Christian Wolfrum

Prof. Dr. Christian Wolfrum

Position

VP Research

Relation

Full Professor and Vice President of Research

Contact Data

Tel.: +41 44 632 20 39

Address

ETH Zürich
Christian Wolfrum
VP Forschung
HG  F 57
Rämistrasse 101
8092 Zürich
Switzerland

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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
376-0006-02L Laboratory Course in Molecular Biology
376-0009-00L Molecular and Cell Biology in Health and Disease
752-6001-AAL Introduction to Nutritional Science
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