Prof. Dr. Michael Hermanussen

born 1955 in Hamburg, married, 5 children, living at Altenhof near Eckernförde, GermanyAschauhof
Study of medicine at Hamburg University

• 1980 medical degree
• 1980 – 1981 military service
• 1981 doctor of medicine
• Since 1982 scientific assistant at Children's University Hospital, Kiel, Germany (pediatric endocrinology)
• Since 1983 investigating short term growth (Knemometry)
• 1985 - 1986 research fellowship, University of California, San Diego, USA
• 1986 – 1989 scientific assistant at Children's University Hospital, Kiel, Germany
• Since 1989 pediatric practice at Gettorf, North Germany
  1990 habilitation, start of regular teching at Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany
• Patent DE4140809
• Since 1990 organizing annual scientific meetings (Aschauer Soiree)
• 1992 founder of the "German Society for Auxology"
• 1992 developing Mikro-Knemometry for accurate lower leg length measurements of rabbits and rats
• Since 1993 scientific cooperation with Prof. Tresguerres, Univ. Complutense, Madrid, Spain
  investigations on short term growth in rats
• developing an accurate measuring device for determining lower leg growth of preterms and neonates (Mini-Knemometry)
• 1994 first description of almost circaseptane rhythmicity in short term growth of human neonates
• Since 1995 developing new statistical approaches for describing mini growth spurts, and for producing synthetic growth reference charts
• Since 1996 cooperation with the auxological centre of the Children's University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany
• 1997 mentioned in Who 's Who in the World, 1997
• founder of Norddeutsches Zentrum für Wachstumsforschung GmbH, Kiel
• Dec. 1997 study on child growth and development in Papua Neuguinea
• 2000 developing an automatized (internet-based) technique for detecting growth disorders during child screening investigation
• cooperation with University of California, Irvine, USA
• developing and patent of a new technique for treating acute asthma
• 2001 cooperation with the Faculty of Mathematic, University Breslau, Poland
• 2002 cooperation with Forschungsinstitut für Kinderernährung (institute for child nutrition), Dortmund, Germany
• Since 2002 studies in obesity
• Nov. 2002 Organizing "Internationalen Auxologie-Tage" Glücksburg, Germany
• 2003 studies on the effect of oral glutamate for the development of obesity
• Since 2003 animal studies on the effect of oral glutamate during pregnancy
• Since 2003 council member of Gesellschaft für Anthropologie (German Society for Anthropology)
• 2004 US Patent 6701915 B1, March 9, 2004
• 2005 study of the effects of glutamate receptor inhibition for treating binge eating disorder and obesity
• Since 2005 studies of the impact of nutritional protein appetite regulation
• 2006 private pediatric practice at Gettorf
• Patent EP1858501
• 2007/8 studies on the effect of fast and convenience food on appetite regulation
• US Patent 20080194698
• 2009 initiation of an internet-based child health prevention program
• Since 2009 editor of Anthroplogischer Anzeiger