Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kummer, former President of the Anatomische Gesellschaft, was awarded the Medal of Honour for outstanding services to the Faculty of Medicine at Justus Liebig University Giessen at an academic ceremony on 27 June 2024. The laudatory speech was given by Prof. Dr. Peter König from the University of Lübeck. Prof. Kummer was appointed Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Faculty of Medicine in 1994. The Faculty of Medicine honored him for his outstanding achievements as a scientist, academic teacher and doctor. With his scientific work, the honoree made decisive contributions to the understanding of the regulation of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems by the nervous system and the effect of the messenger substance acetylcholine inside and outside the nervous system. In order to carry out his work, he was able to acquire numerous grants - including third-party funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Prof. Kummer is also particularly interested in supporting and promoting young scientists. In total, he has supervised almost 80 completed doctorates with various degrees (Dr. med., Dr. med. dent., Dr. biol. hom., Dr. med. vet., Dr. rer. nat., Ph.D.) as well as 6 habilitations in anatomy and cell biology. He is a member of the Leopoldina and was a member of the board of the Anatomische Gesellschaft from 2014 to 2018.
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