Curriculum Vitae

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Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christian Behl (C4)

1982-1988

Study of Biology, Julius Maximilian University, Würzburg

1988-1991

PhD thesis, Institute for Genetics and Department for Tumor Biology, Department of Neurology, Julius Maximilian University, Würzburg (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. E. Buchner, Prof. Dr. U. Bogdahn)
Biochemical Characterisation and Cloning of a Tumor Growth Regulating Peptide (MIA)

1991

PhD degree (Dr. rer. nat.) in Neurobiology

1991-1992

Post Doctoral Researcher, Department of Neurology, University Würzburg

1992-1994

Post Doctoral Fellow, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, USA (Prof. Dr. D. Schubert Group)

1994-1996

Head of the Steroidpharmacology Group, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich (Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. F. Holsboer)

1997-2002

Head (C3) of an Independent Max Planck Society Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich

1999

Habilitation, Medical Faculty, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich
Oxidative Stress, Neurodegeneration und Neuroprotection in Cellular Model Systems

2001

Appointment as Full Professor (C4) for Pathobiochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz

since 2002

Full Professor (C4) for Pathobiochemistry and Chair of the Department of Pathobiochemistry at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz

2003-2008

Executive Director of the Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry

2005-2010

Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Neurosciences (IFZN/IFSN) of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

since 2010

Director of the Institute for Pathobiochemistry

Awards and Honors

Award of the German Hirnliga e.V. 1995

Organon Research Award for Biological Psychiatry 1998

HERMES Vitamin Award 1999

AGNP Award for Psychopharmacology Research by the Lilly Co. 2003

Binder Innovation Prize of the German Society for Cell Biology 2011