Th. Hummel, M.D., Prof. Dr. med.

Publications

thummel (at) mail.zih.tu-dresden.de

Current research statistics:                                                                                                              

Factor on Research Gate: 51,67; h-index (on Google): 87; citations (on Google): 33 634

Medical School

03/1980-11/1986
Humanmedizin (Staatsexamen) an der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Erlangen, Bayern

Dissertation

12/1987
"Vergleich des analgetischen Wirkpotentials von Flupirtin-Kapseln, -Saft und -Tropfen an gesunden Probanden" an der Medizinischen Fakul­tät der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Erlangen

Education

11/1986
medical registration

1992 - 1993
Col­lege of Medicine University of Iowa, Department of Pharma­co­lo­gy, USA

06/1995
medical specialization als "Facharzt für Pharmakologie und Toxiko­lo­­gie"

12/1996
Habilitation (“Ph.D.”) in pharmacology and toxicology

1996 - 1997
Smell and Taste Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

09/2003
Extraordinary Professor at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Dresden Medical School, Germany (“ausserplanmäßiger Professor”)

Current

• Supervision of work area and outpatient clinic "Smell and Taste" at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the TU Dresden
• Head of Interdisciplinary Center "Smell and Taste"

Research interest

Physiology and pathophysiology of the chemical Senses - Olfaction, Gustation, Irritation

• diagnostics and treatment of olfactory / gustatory loss
• mechanisms involved in irritation of the upper airways
• olfaction in neurodegenerative disorders
• interactions between the olfactory, trigeminal, and gustatory systems

Awards

• 08/1996: Award of the European Chemoreception Reseacrh Organization (ECRO) for “Excellence in Chemosensory Research”
• 09/2009: „Alexander von Humboldt Preis“ of the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) Brussels, Belgium
• 04/2018: “Professor Dr. Ludwig-Haymann-Preis” of the German ENT Society

Editorial activity

• Since 1995        Member Editorial Board of “Chemical Senses”
• Since 2007        Member Editorial Board of the “European Archives of Otorhinolaryngology”
• Since 2007        Member Editorial Board of “Chemosensory Perception”
• Since 2009        Member Editorial Board of “Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience”
• Since 2010        Member Editorial Board of “Allergy & Rhinology”
• Since 2011        Member Editorial Board of “PLoS One”

Publications