Prof. Dr. med. Christos C. Zouboulis is full Professor of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology at the Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane and the Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg and Director of the Departments of Dermatology, Venereology, Allergology and Immunology, Dessau Medical Center, Germany.
He is also Professeur honoraire at the Medical Faculty, University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France, Dr. h.c. of the National and Kapodistrias University of Athens, Greece, and Visiting Professor of the Shanghai Jiao Tong Medical University, China. Prof. Zouboulis serves as Editor of the EADV News, is President of the European Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation e.V., the German Registry Adamantiades-Behçet Disease e.V., the Berlin Foundation of Dermatology and the Section Saxony-Anhalt of the Federation of German Allergologists, Honorary President of the European Society of Preventive, Regenerative and Anti-Aging Medicine (ESAAM) and Executive Committee Member of the International Society on Behçet’s Disease.
His major areas of research are the pathophysiology of the sebaceous gland and of the associated skin diseases (acne, hidradenitis suppurativa), skin aging and rare diseases. He has published fundamental contributions in these fields (h-index 109, IF >2510, citations >44000) and his research has been recognized through numerous scientific awards (European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Research Fellowship, Oskar Gans Major Prize of the German Dermatological Society, Nékám Award of the Hungarian Dermatological Society, Felix Wankel Animal Protection Research Prize, Gerson Unna Prize on Immunology, Skin Cancer Prize, “Beauty Care Prize” for Dermatological Research, "Germany land of ideas - 2009 place of excellence" for Skin Stem Cell Research, “Geroulanos Prize” for History of Medicine, Paul “Liérac Research Award” for Skin Aging Research, Springer Prize for Dermatology, Open Health Alliance Excellence Award, Honorary Membership of the Patients` Charity „Deutsche Interessengemeinschaft Akne inversa e.V.“) and honorary scientific society memberships (honorary member of the French, the Hungarian, the Italian, the Lithuanian, the Portuguese and the Maltese Dermatological Societies - Medal in Silver by the Wroclaw Medical University, Poland and the Medal of the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology).