Dr. med. Alexander Simonis

Curriculum vitae

11/2023: Board Certification in Internal Medicine and Hematology and Oncology, North Rhine State Chamber of Physicians

since 2022: 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 and Scientific Awards

2025: Galenus-von-Pergamon Prize

2024: Silver Medal of the Walter Siegenthaler Society 

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, Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space

2020 – 2023: Cologne Clinician Scientist Program (CCSP), 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