Dr. med. Alexander Simonis

• 11/2023: Board Certification in Internal Medicine and Hematology and Oncology, North Rhine State Chamber of Physicians
• since 2022: BMBF Junior Group Leader Department I of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Germany
• 2019 – 2022: Postdoctoral Associate Translational Research Unit – Infectious Diseases, Bacterial Pathogenesis and Antibiotic Drug Discovery, Advisor: PD Dr. Dr. Jan Rybniker.
• since 2019: Physician, Department I of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Germany Advisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Hallek
• 2016 – 2018: Physician and Postdoctoral Associate, Experimental Hematology Lab, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Markus Manz
• 2016: MD Thesis (Dr. med.): ”Untersuchungen zur funktionellen Relevanz der sauren Sphingomyelinase in der Infektionspathogenese von Neisseria meningitidis“ (“summa cum laude”, highest honor)
• 2009 – 2015: Medical Studies - Germany, Australia and Switzerland, University Wuerzburg, Germany
• 2008 – 2009: Molecular Medicine Studies - University Tübingen, Germany

Fellowships, grants and scientific awards

• 2024: Silver Medal of the Walter Siegenthaler Society 
• 2024: Research Grant, German Research Foundation (DFG)
• 2023: Funding Moritz-Stiftung, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne
• 2023: Associated Junior Research Group, Center for Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne
• 2022: Career Advancement Program (CAP), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne
• 2022: Junior Research Group funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
• 2020 – 2023: Cologne Clinician Scientist Program (CCSP), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne
• 2020: Funding Köln Fortune, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne
• 2018: Dr. Josef-Schneider, Theresia Stiftung award, University of Würzburg
• 2017 – 2018: Fellowship Hanne-Liebermann-Stiftung, Zürich, Switzerland      
• 2012 – 2013: Doctoral scholarship, University of Würzburg