Marcus Maurer, M.D.

obtained his education at the Medical School of Johannes Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz (1986 - 1989) and later, in the years 1989 - 1994, at the Medical School, Freie Universität Berlin, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1994. In 2001 Dr. Maurer obtained board certification in dermatology and, in 2003, in allergology. From 1994 to 1996 he held the position of Resident at the Department of Dermatology, Virchow-Klinikum and Charité, Freie Universität Berlin. In the years 1996 - 1999 he worked as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Departments of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Harvard Medical School. From 1999 to 2004 Dr. Maurer continued his work first as Tenure-track Investigator & Group leader, Dept. of Dermatology, U Mainz (until 2003), and later, as Assistant Professor, Dept. of Dermatology, U Mainz (2003-2004). In the period 2004 - 2005 he served in the position of Assistant Professor at the Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, where at present he holds the position of Associate Professor. Dr. Maurer is the recipient of numerous grants, with Project Grant Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft I and II, Project Grant Otto Eppenauer Stiftung, Project Grant Unna Stiftung, and Project Grant Deutsche Krebshilfe being currently conducted. Dr. Maurer is also a member of many prestigious scientific societies: Society of Investigative Dermatology (since 1994), European Society of Dermatological Research (since 1994), Arbeitsgemeinschaft Dermatologische Forschung (since 1995), New York Academy of Science (since 1996), American Association for the Advancement of Science (since 1997), and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allergologie und klinische Immunologie (since 2000).
Dr. Maurer is the author and co-author of numerous publications in highly-noted scientific journals and book chapters: Dev. Biol., J. Invest. Dermatol., Exp. Dermatol., Arch. Dermatol. Res., Am. J. Pathol., In Vivo, J. Dermatol. Sci., Lab. Invest., Nature, Blood, J. Exp. Med., J. Immunol., FASEB J., Tech. Health Care, Cancer Res., J. Histochem. Cytochem., Br. J. Dermatol., J. Clin. Invest., Acta Dermo-Sifiliográfica, J. Allergy Clin. Immunol., and Dermatology.