For a tabular CV, see below.
Laura M. Schreiber received the Diploma degree in physics from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany, in 1990, the Ph.D. degree (Dr. rer. nat.) from the German Cancer Research Center, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Germany, in 1994, and the M.B.A. degree in science and higher education management from the University of Applied Sciences, Osnabrück, Germany, in 2007. She studied medicine from 1992 to 1995 and is a Certified Business Coach (DBVC) with a specialization in academic and medical leadership. She did her post-doctoral research with the German Cancer Research Center until 1997.
From 1997 to 2014, she was with the Department of Radiology, University Clinics, Mainz, Germany, where she was the founder and Head of the Section of Medical Physics, a research group focusing on the development of innovative MRI methods and hardware for understanding and diagnosis of the lung, heart, and tumors. One of her main focus in that lab was the development of innovative lung MRI techniques based on hyperpolarized Helium-3 and perfluorinated gases, an activity where the Mainz group was one of the leading groups. Since 2003, she has been an Associate (C3) Professor of medical physics with the Medical Faculty, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Since 2014, she has been a Full Professor (W3) and the Founding Director of the Chair of Cellular and Molecular Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany. Since 2015, she has also been a speaker for the Department of Cardiovascular Imaging at the Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), Wuerzburg. From 2015 to 2017, she was a Scientific Director for Basic Science with the CHFC, and she was an acting Administrative Director for six months from 2015 to 2016. Since 2017, she has been a member of the Executive Board of CHFC.
She has been member of numerous commissions at Mainz and Würzburg University. 2016 – 2021 she served the Ombudsperson for Good Scientific Practice for the medical faculty of Würzburg University, and in that context she also served as an advisory member in the Standing Commision for Scientific misconduct of Würzburg University. 2020 – 2021 she served as an interim woman’s officer for Würzburg university.
Dr. Schreiber is a Fellow of the European Association of Medical and Biological Engineering Sciences (EAMBES) and a member of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, the German Society of Radiology, and the German Society of Medical Physics (DGMP). She served as a President of DGMP from 2011 to 2012, and as a Vice President from 2009 to 2010 (incoming) and from 2013 to 2014 (outgoing).
Her current scientific interests include research and development of innovative methods “to see what was invisible before, and to measure what could not be measured before” for biomedical research, diagnostics, and treatment monitoring. For that purpose, she develops and tests cutting edge biomedical imaging technologies, such as ultrahigh field (7 T) MRI in preclinical and clinical studies. Her lab develops dedicated highly parallel receive as well as transmit/receive radio frequency coils, and it also develops innovative image contrast techniques to visualize and measure tissue properties, such as tissue microstructure, perfusion, metabolism, and oxidative stress. Moreover, she combines cutting edge imaging with advanced computational methods, such as physiological modeling, computational fluid dynamics simulations on high-performance compute and supercomputer clusters, and recently machine and deep learning techniques. She is also an expert in scientific infrastructure and conceptualized and commissioned a variety of research MRI infrastructures, including the core facility for translational imaging at the CHFC.
Tabular CV
University training and degree
1984–1990 Dipl.-Phys. (“MSc”), Experimental Physics, Ludwig-Maximillians-University, Munich, Germany
Advanced academic qualifications
2007 MBA, Science and Higher Education Management, University of Applied Sciences, Osnabrück
2002 Habilitation, Medical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
1994 Dr.rer.nat., Ruprecht Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany
Postgraduate professional career
09/2020 – 03/2021 Interim Women’s Representative, Würzburg University
Since 2017 Member, Executive Board, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (DZHI), Würzburg
2017-2021 Ombudsperson for Medical Sciences and adjunct member, Standing Commission for the Investigation of Scientific Misconduct, Würzburg University
2015 – 2017 Scientific Director, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (DZHI), Würzburg
since 2015 Member of the DFG Excellence Initiative Graduate School of Life Sciences
2014 – 2016 Managing Director (acting), Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (DZHI), Würzburg
since 2014 Professor and Chair, Cellular and Molecular Imaging (W3 Professorship, unlimited), Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (DZHI), Würzburg
2013 – 2014 Vicepresident (outgoing), German Society for Medical Physics (DGMP)
2011 – 2013 Board Member, German EuroBioImaging (GEBI)
2011 – 2012 President, German Society for Medical Physics (DGMP)
2009 – 2014 Steering Committee, Max-Planck-Graduate School with the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz
2009 – 2010 Vicepresident (incoming), German Society for Medical Physics (DGMP)
2013 Offer of Professorship for Cellular and Molecular Imaging (W3), Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Würzburg, Germany
2008 Offer of Professorship for Experimental Highfield Magnetic Resonance (W3), Charitè and Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Biology, Berlin, Germany (declined)
2007 – 2010 PHELINET (Polarized Helium Lung Imaging NETwork): Member Steering Committee, Member Science Advisory Committee, Head Research Activity “Helium-3 imaging – Medical Applications”
2007 – 2008 Advisory Board, German Society of Medical Physics (DGMP)
2007 – 2008 Member, Expert Panel “Vasovist – Cardiac Applicatons, Bayer Schering
AG, Berlin
2004–2014 Professor of Medical Physics (C3), Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz,
2002 – 2011 Head, Interdisciplinary Research Group for Functional MRI, Mainz University
1998 – 2000 Advisory Board, Working Group “Cardiovascular MRI”, German Society of Cardiology
1997–2014 Head, Section of Medical Physics, Department of Radiology, Mainz University
1994–1997 Postdoctoral research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg
1995 Observer, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Others – Experience in promotion of young clinician and science researchers
since 1998 15 dissertations (10 Dr.rer.nat., 4 Dr. rer. physiol., 1 Dr.med.), 22 Diploma thesis (11 Dipl.-Phys., 9 Dipl.-Ing. (FH), 1 Dipl.-Math, 1 Dipl.-Kaufm.) and 2 Bachelor Thesis (Physics) (including poster prizes, interdisciplinary mentorates)
2015 Business Coach (DBVC), Leadership Academy Karlsruhe (Program Head: Prof. Dr. E. Berninger-Schäfer)
Since 2015 Mentor, Medical Faculty, Würzburg University
2005 – 2014 Curriculum and teaching for Minor field of study “Medical Physics”, Diploma in Physics, Mainz University
2005 Approved Teacher (Weiterbildungsermächtigung) DGMP, Medical Physics
2010 – 2011 Mentor, Edith-Heischkiel-Mentoring Programme, Mainz University, Faculty of Medicine
2001 – 2009 Organizer, Interdisciplinary Hands-on-course “Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging” for medical students
1999 – 2009 Radiology courses (for MD students)
Honors and Awards
2016 Fellow, European Association for Medical and Biological Engineering & Science (EAMBES)
2010 Research Price, Experimental Radiology Meeting and German Radiologic Society, Kiel: M.V. Terekhov, V. Sen, V. Golubev, S. Weber, A.W. Scholz, T. Muenzel, A.L. Kleschyov, L.M. Schreiber. “Heparin-polynitroxide derivatives: first application as site specific MRT imaging contrast media for vascular wall”
2009 Distinguished Project, Central Innovation Programme SME (ZIM), German Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMBF)2008 Germany – Land of Ideas (Patron: German President Horst Köhler)
2006 Innovation Award, Department of Economy, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz, Germany
2000 Robert-Müller Research Award (Robert-Müller Foundation for Research in Cardiology, Wiesbaden, Germany)
1998 Walter-Friedrich Award (Deutsche Röntgengesellschaft)
Laura M. Schreiber, PhD, MBA 