Th. Hummel, M.D., Prof. Dr. med.
thummel (at) mail.zih.tu-dresden.de
Current research statistics:
Factor on Research Gate: 52,64; h-index (on Google): 107; citations (on Google): 46 395
Medical School
03/1980-11/1986
Humanmedizin (Staatsexamen) an der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Erlangen, Bayern
Dissertation
12/1987
"Vergleich des analgetischen Wirkpotentials von Flupirtin-Kapseln, -Saft und -Tropfen an gesunden Probanden" an der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Erlangen
Education
11/1986
medical registration
1992 - 1993
College of Medicine University of Iowa, Department of Pharmacology, USA
06/1995
medical specialization als "Facharzt für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie"
12/1996
Habilitation (“Ph.D.”) in pharmacology and toxicology
1996 - 1997
Smell and Taste Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
09/2003
Extraordinary Professor at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Dresden Medical School, Germany (“ausserplanmäßiger Professor”)
Current
- Supervision of work area and outpatient clinic "Smell and Taste" at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the TU Dresden
- Head of Interdisciplinary Center "Smell and Taste"
Research interest
Physiology and pathophysiology of the chemical Senses - Olfaction, Gustation, Irritation
- diagnostics and treatment of olfactory / gustatory loss
- mechanisms involved in irritation of the upper airways
- olfaction in neurodegenerative disorders
- interactions between the olfactory, trigeminal, and gustatory systems
Awards
- 08/1996: Award of the European Chemoreception Reseacrh Organization (ECRO) for “Excellence in Chemosensory Research”
- 09/2009: „Alexander von Humboldt Preis“ of the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) Brussels, Belgium
- 04/2018: “Professor Dr. Ludwig-Haymann-Preis” of the German ENT Society
Editorial activity
- Since 1995 Member Editorial Board of “Chemical Senses”
- Since 2007 Member Editorial Board of the “European Archives of Otorhinolaryngology”
- Since 2007 Member Editorial Board of “Chemosensory Perception”
- Since 2009 Member Editorial Board of “Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience”
- Since 2010 Member Editorial Board of “Allergy & Rhinology”
- Since 2011 Member Editorial Board of “PLoS One”