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=====================================================================                           Dr. Dietmar Tietz          Fax:   USA-(301)-681-7002   Germany-(641)-702-9724        Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  or   This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it =====================================================================                               SUMMARY o Directed multi-disciplinary scientific research in biomedicine,   biochemistry, biology and scientific computing. o Received research awards from the National Institutes of Health and   the German National Science Foundation (DFG).   o Chosen to serve on the Editorial Board of Electrophoresis, an   international scientific journal for electrophoretic applications   in molecular biology and medicine. o Ph.D. in Biology, published 33 original research papers and 8   invited review articles in internationally recognized scientific   journals. o Presented research papers at more than 15 major national and   international scientific conferences. o Lectured at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland   USA.  Professor duties at the University of Hamburg in Germany. o Recognized by German Nobel laureate in chemistry for outstanding   research.                             KEY TERMS o International Experience            o Biomedicine o Bilingual (German & English)        o Biology o Program Management                  o Biochemistry o Scientific Research & Development   o Plant Physiology o Scientific Computing                o Electrophoresis o Image Processing                    o Structural Analysis o Mathematical Modeling               o _meta_bolism o Scientific Software                 o University Teaching o Mathematical Biology                o US Green Card                        SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE SENIOR SCIENTIST                                       1993 - present Biostatistics, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany o Secured a two-year Habilitation grant from the German National   Science Foundation (DFG). Overall approval rate for such grants: 20 %. o Development of advanced computer-assisted procedures for capillary   and conventional gel electrophoresis of DNA and proteins.  Methods   allow for the detection of peak/band inversion phenomena and the   correct size determination of such anomalously migrating zones. o Collaboration with the Section on Macromolecular Analysis, LTPB, at   the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. o Plenary Lecture: Introduction to Mathematics. SENIOR SCIENTIST                                        1983-1993 Section on Macromolecular Analysis, Laboratory of Theoretical and Physical Biology (LTP, NICHD, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda MD, USA [This position at the Associate Professor level in the Foreign Visiting Scientist Program (J-1) reached its legal time limit and could not be further extended.] o Published innovative 2-D electrophoretic procedures for the quality   control of conjugated meningitis vaccines.  Methods have also the   potential of detecting DNA damaged by chemotherapeutic agents,   evaluating the effectiveness of medical treatment. o Directed the development of image processing software for the   evaluation of 2-D submarine-type agarose gels using non-denaturing   conditions. o Developed mathematical-physical models for the characterization of   DNA  fragments (linear or circular) and proteins _base_d on data   obtained from capillary and conventional gel electrophoresis. o Incorporated computer modeling and data processing in user-friendly   computer software (Macintosh and IBM desktop computers; Convex   super-microcomputer (UNIX) and DEC-10 (Digital) main_frame_   computer). o Established methods of computer simulation and statistical analysis   by using the programs MLAB (mathematical laboratory) and BRIGHT   Stat-Pack. o Instituted detailed command procedures to be used with the IBM 3270   main_frame_ computer. o Collaborated in several projects with the National Center of   Research  Resources (NIH, Bethesda), the Division of Computer   Research and  Technology (NIH, Bethesda), the University of Texas   Health Science Center (San Antonio, Texas), and the United States   Department of Agriculture (Beltsville, Maryland). o Lectured Mathematical Biology at the Foundation for Advanced   Education in the Sciences (Graduate School) at the NIH.                        ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE UNIVERSITY LECTURER - University of Hamburg, Germany    1977-1983 o Professor duties at the University of Hamburg; coordinated and   taught courses in physiology, anatomy and evolution for students   in biology and medicine. o Analyzed and published the chemical structure of hormone   _meta_bolites  using combined gas chromatography - mass spectrometry. o Conducted research in physiology within the _frame_work of the   scientific program Regulation of Development and Differentiation   sponsored by the German National Science Foundation (DFG). o Organized the collaboration with the biochemistry and organic   chemistry departments of the universities in Hamburg and Bremen,   Germany. o Published scientific papers for the general public.                       