Werner Müller-Esterl (born 13 July 1948) is a German biochemist who served as president of the

Goethe University Frankfurt Goethe University (german: link=no, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) is a university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealt ...

from 2009 to 2014.

Career

Born in Bonn, he studied chemistry and medicine at the University of Bonn and the

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

. He obtained his medical license in 1979 and his

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...

in clinical biochemistry in 1985. In 1987 he became professor of clinical biochemistry in Munich. In 1989 he became professor of pathobiochemistry at the University of Mainz. In 1999 he became professor of biochemistry at the Goethe University. He was director of the Institute for Biochemistry II and the Gustav Embden Center for Biological Chemistry from 2000. His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms that control the cardiovascular system. In 2006 he became vice president of the Goethe University. In October 2008 he was elected president of the Goethe University. He was succeeded by

Birgitta Wolff Birgitta Wolff (born 14 July 1965 in Münster) is a German economist and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She served as minister of education and culture and as minister of research and economy in the state government of Saxony ...

in 2015.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muller-Esterl, Werner Living people 1948 births German biochemists University of Bonn alumni Academic staff of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Academic staff of Goethe University Frankfurt Scientists from Bonn