Wolfgang Dörr

Wolfgang Dörr (born November 29, 1959 in Förbau ; † October 12, 2019 or October 13, 2019 ) was a German radiation biologist. Most recently, he was Professor of Applied and Translational Radiation Biology at the University Clinic for Radiation Oncology at the Medical University of Vienna .

Life

Wolfgang Dörr completed his studies in veterinary medicine at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich in 1985. There he did his doctorate under the direction of Johann Kummermehr at the Institute for Radiation Biology of the Society for Radiation and Environmental Research near Munich, in 1988 with the dissertation Investigations on the radiation reaction of the untreated and stimulated tongue epithelium of the mouse . In 1995 he became head of the Normal Tissue Radiobiology Group (about “Working Group for Radiation Biology of Normal Tissue ”) at the Department of Radiation Therapy and Radiation Oncology at the Technical University of Dresden and deputy head of the Department of Radiation Biology. There he completed his habilitation in medicine in 1997 and was given a professorship in 2002. In 2010 he was appointed head of the Department of Radiation Biology. In addition, from 2003 to 2012 he was deputy head of the department for animal experiments at the Medical Faculty of the Technical University of Dresden and representative for animal welfare at the university and the research center Dresden-Rossendorf . From 2001 he also gave lectures at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Leipzig. From 2007 to 2012 he was visiting professor for radiation biology, then employed and from 2015 professor at the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Medical University of Vienna.

Committee work

From 2003 he was a member of various committees of the German Radiation Protection Commission . He was a member of the board of the European Society for Radiation Protection and in 2003 and 2004 its chairman and board member of the German Society for Radiation Biology and from 2002 to 2006 its chairman. Since 2013 he has been a member of the Committee on Radiation Effects of the International Commission on Radiation Protection .

Wolfgang Dörr was awarded the Hanns Langendorff Prize of the German Society for Medical Radiation Protection in 1998 and was appointed honorary member of the Austrian Society for Radiation Oncology, Radiobiology and Medical Radiophysics in 2011 .

Individual evidence

^ In memoriam Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dörr (1959-2019). European Alliance for Medical Radiation Protection Research website (accessed January 19, 2020).
^ Obituary notice from the Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital in Dresden . Saxon newspaper of October 26, 2019.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dörr . Website of the Medical University of Vienna (accessed January 19, 2020).
↑ ^a ^b Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dörr (PDF file, 65 kB). Curriculum vitae on the website of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (accessed on January 19, 2020).

personal data
SURNAME	Dörr, Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dörr, Wolfgang Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German veterinarian, radiation biology and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 29, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Förbau , Bavaria , Germany
DATE OF DEATH	October 12, 2019 or October 13, 2019

[1] In memoriam Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dörr (1959-2019). European Alliance for Medical Radiation Protection Research website (accessed January 19, 2020).

[2] Obituary notice from the Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital in Dresden . Saxon newspaper of October 26, 2019.

[MedUniWien-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dörr . Website of the Medical University of Vienna (accessed January 19, 2020).

[ICRP-4] Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dörr (PDF file, 65 kB). Curriculum vitae on the website of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (accessed on January 19, 2020).