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Leopold Eckhart

Principal investigator

Leopold @ PubMed

Associate Professor

Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Qualifications

2017: Universitätsprofessor
Berufstitel
2010: Habilitation (Venia docendi): Medical Biochemistry
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
2002: PhD (Dr. techn.)
Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
2001: Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Vienna University of Technology, Vienna and Danube University, Krems, Austria
2000: PhD (Dr. nat. techn.)
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (Boku), Vienna, Austria

Research grants (principal investigator)

2023-2026: Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Project: Molecular evolution of skin appendages
Role: Grant applicant and project leader
Funding: 294,315 Euro
2019-2024: Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Project: Evolution of epidermal transglutamination
Role: Grant applicant and project leader
Funding: 379,743 Euro
2015-2019: Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Project: Evolution of epidermal cornification proteins
Role: Grant applicant and project leader
Funding: 317,656 Euro
2015-2016: Herzfelder’sche Familienstiftung, Project: Characterization of age-related protein accumulation in autophagy-deficient neurons
Role: Grant applicant and project leader
Funding: 35.000 Euro
2011-2015: Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Project: Molecular evolution of the epidermis in amniotes
Role: Grant applicant and project leader
Funding: 184.768 Euro
2008-2010: Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Project: The role of DNase1L2 in the epidermis and in epidermal appendages
Role: Grant applicant and project leader
Funding: 138.448 Euro
2007-2008: Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Project: DNA breakdown in epidermal keratinocytes
Role: Grant applicant and project leader
Funding: 137.976 Euro

Leadership roles in scientific societies

2017-2022: Member of the Board, European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR)
2021: Chair of the Scientific Program Committee, 50^th Anniversary Annual Meeting, European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR)
2017-ongoing: Leader of the Working Group: Skin Barrier, Arbeitsgemeinschaft dermatologischer Forschung (ADF)
2016-2020: Member of the Management Committee, European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action CA15138: European Network of Multidisciplinary Research and Translation of Autophagy knowledge
2009-2013: Member of the Management Committee, European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action BM0903: Skin Barrier and Atopic Diseases

Membership in scientific societies