Michael Abend's Biography

Michael Abend, Deputy Director, Leader of Genomic Department, Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology

Michael Abend earned several professions such as a medical doctor degree at the University Cologne, a professorship in radiobiology at the Technical University Munich and studied Epidemiology (Master degree) at the Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. He worked at different international scientific Institutions such as the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda MD or the National Cancer Institute (Radiation Epidemiology Branch), Rockville, USA. Michael Abend did win several scientific awards, published about 100 peer reviewed scientific papers, holds offices at NATO groups and is currently in the position of a Deputy Director and leader of the Genomic department of the Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology.