The Faculty

Miguel A. Alejandre Alcázar

Professor for Translational Experimental Pediatrics
Head of the independent research group "Perinatal Lung Health and Chronic Disease"
M.D. (Justus-Liebig University Gießen) 2006
PhD. (University of Cologne) 2012
Research interest: Lung development, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, metabolism, lung aging

Email: miguel-angel.alejandre-alcazar@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: https://ilh-giessen.de/en/junior-research-groups/parenchymal-vascular-lung-disease/
https://kinderklinik.uk-koeln.de/forschung/pneumologie-und-mukoviszidose/experimentelle-pneumologie/
Telephone: +49 641 99 36422
+49 221 478 96876

Eveline Baumgart-Vogt

Professor and Chair, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology II, Division of Medical Cell Biology
Director: International Giessen Graduate School for the Life Sciences
MD (University of Heidelberg) 1988
Research interests: Lipid metabolism, peroxisomes, COPD, emphysema

Email: Eveline.Baumgart-Vogt@anatomie.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: http://www.med.uni-giessen.de/anat/ebv_new_hp/entrance.htm
Telephone: +49 641 994 7100

Saverio Bellusci

Professor of Lung Matrix Remodelling
PhD (University of Paris) 1994
Research interests: Developmental biology

Email: saverio.bellusci@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: http://www.usc.edu/programs/pibbs/site/faculty/bellusci_s.htm
Telephone: +49 641 994 2422

Elie El Agha

Professor of Pathogen-Induced Lung Injury and Repair at the Institute for Lung Health (ILH)
Director, International Graduate Program “Molecular Biology and Medicine of the Lung”, Giessen
PhD, date and place: 2009-2014, Justus Liebig University Giessen
Research interests: Lung development, lung fibrosis, acute lung injury, pulmonary hypertension

Email: elie.el-agha@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: https://ilh-giessen.de/en/professorships/pathogen-induced-injury-and-repair/
Telephone: +49 641 99 36481

Hossein A. Ghofrani

Professor of Internal Medicine
MD (University of Giessen) 1995
Research interests: Pulmonary hypertension, ischaemia-reperfusion, experimental therapeutics, clinical trials

Email: ardeschir.ghofrani@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: http://uglc.de/cv/ghofrani
Telephone: +49 641 994 2421

Veronika Grau

Professor of Experimental Surgery
PhD (University of Freiburg) 1990
Research interests: Lung transplantation

Email: veronika.grau@chiru.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: http://www.uniklinikum-giessen.de/ach/forschung.html?m=107
Telephone: +49 641 994 4791

Friedrich Grimminger

Professor and Chairman, Department of Medical Oncology
Co-director, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC)
Director, Department of Pulmonology, Kerkhoff Clinic, Bad Nauheim
MD (University of Giessen) 1989
PhD (University of Giessen) 1990
Research interests: Pulmonary hypertension, lung cancer, clinical trials, experimental therapeutics

Email: friedrich.grimminger@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: http://uglc.de/cv/grimminger
Telephone: +49 641 994 2370

Andreas Günther

Professor of Internal Medicine
Head, Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic, UKGM
Medical Director, Lung Clinic Waldhof - Elgershausen Head
MD (University of Giessen) 1992

Research interests: Pulmonary fibrosis, critical care medicine, clinical trial, experimental therapeutics

Email: andreas.guenther@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: http://uglc.de/cv/guenther
Telephone: +49 641 994 2354

Susanne Herold

Professor of Infectious Diseases of the Lung at Justus Liebig University Giessen
Director of the Medical Clinic V
MD (University of Giessen) 2002
PhD (University of Giessen) 2008
Research interests: Pneumonia, acute lung injury, influenza, infectious disease

Email: susanne.herold@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: http://www.uniklinikum-giessen.de/med2/
Telephone: +49 641 994 2705

Wolfgang Kummer

Professor and Chair, Department of Anatomy (Cardiopulmonary Neurobiology)
MD (University of Cologne) 1985
Research interests: Oxygen sensing, cholinergic systems, hypoxia, macrophages

Email: wolfgang.kummer@anatomie.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: http://www.agma.med.uni-giessen.de:8888/kpneuro/
Telephone: +49 641 994 7000

Mareike Lehmann

Professor of Translational Inflammation Research and Emmy Noether Groupleader "Cellular heterogeneity of lung aging and regeneration" Philipps University Marburg, PI at Institute for Lung Health and Immunity, Helmholtz Center Munich 
PhD: University of Zurich, Switzerland 
Research Interests: Aging, Cellular Senescence, IPF, COPD, alveolar epithelial cells, stem cells 

EMail: mareike.lehmann@uni-marburg.de 
URL: https://www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb20/departments/ciii/lung-research/research/lehmann-lab 
https://www.helmholtz-munich.de/en/lhi/research-groups/lehmann-lab

Poornima Mahavadi

PI for “Pulmonary lysosomal trafficking and autophagy in health and diseases” Department of Internal Medicine, Justus-Liebig University Giessen (JLU), Germany.
Dr.rer.nat., PhD from the Faculty of Natural Sciences, JLU Giessen, Germany
Research interest: Autophagy, organelle stress (lysosomes, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum), organelle crosstalk, interstitial lung diseases
E-mail: Poornima.Mahavadi@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
Telephone:  +49-641-9942555

Ulrich Matt

Consultant in Infectious Diseases
MD (Medical University of Vienna) 2006, PhD (CeMM/Medical University of Vienna) 2010
Research Interests: Acute lung injury, immunometabolism, infectious diseases

Email: ulrich.matt@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: https://www.ukgm.de/ugm_2/deu/ugi_hyg/ugi_hyg_team.php?id=8065
Telephone: +49 641 985-57068

Ana Pardo-Saganta

Professor of Lung Inflammation and Repair at the Institute for Lung Health (ILH), Jus
PhD, 2003-2008, CIMA Universidad de Navarra (Pamplona (Spain))
Assistant Professor, 2016-2021, CIMA Universidad de Navarra (Pamplona (Spain)
Research interest: Lung Regeneration, lung stem cells, pulmonary fibrosis, aging, lung inflammation

Email: Ana.Pardo-Saganta@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: https://ilh-giessen.de/en/professorships/lung-inflammation-and-repair/
Telephone: +49 641 9936421

Soni S. Pullamsetti

Professor of Lung Vascular Epigenetics

Principle investigator, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim
PhD (University of Giessen) 2005
Research interests: Pulmonary hypertension, vascular remodelling, pulmonary fibrosis

Email: soni.pullamsetti@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: http://www.mpi-bn.mpg.de/de/research/lung/swngii.html
Telephone: +49 6032 705230

Rajkumar Savai

Professor of Microenvironmental Niche in Cancer at the Institute for Lung Health (ILH)
PhD (University of Giessen) 2005
Research interests: Lung cancer

Email: Rajkumar.Savai@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
Tel.: +49 641 9942655

Ralph T. Schermuly

Professor of Pulmonary Pharmacotherapy
PhD (University of Giessen) 1996
Research interests: Pulmonary hypertension, vascular remodelling, experimental therapeutics

Email: ralph.schermuly@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: http://uglc.de/schermuly-lab
Telephone: +49 641 994 2420

Bernd Schmeck

Professor of Molecular Pneumology 
MD (Charité, Berlin) 2002
Research interests: Systems biology of pulmonary inflammation, microRNA & epigenetics in pneumonia, COPD, asthma

Email: bernd.schmeck@uni-marburg.de
URL: http://www.ukgm.de/ugm_2/deu/umr_pne/umr_pne_team.php?id=4142
URL: http://i-lung.de/
Telephone: +49 6421 2865713

Leon Schulte

Professor at UMR
PhD: 2008-2013, Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology / Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Research interest: Alveolar Innate Immunity, Bacterial Pathogens, RNA Biology

Email: leon.schulte
URL: http://rna-lab.org/
Telephoner: +49-6421 2866852

Werner Seeger

Chairman, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC)
Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Giessen School of Medicine
Director, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim
MD (University of Giessen)

Research interests: Pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis, acute lung injury, lung development, clinical trial, experimental therapeutics

Email: werner.seeger@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: http://uglc.de/cv/seeger
Telephone: +49 641 994 2354

Natascha Sommer

Professorship for "Mitochondrial signalling in pulmonary vascular and airway diseases"
PhD: 2011, Justus Liebig University, Giessen
Research interest: Mitochondria, hypoxia, COPD, pulmonary hypertension

URL: https://www.uni-giessen.de/fbz/fb11/institute/klinik/innere/med2/Mitochondrien%20Lunge
Telephone: Phone (assistant) +49 641 99 42422

István Vadász

Deputy director of the clinic
MD (University of Szeged) 2001
Research interests: acute lung injury, hypercapnia

Email: istvan.vadasz@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: http://www.uniklinikum-giessen.de/med2/
Telephone: +49 641 994 2548

Friedemann Weber

Professor and Chair of the Institute for Virology, FB10-Veterinary Medicine
Dr. rer.nat (University of Freiburg) 1997
Research interest: RNA viruses, innate immunity

Email: friedemann.weber@vetmed.uni-giessen.de
URL: https://www.uni-giessen.de/de/fbz/fb10/institute_klinikum/institute/virologie/forschung/ag-weber
Telephone: +49 641 993 835 0

Markus A. Weigand

Professor and Chairman, Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, University of Heidelberg
MD (University of Heidelberg)
Research interests: Sepsis, ischaemia, shock

Email: markus.weigand@chiru.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: http://www.uniklinikum-giessen.de/anaesthesie
Telephone: +49 641 994 4401

Norbert Weissmann

Professor of Experimental Pulmonology
PhD (University of Giessen) 1994
Research interests: Pulmonary hypertension, hypoxia, vascular remodelling, emphysema, reactive oxygen

Email: norbert.weissmann@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: http://uglc.de/research/groups/weissmann-lab
Telephone: +49 641 994 2414

Malgorzata Wygrecka

Professor for diffuse parenchymal lung diseases of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL) 
PhD (University of Giessen) 2005
Research interests: Pulmonary fibrosis, acute lung injury,

Email: malgorzata.wygrecka@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
URL: http://www.uni-giessen.de/cms/fbz/fb11/institute/biochemie
Telephone: +49 641 994 7508