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Curriculum Vitae

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jost_B._Jonas

1975-1981:              Medical School, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany

1982-1983:              Naval Medical Doctor of the First Mine Sweeper Squadron, Flensburg, Germany

1983-1984:              Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital "Evangelisches Stift",   Koblenz, Germany

1985-1987:              Resident, University Eye Hospital Erlangen-Nürnberg

1987:                       Board Examination

1988-2000:              Staff member of the University Eye Hospital Erlangen-Nürnberg

11/1988:                  Habilitation (Thesis): Biomorphometry of the optic nerve

1990:                       Election into the "Glaucoma Society of the International Congress of   Ophthalmology"

1990:                       Glaucoma Award of the German Ophthalmologic Society

1.10.1991:               Associate Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology,

                                University Erlangen-Nürnberg

1997:                       Junior Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology

4.2000 up to now:    Professor of Ophthalmology, Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology,

                                 Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University

                                 Heidelberg , Germany

4.2000-10.2012       Director of the University Eye Hospital, Universitätsklinikum Mannheim

2003-2008:              Secretary General of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER)

2004                        Honorary President, Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology

2005:                       Senior Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology

2005:                       Member Retina Society

2005:                       Member Macula Society

2007:                       Member German National Academy of Science Leopoldina  

2008:                       Life-long member of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research EVER

2008:                       International Gold Awards of the Chinese Ophthalmological Society

2009:                       Fellow of the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology ARVO (Silver status)

2011:                       Senior Clinical Scientist Award, Research Recognition Award, World Glaucoma Association

2011:                       Prof. Robert-Ritch Award, Glaucoma Foundation, New York, USA

2012                        Honorary Member of the Asia-Pacific Vitreoretinal Society

2012                        Guest Professor, Eye Hospital, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese

                                Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China

2012                        Honorary Professor State Key Laboratory in Ophthalmology, Sun-Yat Sen

                                University, Guangzhou, China

2014                        Editor-in-chief British Journal of Ophthalmology (together with Profs. Keith Barton

                                and James Chodosh)

2014                       Honorary Member, French Ophthalmological Society (Société Française

                               d´Ophtalmologie)

2013-2015:             Chair, Global Members Committee of the Association for Research in Vision and

                               Ophthalmology ARVO

2014:                      Honorary Member, Asia-Pacific Vitreoretinal Society

2015                       Fellow of the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology ARVO (Gold

                               status)

2016:                      Life Achievement Honor Award American Academy of Ophthalmology

2017:                      Member, Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis

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