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
