Curriculum Vitae Carien Niessen

 

Education

  • 1986 - 1991: MSc in Biology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
  • 1991 - 1996: PhD, Graduate School of Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Prof. Anton Berns and Prof. Arnoud Sonnenberg)

 

Research Career

  • 1996: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 1997 - 2001: Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
  • 2002 - 2008: Junior Research Group Leader, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne
  • 2008 - 2018: Professor, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, University of Cologne
  • Since 2019: Professor and head Department Cell Biology of the Skin, CECAD, University of Cologne

 

Selected Service to Scientific Community and Honors

  • 1997 - 1998:  Fellowship award Dutch Cancer Society
  • 1999 - 2001: Charles A. Dana Fellowship Aaward
  • 2001 - : Member Faculty of 1000
  • 2005: ISP & SCUR AWARD
  • 2006: ROSA “Skin Dryness” Award
  • 2008: Krebshilfe W2 Professorship awarded
  • 2008 - 2013: Board Member European Society for Dermatological Science
  • 2008 - 2018: CECAD Coordinator Research Platform B “Education and Career Development, Gender Equality and Public Outreach”
  • 2014 - : Head Cologne Graduate School for Ageing Biology (CGA)
  • 2014 - : Speaker Faculty Focus Area “Homeostatic Principles in Metabolism and Tissue Regeneration”
  • 2014 - : Executive Board Member, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC),
  • 2015:  Chair International meeting of the German Society for Cell Biology
  • 2015 - 2017:  Vice Chair/Chair Gordon Research Conference on Epithelial Differentiation and Keratinization
  • 2015 - : Speaker, Collaborative Research Center 829, University of Cologne
  • 2015 - : Member International Medical and Scientific Advisory Panel of DEBRA
  • 2016 - : Member and current chair DFG Fachkollegium 201 “Basics of Life Sciences and Medicine”
  • 2016: Rudi Cormane Lecture, Annual ESDR Meeting
  • 2014 - 2020: Vice president/president German Society for Cell Biology (DGZ)
  • 2017: Section editor Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • 2018 - : Editorial Board Journal of Cell Biology
  • 2019 - : Scientific coordinator CECAD excellence cluster
  • 2019: Member Leopoldina