Professor Dr. Florian J. Schweigert
Chairperson of the Department for Physiology and Pathophysiology of Nutrition
Curriculum vitae
- born in Munich (1958), married, four children
- 1978 Abitur
- 1984 Veterinary license after studying veterinary medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich
- 1986 Doctorate as Dr. med. vet. with the grade "summa cum laude“
- 1990 Habilitation in the field of physiology and physiological chemistry in the department of Prof. Dr. Hermann Zucker
- 1984 – 1988 scientific assistant at the institute for physiology, physiological chemistry and animal nutrition of the LMU in Munich
- 1988 – 1990 „Research Fellow in Medicine“ at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA
- 1990 – 1992 Assistant at the institute for physiology of lactation and reproduction of the Technical University Munich
- 1992 University professorship (C3) for nutrition physiology at the veterinary faculty of the University of Leipzig
- 1995 University professorship (C4) for Physiology and Pathophysiology of Nutrition at the University of Potsdam
- 2005 – 2012 Chairperson of the Society for Applied Vitamin Research
- 1997 – 2010 Liaison Officer of the Hanns-Seidel-Foundation e.V
- Since 2016 Vice President for International Affairs, Alumni and Fundraising at the University of Potsdam
- Member of the advisory board of the German Nutrition Society (DGE), the Danone Foundation for Healthy Nutrition and the University Society Potsdam
- Visiting professor at the Mahidol University in Bangkok and the Khon Kaen University (both in Thailand)
- Initiator of the Potsdam Summer School of International Nutrition
