Zhixiong Li / 李志雄

The Person

• Birthplace
  Hanchuan City, Hubei
  
  
• Nationality
  German
  
  
• Position
  Prof. Dr. med., group leader
  
  
• Address
  Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation
  Hannover Medical School
  Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1
  30625 Hannover
  Germany
  
  
• Telephone
  0049 172 4109763
  
  
• Email
  li.zhixiong@mh-hannover.de
  
  
• Homepage
  www.mh-hannover.de/li.html
  

Education

• 1984 - 1990
  Study of medicine
  Tongji Medical School, Wuhan, P.R. China
  Degree: Bachelor of Medicine (equivalent to MD in USA)
  
  
• 1990 - 1993
  Master of Medicine
  Tongji Medical School
  Mentor: Prof. Jinzhi TANG
  
  
• 1996 - 1998
  MD („magna cum laude“, 10.12.1998)
  University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
  Mentor: Prof. Dr. Axel R. Zander
  
  
• 12.04.2006
  Habilitation (“Development of gene therapy for hematopoietic stem cells and T lymphocytes using retroviral vectors”) and venia legendi in Experimental Hematology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
  
  

Working experiences

• 1990 - 1993
  Training in Hematology including one year research training in laboratory and one year residency
  Division of Hematology Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical School, Wuhan, China
  
  
• 1993 - 1995
  Clinical fellow
  Dept. of Internal Medicine and Division of Hematology Tongji Hospital
  
  
• 08.1995 - 09.1996
  Clinical fellow
  Clinic of Dr. Kleeberg (HOPA, Hamburg, Germany)
  
  
• 09.1996 - 12.1998
  Research and clinical fellow
  Center for Bone Marrow Transplantation (Head: Prof. Dr. Axel R. Zander)
  University Hospital Eppendorf University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
  
  
• 1999 - 2001
  Professor and Deputy Director
  Department of Hematology
  Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
  Guangzhou, P.R. China
  
  
• 2000 - 2002
  Postdoctoral fellow
  Researchgroup of Dr. Christopher Baum
  Department of Cell & Virus Genetics (Director: Prof. Dr. W. Ostertag)
  Heinrich-Pette-Institute, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
  
  
• 2001 - 2006
  Staff scientist, project leader
  Experimental Cell Therapy (Head: Prof. Dr. Christopher Baum)
  Dept. Hematology, Hemostaseology, and Oncology (Director: Prof. Dr. Arnold Ganser)
  Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany
  
  
• 2006 - 2014
  Assistant Professor (2006-2013),
  Extraordinary (apl.) Professor (since 2013), group leader Dept. Experimental Hematology (Director: Prof. Dr. Christopher Baum)
  Hannover Medical School
  
  
• 2010 -
  Physician (since 2010)
  Extraordinary (apl.) Professor and group leader (since December 2014) Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology, and Stem cell Transplantation (Director: Prof. Dr. Arnold Ganser)
  Hannover Medical School
  
  

Research interests

• Leukemogenesis of tyrosine kinases and targeted therapy
• Gene therapy
• Diagnosis and treatment of hematopoietic malignancies
• Stem Cell Biology