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

Goethe University Frankfurt Goethe University Frankfurt () is a public research 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 wealthy and active liberal citizenry of Frankfurt ...

from 2009 to 2014.

Career

Born in

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

, he studied chemistry and medicine at the

University of Bonn The University of Bonn, officially the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (), is a public research university in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the () on 18 October 1818 by Frederick Willi ...

and the

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...

. 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 Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excelle ...

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 The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz () is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany. It has been named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. it had approximately 32,000 students enrolled in around 100 a ...

. 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 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