Christian Wolfrum
Prof. Dr. Christian WolfrumPositionVP Research RelationFull Professor and Vice President of Research Contact DataTel.: +41 44 632 20 39 | |
Other Addresses | ETH Zürich Christian Wolfrum Inst.f. Lebensm.wiss.,Ern.,Ges. SLA C 94 Schorenstrasse 16 8603 Schwerzenbach Switzerland |
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Curriculum Vitae (CV) | Christian Wolfrum has been Full Professor of the Institute of Food Nutrition and Health at the ETH Zurich since January 2017. Christian was born on July 17, 1972 in Bonn, Germany and studied Chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster, Germany. After his graduation, he spent six years as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Markus Stoffel at the Rockefeller University in New York, USA. In 2007 he moved to the ETH Zurich and in 2008 he was appointed Assistant Professor for Obesity Research. His research focuses on elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying the altered adipocyte differentiation and maturation associated with obesity and other metabolic disorders. Christian Wolfrum received several honors, including the H.P. Kaufmann Award (2000), the Young Investigators Award by the EFSTL (2004), the Starting Independent Researcher Grant from the ERC (2008) and the Rössler Award (2014). Since 2023 he is Vice President for Research and a member of the Executive Board at ETH Zurich. |
Course Catalogue | 377-0101-00L Fundamentals of Medicine and the Human Body 377-0301-03L Endocrinology, Metabolism 752-6001-00L Introduction to Nutritional Science 752-6003-00L Introduction to Nutritional Science |
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