Dr. Alexander Simonis - Curriculum Vitae
Education and professional career
since 2023: Specialist in Internal Medicine and Hematology and Oncology, Department I of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Germany
since 2023: Associated Junior Research Group, CMMC Center for Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne
since 2022: Career Advancement Program (CAP), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne
since 2022: Group leader BMBF-funded Junior Research Group Infectious Diseases, Department I of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Germany
2019 – 2022: Translational Research Unit – Infectious Diseases (TRU-ID), Bacterial Pathogenesis and Antibiotic Drug Discovery, Prof. Dr. Dr. Jan Rybniker, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Germany
2017 – 2018: Experimental Hematology Lab, Prof. Dr. med. Markus Manz, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, University of Zürich and University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland
2012 – 2017: MD thesis: Untersuchung der funktionellen Relevanz der sauren Sphingomyelinase in der Infektionspathogenese von Neisseria meningitidis. Prof. Dr. med. Alexandra Schubert-Unkmeir, Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Germany. Grading: Summa cum laude
since 2019: Resident physician, Department I of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Germany
2016 – 2018: Resident physician, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland
Awards, distinctions and professional activities
2024: Silver Medal of the Walter Siegenthaler Society
2020 – 2023: Cologne Clinician Scientist Program, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne
2018: Dr. Josef-Schneider, Theresia Stiftung award, University of Würzburg
2012 – 2013: Doctoral scholarship, University of Würzburg