MEMBERSHIPS AND HONORS 1995 -        Society for Mathematical Biology 1995 -        American Chemical Society 1995 -        Canadian Society for Theoretical Biology 1994 -        Editorial Board of Electrophoresis, an international               scientific journal for electrophoretic applications               in molecular biology, medicine and biochemistry 1985 -        Federal European Society for Plant Physiology 1985 -        Scandinavian Society for Plant Physiology 1984 -        American Electrophoresis Society 1980 -        Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Aerzte               [Society of German Scientists and Physicians] o  Peer reviewed scientific articles prior to publication. o  Research Awards of the Fogarty International Center at the NIH. o  Research and travel grants of the German Federation for    Advancement in the Sciences (DFG). o  Invited to author and co-author scientific review articles. o  Chosen to substitute for a Professor while at the University of    Hamburg.                   MEETINGS AND INVITED LECTURES 1995           The Third International Congress on Industrial and                Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 95), Hamburg, Germany:                Advanced computer-assisted gel electrophoretic                applications. 1995           Electrophoresis'95, Rockville, Maryland: Advanced gel                electrophoretic applications. 1994           Presentation at the Heinrich-Pette-Institute for Immu-                nology and Virology (Prof. R. Dernick), University                  Hospital, Hamburg, Germany: Computer-assisted analysis                of data derived from gel electrophoresis of DNA,                viruses and vaccines. 1994           Tea seminar at the Max-Planck-Institute for                Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Biochemical                Kinetics (Prof. Manfred Eigen), Goettingen-                Nikolausberg, Germany: Computer-assisted gel                electrophoretic analysis of DNA, intact viruses and                conjugated vaccines _base_d on a mathematical-physical                model. 1993           Lecture at the Institute for Biochemistry, Justus-                Liebig- University in Giessen, Germany:                Characterization of DNA fragments, intact viruses and                conjugated meningitis vaccines _base_d on computer-                assisted analysis of gel electrophoretic data. 1991           Lecture at the Barnett Institute in Boston (Prof. B.                Karger), Massachusetts, USA: Automated evaluation of                electrophoretic data to provide information concerning                molecular and gel fiber properties. 1991           Elekrophorese Forum '91, Technical University of                Munich, Germany. 1990           Frontiers in Bioprocessing II, Boulder, Colorado, USA. 1989           Electrophoresis Forum '89, Technical University of                Munich, Germany. 1989           NIH/ADAMHA-Industry Collaboration Forum at the                National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland,                USA. 1989           Electrophoretic Techniques in Molecular Biology,                American Electrophoresis Society Meeting, Washington                DC, USA. 1988           Meeting of the American Electrophoresis Society, Wild                Dunes, Isle of Palms, South Carolina, USA. 1988           Electrophoresis '88: 6th Meeting of the International                Electrophoresis Society in Copenhagen, Denmark. 1987           Annual Meeting of the American Electrophoresis Society                in San Francisco, California, USA. 1986           Lectures at the University of Giessen, Germany, and at                the Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine in                Goettingen, Germany: Characterization of viruses and                other subcellular particles by computer simulation of                experimental data derived from agarose electro-                phoresis. 1986           Electrophoresis '86: 5th Meeting of the  International                Electrophoresis Society in London, UK. 1986           5th Congress of the Federation of European Societies                of Plant Physiology (FESPP) in Hamburg, Germany. 1986           Meeting of the American Electrophoresis Society in                Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. 1986           17th Meeting of the Federation of European Biochemical                Societies (FEBS) in Berlin, Germany. 1985           Elektrophorese Forum '85, Technical University of                Munich, Germany. 1985           Lecture at the Heinrich-Pette-Institute for Immunology                und Virology in Hamburg, Germany: Computer-assisted                agarose gel electrophoresis. 1984           Annual meeting of the American Electrophoresis Society                in Tucson, Arizona, USA. 1980 & 1982    Meetings of the 'Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher                und Aerzte' [Society of German Scientists and                Physicians], Hamburg and Mannheim, Germany. 1979 & 1980    Annual Meetings of the 'Deutsche Forschungsgemein-                schaft' [German Association for the Advancement of                Science] in the _frame_work of the main program:                Regulation of differentiation and development of                eucaryotes,'Evangelische Akademie' in Tutzing,                Germany.                               EDUCATION 1982   Ph.D. (Biology), University of Hamburg, Germany 1977   Diploma (Botany, Biochemistry, Microbiology), University of        Hamburg 1973   Pre-Diploma  (Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Physics), University        of Hamburg                             PERSONAL DATA VISA STATUS:  US Permanent Resident (green card 06/92); German               Citizen           Bibliography and references are available upon request