Scientific Training and Academic Career

• 1973 Studies in Chemistry, University of Düsseldorf
• 1974 - 1980 Studies in Veterinary Medicine, University of Gießen
• 1980 – 1982 PhD programme, German Cancer Research Facility (DKFZ), Heidelberg
• 1983 PhD, experimental pathology, University of Gießen
• 1985 – 1988 Postdoctoral fellowship, Institute of Immunology, University of Heidelberg
  (grant position Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
• 1985 – 1987 Postdoctoral fellowship, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Laboratory of Immunobiology, Frederick, MD, USA (Fogarty fellowship)
• since 5/1987 Head of the Laboratory of Immunochemistry, Institute of Immunology, University of Heidelberg
• 1993 Privatdozent of Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg
• 1998 Specialisation in Immunology (Fachtierarzt für Immunologie)
• 1999 Professor of Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg
• 2001 Consultant Immunologist (DGfI)
• since 1982 Guest professorships, University of Sao Paulo, Brasil; University of Riga, Latvia; University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Tongji University, Wuhan, China

Prices:

• 2003 Teaching award of the state Baden-Württemberg

Research Concentrations:

• Critical periods / maturational constraints in second language acquisition
• Language change in contact situations
• Contrastive linguistics
• Historical Germanic linguistics
• Northern European prehistory / pre-Christian history

Memberships:

• German Society for Immunology (DGfI)
• Henry Kunkel Society
• European Complement Network

Contact:
Institute of Immunology
University of Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 305
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Phone:+49 6221 56 4076/4026
Fax +49 6221 56 5586
Email: kirschfink@uni-hd.de

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