Clarissa Gerhäuser, PhD

Group leader at Cancer Chemoprevention, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Division C010: Epigenomics and Cancer Risk Factors

EDUCATION: 1984-1988  Study of Pharmacy, Julius-Maximilians-University, Würzburg. 1989-1993 Ph.D. degree (summa cum laude), 1993-1995 Postdoctoral Research Associate with Prof. J.M. Pezzuto, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. 1995-1996 Visiting Research Assistant Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.

AWARDS: Research Prize awarded by the Köhnlechner-Foundation, Munich (1990), Feodor-Lynen Fellowship awarded by the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation, Bonn, Germany (1993-1995), Research grant awarded by the Verein zur Förderung der Krebsforschung in Deutschland e.V. Heidelberg, Germany (1996-2002), EARC Young Cancer Researcher Award Highly Commended (2003), Phoenix Pharmacy Scientific Research Price 2003 Pharmaceutical Biology (with Prof. H. Becker, Saarbrücken, Germany)