Katja Kotsch
Katja Kotsch (born April 28, 1969 in Berlin ) is a German immunologist .
Life
From 1988 to 1996 she studied biology and politics at the TU Berlin . In June 1996 she passed the state examination in biology and politics. From 1996 to 1999 she completed the dissertation for Dr. rer. nat. in immunology in the Department of Transfusion Medicine at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin . From 1999 to 2000 she was a research assistant at the German Rheumatism Research Center in Berlin under the scientific guidance of Andreas Radbruch . From 2000 to 2001 she was a research assistant atGerman Heart Center Berlin . From 2001 to 2010 she was group leader at the Institute for Medical Immunology at the University Medical Center Charité under the direction of Hans-Dieter Volk . In 2004 Katja Kotsch did research at the TE Starzl Transplantation Institute at the University of Pittsburgh in Angus Thomson's group . From 2003 to 2005 she completed part-time studies at the Berlin School of Economics ; Degree: Master of Business Administration Health Care Management (MBA). After her habilitation in 2008 at the Charité (1st reviewer: Edward Geissler , 2nd reviewer: Dieter Kabelitz ), she taught at the Medical University of Innsbruck at the Professorship for Experimental Transplantation Immunology from 2010 to 2015 . In September 2012 she received first place on the list of appointments for the W3 professorship Fundamentals in Transplantation at the University of Duisburg-Essen . Since 2015 she has been head of immunological research at the Charité Clinic for Surgery. Katja Kotsch has been teaching as W2 professor for surgical research at the Charité since 2016 .
Her special focus is on the immunosenescence of allografts , the influence of the donor's brain death on allograft survival and the relevance of innate lymphocytes for organ transplantation.
criticism
In her surprisingly short habilitation thesis in the VroniPlag Wiki, plagiarism found sites have been documented on over 50% of the pages.
Works (selection)
- Comparative analysis of the molecular diversity of the MHC-DRB loci using introns 1 and 2 in humans and non-human primates . 2000, OCLC 638027882 (also dissertation, HU Berlin 2000).
- Diagnosis and therapy of the transplant quality . Berlin 2008, OCLC 918072446 (also habilitation thesis, Charité 2008).
Web links
- Professor for Surgical Research
- A critical examination of the habilitation thesis by Dr. Katja Kotsch: Diagnosis and therapy of transplant quality in the VroniPlag Wiki
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kotsch, Katja |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German immunologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |