Priv. Doz. Dr. Gabor Petzold

Curriculum Vitae

Gabor Petzold studied medicine in Germany, Hungary, the USA and UK, and completed his MD thesis at the Department of Neurology at Düsseldorf University, Germany. From 2000 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Experimental Neurology (Head: U. Dirnagl) as well as a resident in Neurology at the Department of Neurology (Head: K. M. Einhäupl) at Charité Medical School, Berlin, Germany. From 2005 to 2008, he was a research fellow of the German Science Foundation (DFG) and a Marie Curie Fellow of the European Union at V. N. Murthy’s laboratory at the Center for Brain Science (Harvard University). in 2008 he became group leader at the Department of Experimental Neurology, Charité Berlin. He completed his board certification in Neurology, and received his “Habilitation” in 2009. In 2009, he received the Young Scientist Award from the German Stroke Competence Network. From 2009 to 2010, he worked as a clinical consultant/attending in Neurology at the Charité. He joined the DZNE in 2011 as group leader of the Neurovascular Diseases Research Group and coordinator of vascular dementia research at the DZNE Bonn site. In addition, he is a clinical consultant/attending in Neurology, and supervises the clinical Stroke Unit and vascular outpatient department, at the Department of Neurology (Head: T. Klockgether) at the University Hospital Bonn.

Stipends and merits

• Scholarship of the German People (1995-1999)
• Research Fellowhip, German Science Foundation (2005-2006)
• Marie Curie Fellowship, European Union (2006-2009)
• Young Scientist Award, German Stroke Competence Network (2009)