Prof. Dr. Anne Schaefer - Curriculum Vitae
Education and Professional Career
2021: Director, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany
2019: Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
2018 – 019: Associate Professor with Tenure, Co-Director, Center for Glial Biology, Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
2016 – 2018: Associate Professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
2011 – 2016: Assistant Professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
2009 – 2011: Senior Research Associate, Lab. of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, Research Advisor: Dr. Paul Greengard
2007 – 2009: Research Associate, Lab. of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, Research Advisor: Dr. Paul Greengard
2004 – 2007: Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab. of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, Research Advisor: Dr. Paul Greengard
2004: Doctoral degree, Dr. med. summa cum laude, Charité University Berlin, Germany
2004: Licence to practice medicine (Approbation), Free University, Charité University, Berlin, Germany
2001 – 2004: Visiting student/USA-Scholarship, German National Academic Foundation; The Rockefeller University, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, New York, NY; Research Advisors: Dr. Michel Nussenzweig (The Rockefeller University, NY) and Dr. Ralf Ignatius (Charité, Berlin)
1999 – 2004: Medical studies (2. und 3. Staatsexamen), Free University, Charité University, Berlin, Germany
1996 – 1999: Medical studies (Physikum and 1. Staatsexamen), Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
1990 – 1996: Leibniz Gymnasium, Offenbach, Germany
1988 – 1990: Bachschule, Offenbach, Germany
1984 – 1988: Humboldt Schule Offenbach, Germany
Academic Honors and Rewards
2024: Brown University Ageing Colloquium
2024: Segerfalk Lecture Award
2021: ERC Synergy Grant: Microglia Control of Physiological Brain States (Micro-Cops)
2019: Max Planck Sabbatical Award
2019: Vice Chair of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai, USA
2018: Inventor of the Year 2018 Award, Mount Sinai, USA
2018: Inaugural NINDS Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship, NIH, USA
2017: Co-director, Center for Glial Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA
2015: Harold and Golden Lamport Research Award, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA
2014: Kavli Frontiers in Science Fellow, The National Academy of Science, USA
2014: CURE Challenge Award, USA
2014: Technology Development Fund Award, Mount Sinai Innovation, USA
2012: NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, USA
2012: Seaver Autism Center Research Award, USA
2012: named “Chrissy Rossi Investigator”
2011 – 2013: NARSAD 2010 Young Investigator Award, USA
2006 – 2008: German Research Foundation DFG, Research Fellowship, Germany
2005: Hans-Hench Award 2005, German Society for Immunology, Germany
2004:Summa cum laude, Charité University Berlin, Germany
2001 – 2003: USA-Scholarship of The German National Academic Foundation, (Studienstiftung)
1999 – 2001: The German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung) Scholarship, Germany
Journal and Grant Reviewer
2022: Reviewer, NIH, PO1, DFG Prioprity Programs
2021: Reviewer, ERC and Welcome Trust
2020: Reviewer, ad hoc, NIH Special Emphasis Panel, ZRG1 MDCN-G (06)
2020: Reviewer, ad hoc, NIH, Cellular and Molecular Biology of Glia Study Section (CMBG)
2019: Reviewer, NIH Director’s New Innovator Award DP2 and ERC Advanced Grant
2018: Reviewer, NIH Special Emphasis Panel review group ZMH1 ERB-M (06)
2018: Reviewer, NIH Special Emphasis Panel review group ZRG1 MDCN-E (50)
2017: Reviewer, NIH RFA panel review group ZRG1 MDCN-P(57)
2017: Reviewer, CURE Epilepsy Award and Welcome Trust
2016: Reviewer, ad hoc, NIH, Somatosensory and Chemosensory Systems Study Section
2016: Reviewer, CURE Innovator Award
2014: Reviewer, ad hoc, NIH Special Emphasis Panel Review Group ZDA1 JXR-G (13) R
2014: Reviewer, CURE Taking Flight Awards
2014: Reviewer, Foundation pour la Recherche Medicale (FRM) Awards
2013: Reviewer, ad hoc, NIH Special Emphasis Panel Review Group ZDK1 GRB-9 (J2) 1
2013: Reviewer, MRC Award
2013: Reviewer, ad hoc, NIH Special Emphasis Panel Review Group ZRG1 IFCN-Z (02) M
2013 – present: Reviewer for Nature, Science, Nature Medicine, Nature Neuroscience, Science Translational Medicine, Cell, Molecular Cell, Neuron, Journal of Neuroscience, PNAS, Cell Reports, JEM, Journal of Neuroscience Research, Biological Psychiatry, eNeuron, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Journal of Clinical Investigation
Others
2022 – present: Genomics & Genetics Advisory Board for Landmarks
2019 – present: Mentoring Leader of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai, USA
2019 – present: Editor of Glia, PLOS One
2019 – present: Executive Committee Member of the Neurodegenerative Disease Working Group, New York Genome Center, New York
2017 – present: External Advisory Board member, “Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain” (SIDB), University of Edinburgh, Scotland
2017 – 2018: Consulltancy at Genentech
2013 – 2015: Associate Scientific Editor for Science Translational Medicine, USA
2012 – present: Associate Faculty Member F1000
Professional Societies
2009 – present: The New York Academy of Sciences
2007 – present: Society for Neuroscience
2004 – present: German Society for Immunology