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Professorship of Sports Medicine and Exercise Therapy
Head of
Professorship of Sports Medicine and Exercise Therapy 

Head of Professorship

Portrait: Prof. Dr. Moritz Schumann
Prof. Dr. Moritz Schumann
  • since 08/2023 Full professor (W3) and head of Sports Medicine and Exercise Therapy, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
  • 10/2022 – 07/2023 Acting professorship (W3) for training and movement science, University of Potsdam, Germany
  • 2022 Habilitation and venia legendi for „(clinical) exercise physiology, German Sport University
  • since 2019 Honorary Research Fellow, Exercise Translational Medicine Centre, Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  • 10/2017 – 09/2018 Research Associate, German Research Center of Elite Sports (momentum), German Sport University
  • 10/2016 – 09/2022 Head of group, Institute of Cardiovascular Research and Sports Medicine, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Sports Medicine, German Sport University
  • 2016 PostDoc, Exercise, Health and Technology Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  • 2012 – 2016 PhD studies, Dept. of Biology of Physical Activity, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
  • 2009 – 2011 M.Sc. Biology of Physical Activity, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
  • 2006 – 2009 B.A. Sports Science with a focus on prevention, rehabilitation and fitness, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany