Professor Martin Feelisch

Following a vocational training as Pharmacy Technician in Solingen and the subsequent study of Pharmacy at university level, Martin Feelisch earned his PhD in Pharmacology from Heinrich-Heine University in Düsseldorf, Germany. This was followed by a Habilitation (postdoctoral research and teaching qualification) in both Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Cologne. He was appointed to the Personal Chair of Experimental Medicine & Integrative Biology at the University of Southampton in 2012, following a series of senior research positions in industry and academia in the US and Europe.

Academic Qualifications

• BSc/MSc(Diploma), Pharmacy, Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, 1985
• PhD(summa cum laude), Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine University, 1988
• Specialist for Drug Information, Apothekerkammer Nordrhein, 1992
• Expert in Pharmacology, German Society for Experimental & Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (DGPT), 1992
• Habilitation (venia legendi), Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Cologne, 1997

Career History

• Professor of Experimental Medicine & Integrative Biology, University of Southampton, Faculty of Medicine, 2012-present
• Honorary Associate Professor, University College London, Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, 2019-present
• Professor of Experimental Medicine and Biology, University of Warwick Medical School and Warwick Systems Biology Centre (MRC Strategic Appointment), 2007-2012
• Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology, Boston University School of Medicine (Boston, USA), 2003-2007
• Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (Shreveport, USA), 1999-2003
• Senior Lecturer & Scientific Coordinator, The Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, 1997-1999
• Director of Pharmacology, Schwarz Pharma (Monheim, Germany), 1991-1997
• Department Head, Pharmacology, Schwarz Pharma, 1990-1991
• Visiting Research Scientist, The Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, 1989/90
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pharmacology, Heinrich Heine University (Germany), 1988-1989