Manuela Schmidt, Univ.-Prof., PhD

Univ.-Prof., PhD

Vize-Dekan*in, Fakultät für Lebenswissenschaften, 2022/23–2023/24

Vize-Dekan*in, Fakultät für Lebenswissenschaften, 2024/25–2025/26

Curriculum Vitae

born 1978 in Wasserburg/Inn, Germany

1997-2002 Diploma, Biology; University of Wuerzburg, Germany

2001-2002 Master, Neurosciences; International Max Planck Research School Neurosciences, Goettingen

2002-2006 PhD, Neurosciences; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stephan Sigrist, International Max Planck School Neurosciences, Goettingen, Germany

2007-2012 Postdoctoral fellow; Advisor: Prof. Ardem Patapoutian, PhD, TSRI (The Scripps Research Institute), La Jolla, California, USA

2012-2018 Independent Research Group Leader, Emmy Noether-Program, DFG, MPI of Experimental Medicine (MPIEM), Goettingen, Germany

2019-2020 W2-Professorship, Faculty of Biology and Psychology, University of Goettingen, Germany

since September 2020 Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, University of Vienna

Research Areas

* Systems biology of somatosensation and chronic pain

* Development, maturation and aging in the context of chronic pain

* Pre-clinical and translational pain research

* Functional and quantitative pain proteomics