Wolfgang A. Linke, Ph.D.  Professor and Head  Physiology and Biophysics Unit  University of Muenster  Schlossplatz 5  D-48149 Muenster, Germany  Tel: +49-251-8321560 or 8321565  Fax: +49-251-8324723  Email: wlinke_at_uni-muenster.de

Professional Experience

Oct. 2003 – on    University of Muenster, Inst. of General Zoology and Genetics

 
    Professor
    Head, Physiology and Biophysics Unit
 

• Cell Biology, Physiology and Biophysics of Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle
• Lectures, Seminars, Practical Classes in Biology and Human Physiology

 
 

Oct. 1999 – Sept  2003  Univ. of Heidelberg, Inst. of Physiology and Pathophysiology

 
    Assistant Professor of Physiology
    Heisenberg Fellow of the German Research Foundation
 

• Director of the Cellular Muscle Mechanics Lab
• Subject of Study: Cell Biology and Biophysics of Muscle Proteins
• Lectures, Seminars in Human Physiology

Apr. 2001 – Oct. 2001    Mayo Clinic Rochester, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics

 
    Visiting Professor
 

• Research Group of Prof. J. M. Fernandez
• Atomic Force Microscopy of Engineered Elastic Proteins
   

 

Oct. 1994 – Sept. 1999    University of Heidelberg, Germany, Institute of Physiology II

 
    Assistant Professor of Physiology

• Group Leader, Mechanics of Elastic Filaments in Muscle
• Seminars, Practical Classes in Human Physiology

 

Oct. 1991 – Sep. 1994    University of Washington, Seattle, Center for Bioengineering

    Postdoctoral Fellow

• Research Group of Prof. G. H. Pollack
• Cardiac Myofibrillar Mechanics

Degrees

1998  University of Heidelberg, Germany

• D.Sc. ("Habilitation"), Physiology


1991  Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
 

• Ph.D., Animal Physiology


1988  Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
 

• Diploma Degree, Biology

Education

1988 – 1991  Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

• Ph. D. student (Institute of Physiology, Institute of Zoology)


1983 – 1988  Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
 

• Undergraduate Studies in Biology

Awards

Multiple Research Grants of the German Research Foundation and the University of Heidelberg, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006


Heisenberg Fellowship (career development award) of the German Research Foundation, 1999-2003