("wissenschaftlicher Assistent"), Dept. of Anatomy, University of Tübingen |
| 1984 - 1988 | Research Associate (“wissenschaftlicher Angestellter”), Dept. of Anatomy, University of Tübingen |
| 1986 | Doctoral thesis in Medical Sciences (Ph.D.) on "Lectin histochemical and immunohistochemical characterization of the anterior pituitary of the rat". University of Tübingen |
| 1983 | US Medical Examination (ECFMG) |
| 1983 | State examination (M.D.) and admission as a physician at the University of Hamburg, Germany |
| 1977 - 1983 | Studies of Medicine at the Universities of Torino (Italy), Graz (Austria) and Hamburg |
| 1966 | First swimming certificate |
Research interests
- Olfaction in neurodegenerative diseases (Parkinson´s disease, Niemann-Pick Disease Type C1, Huntington´s disease, Multiple Sclerosis): Animal models
- Covid-19 and olfaction
- Distribution pattern of human olfactory epithelium
- Regenerative potential of the human olfactory system
- The Human olfactory bulb and central olfactory pathways
- The human vomeronasal organ
- Functional morphology of taste buds
- Histocompatibility of anterior eye chamber stents (glaucoma research)
- Kidney disease in children
Publications
Cooperations
• Marcus Frank, PhD, Electron microscopic center, Rostock
• Frederike Hanke, PhD, Marine Science Center, Rostock
• Anja Bräuer, PhD, Anatomy, Molecular Neurobiology, Carl von Ossietzky-Universität Oldenburg
• Thomas Hummel, MD, PhD, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden
• Jörg Strotmann, PhD; Physiology, University of Hohenheim
• Michal Nowicki, MD, PhD; Histology, Univ. Med.Sciences, Poznan, Poland