Werner Zwerschke

Education: MSc Biology and PhD University of Göttingen, Germany.

Career: Postdoc at the Max-Planck-Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany and the German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany.
Head of the Tumor Virology Research Group at the Tyrolean Cancer Research Institute, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria.
Appointed University Professor at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.

Present position: Head, Cell Metabolism and Differentiation Research, Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

Research interests: Adipose Tissue Biology, Adipose Stem Cells, Cellular Aging, Obesity, Caloric Restriction, Caloric Restriction Mimetics, Cancer.

Other activities: Member of the Gerontological Society of America, Österreichische Krebshilfe-Krebsgesellschaft, and Österreichische Adipositas Gesellschaft. Editorial Board Member of The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. Section Editor for Cell Biology of Experimental Gerontology.

Publications: h-index: 26; over 60 publications in peer-reviewed journals; total number of citations (Scopus): 2370; numerous invited lectures.
Univ. Prof. Dr. Werner Zwerschke has the EFH Project leadership at the University of Innsbruck.