Prof. Dr. Axel Pries

Education, professional career
- 1979 Medical examination, University of Cologne
- 2/1980 Doctoral degree (Dr. med., summa cum laude)
- 1980 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cologne
- 1985 Research Assistant (C1), Dept. of Physiology, FU
- 7/1990 Habilitation, Medical Faculty, Freie Universität Berlin (FU)
- 1991 Lecturer of Physiology (C2), Dept. of Physiology, FU
- 1995 Associate Professor, Dept. of Physiology, FU
- 1997-1998 Senior Physician, Anaesthesiology, German Heart Centre Berlin, DHZB
- 12/1998 Full Professor, Dept. of Physiology, FU

Leading functions
- 2001-2015 Head, Institute of Physiology, Charité-Berlin
- 2003-2015 Board Member, Faculty of Medicine, Charité-Berlin
- 2008-2015 Vice Director, Centre for Preclinical Medicine, Charité-Berlin
- 2009-2013 Vice Director, Centre for Cardiovascular Research, CCR, Charité-Berlin
- 2014 Chair, 'Studienausschuss Modellstudiengang Medizin'
- 2015-present Dean, Charité-Berlin

Honours, Awards, Fellowships
- 1980 Thesis Award "Hochhausstiftung", University of Cologne
- 1986 Abbott Microcirculation Award, European Society for Microcirculation
- 1995 Lafon Hemorheology-Microcirculation Award, International Society for Clinical Haemorheology
- 2000 Fellow, European Society of Cardiology
- 2008 Visiting Fellowship, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge/UK
- 2008 Award of the Asian Union for Microcirculation
- 2011 Malpighi Award, European Society for Microcirculation
- 2015 William Harvey Basic Science Lecture and Silver Medal, European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
- 2015 Kitanomaru Award, 10th World Conf. for Microcirculation, Kyoto, Japan