Michael Madeja (MadejaM@Ghst.de)
Pubblicazioni

Date of Birth:13th May 1962 in Detmold
Citizenship: Germany
Family Status: Married, three children

Education 
1968 – 1972 Katholische Volkschule in Bad Driburg
1972 – 1981 Städtisches Gymnasium in Bad Driburg
1981 – 1987 Academic studies of human medicine at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster
11/1987 License to practice medicine
01/1995 Acknowledgment as “Medical Specialist of Physiology”

Professional Activity
12/1987 – 12/1991 Research assistant at Institute of Physiology at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster (Director: Prof. Dr. E.-J. Speckmann)         
11/1988 Graduation as Dr. med. (“summa cum laude”)
12/1991 – 11/2001 Research assistant
06/1994 Habilitation on “Physiology”
06-08/1998 Research stay at Karolinska Institute (Nobel Institute of Neurophysiology) in Stockholm, Sweden
12/1999 Extraordinary Granting of Professorship
since 11/2000 Head of the Department “Neurosciences” at Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung in Frankfurt and continued leadership of the neurophysiological lab at University of Münster. 
09/2004 Alteration of professorship to Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt and relocation of the neurophysiological lab to Frankfurt
since 11/2004 Managing Director at Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung
since 06/2008 Additional leadership of the Department “University” at Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung

Scientific Awards
09/1989 Award of Gesellschaft für Epilepsieforschung for the best dissertation in German in the field of experimental epilepsy-research
12/1989 Award of Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität for an excellent dissertation
08/1990 Research award of the German Federal Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
06/1999 Honor as “Teacher of the Year 1999” for excellent work in pre-clinical education of the Faculty of Medicine at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

Publications
Articles: 52 original papers, thereof 26 in Class-A-Journals (upper-listed 20 % of a discipline)
8 overviews,  22 book contributions, 14 general articles
Books: 2 books
Abstracts: 141 published abstracts
Lectures: 219 scientific lectures, thereof 55 invited lectures, 40 advanced training lectures, 2 invited keynote presentations at scientific congresses

Field of research

Physiology and pharmacology of voltage-operated ion channels, structure-function relationship of voltage-operated potassium channels, molecular epilepsy research

Reviewer for Scientific Journals
British Journal of Phamacology, Cardiovascular Research, Epilepsia, Klinische Neurophysiologie, Journal of Biomolecular Screening, Journal of Physiology, Life Sciences and Molecular Cell Research