Anthony W. Gummer

Professor Dr. Anthony W. Gummer
Sektion Physiologische Akustik und Kommunikation
Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen
Tel.: +49-7071-29-88191
Fax: +49-7071-29-4174
E-Mail: anthony.gummer@uni-tuebingen.de
 

Degrees:

1974

Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Honours), University of Western Australia

1982

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Western Australia, Department of Physiology (Professor B.M. Johnstone) und Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Professor Z.L. Budrikis)

Scientific Honours:

2002

Elected to the Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologium Amicitae Sacrum

2006

Elected Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America

2018

Awarded an Honorary Professorship at the University of Melbourne

 Academic Positions:

1981 - 1987

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Sensory- and Neurophysiology, Klinikum der J.-W.-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in the research group of Professor R. Klinke

1987 - 1992

Research Fellow, Developmental Neurobiology Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, in the research group of Professor R.F. Mark

since 5.10.1992

University Professor, University of Tübingen, Germany; Leader of the Section of Physiological Acoustics and Communication

since 1.10.2018

Distinguished Professor, University of Tübingen, Germany; Leader of the Section of Physiological Acoustics and Communication

Research Interests:

Mechanisms of hearing at the molecular, cellular, and whole-organ levels; development of diagnostic tools for hearing impairment