Jörg Vienken

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Jörg Vienken (born June 1, 1948 ) is a German biomedical scientist . He is a leading expert in biomaterials and membranes.

Life

Jörg Vienken studied chemical process engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt from 1968 to 1975 , then biophysics at the RWTH Aachen . In 1980 he was at the RWTH Aachen with the work of electric field effects in erythrocytes and lymphocytes and improve cryofixation of biological cells for Dr.-Ing. PhD . From 1980 to 1984 he was a research assistant at the Institute for Biotechnology at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg and also a visiting scientist at the biochemical department of the Royal Free Hospital in London , in membrane research at the Weizmann Institute for Sciences in Rehovot , Israel, in the laboratory for Cell Physiology at the University of Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris and at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda , USA and at the Institute for Biophysical Chemistry at Forschungszentrum Jülich . In 1985 he moved to Akzo Nobel Membrana and until 1995 took over the management of the Scientific Services department for the area of ​​membranes for artificial kidneys and artificial lungs.

In 1996 he was appointed Professor of the International Faculty for Artificial Organs (INFA) in the Faculty of Bioengineering at Strathclyde University in Glasgow . Visiting professorships followed, for example in 1997 at the Danube University Krems and at the Technical University of Ilmenau , University of Strathclyde Glasgow , University of Bologna , RWTH Aachen University, Fresenius University and at the University of Applied Sciences IMC Krems.

From 1996 to 2013 Vienken also worked for Fresenius Medical Care in Bad Homburg as Research Director of the BioScience Department. After retiring, he has been a member of the board of the Hamburg company Nephro-Solutions since 2013 .

He was also involved in international scientific societies such as the European and International Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO and ISAO), of which he became a board member. Vienken has been a member of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin since 2000 , where he was the managing director of the Foundation of Friends of the Leibniz Society. He is the scientific and technical advisory board of the Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies .

He has published more than 150 papers in the field of artificial organs and regenerative medicine . He is also on the editorial board of a number of academic journals.

Jörg Vienken has been a member of the Catholic student association KDSt.V. since 1968 . Nassovia Darmstadt in the CV .

Honors, awards and memberships

  • 1994–2006: Board Member, European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO)
  • 1998–2006: Treasurer, European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO)
  • 1988–2009: Board Member, International Federation of Artificial Organs (IFAO)
  • 2002: Member, Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin
  • 2009–2011: President, International Federation of Artificial Organs (IFAO - umbrella organization of the continental societies ASAIO, ESAO, JSAO)
  • since 2002: Honorary Council Member, Balkan Cities Association for Nephrology, Transplantation and Artificial Organs (BANTAO)
  • 2010–2013: Chairman of the Board of Directors, Association of German Biotechnology Companies (VBU)
  • 1998: Honorary Professor, International Medical Association Bulgaria (IMAB) memberships and editorships
  • 2005: Medal of Merit from Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2012: Emil-Bücherl-Award for Lifetime Achievements, European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO)

Fonts (selection)

  • The GENIUS therapy system and ultra-pure dialysate: a contribution to the quality of therapy in dialysis , in "Dialyse 1997" by HE Franz, Pabst Lengerich 1997, ISBN 3-931660-66-4
  • Composition and Management of Hemodialysis Fluids , Pabst Lengerich 2000, ISBN 3-934252-64-8 , together Aileen Grassmann, Ingrid Uhlenbusch-Körwer, Edeltraud Bonnie-Schorn
  • Extracorporeal blood circulation and dialysis - symbiosis of medicine and technology , Pabst Lengerich 2000, ISBN 3-934252-88-5 together with Th. Roy
  • Composition and handling of dialysis fluids , Pabst Lengerich 2001, ISBN 3-935357-94-X , together with Aileen Grassmann, Ingrid Uhlenbusch-Körwer, Edeltraud Bonnie-Schorn
  • Understanding Membranes and Dialysers , Pabst Lengerich 2004, ISBN 3-89967-005-1 together with Aileen Grassmann, Ingrid Uhlenbusch-Körwer, Edeltraud Bonnie-Schorn

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Prof. Dr. Jörg Vienken , Berlin-Brandenburger Center for Regenerative Therapies, accessed on April 6, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Vienken, Jörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German biomedical scientist
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1948