Michael Hollmann

Prof. Dr. Michael Hollmann Date of birth: 24.01.1957 Place of birth: Homberg/Niederrhein, Germany Education 1998 Habilitation in Biochemistry at the Medical Faculty of the University of Göttingen Title of habilitation thesis: “Molecular structure, function, and modulation of     ionotropic glutamate receptors” 1988 University of Tübingen, Faculty of Biology: Ph.D. in Life Sciences (“Dr. rer. nat.”) 1984 to 1988 Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen; Department of     Neurobiology (Chairman: Prof. Dr. Otto D. Creutzfeldt). PhD thesis: “Biochemical     investigation of glutamate receptors in rat brain”, advisor Dr. Wilfried Seifert,     Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiology 1984 Diploma (= M.Sc.) in Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tübingen 1983 to 1984 Friedrich-Miescher Laboratory of the Max-Planck Society, Tübingen. Diploma thesis:     “Isolation and characterization of the antigens of two monoclonal antibodies, raised     against circulating human tumor-associated components”, advisor Prof. Dr. F. Alfred Anderer 1982 to 1983 University of Tübingen: Studies in Biochemistry (M.Sc. studies) 1981 to 1982 Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, near Munich: lab rotations 1977 to 1981 University of Tübingen: Studies in Biochemistry (B.Sc. studies) Employment Summary 1999 to present C4 Professor and Chair of the Department of Biochemistry I - Receptor     Biochemistry, Faculty for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum 1998 to 1999 Senior Scientist and head of the glutamate receptor laboratory, Max- PlanckInstitute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany 1994 to 1998 Heisenberg fellow and head of the glutamate receptor laboratory, Max-Planck- Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany. 1991 to 1994 Senior Research Associate, Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, The Salk Institute,  La Jolla, CA, USA 1988 to 1991 Post-doctoral fellow with Stephen Heinemann, Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory,  The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA