Staff and
Department Search

PD Dr. med. Karl Dichtl

Photo of the person Herr PD Dr. med. Karl Dichtl - Opens the image in full size on a new page

Contact

Curriculum Vitae

Medical & diagnostic curriculum vitae

  • 2026 Head of Institute - Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology, University Hospital OWL of Bielefeld University, Campus Bielefeld-Bethel, Bielefeld, Germany
  • 2024 Deputy Head of the Institute - Diagnostic & Research Institute for Hygiene, Microbiology, and Environmental Medicine (D&F IHMU), Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
  • 2022 Deputy Head of Diagnostics - D&F IHMU, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
  • 2018-2022 Senior physician (in charge of Department “Innenstadt”) - Chair of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Max von Pettenkofer Institute, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
  • 2018 Specialist degree for Medical Microbiology, Virology, and Epidemiology of infectious Diseases
  • 2017-2022 Physician in reference laboratory (Robert Koch Institute network) - National Reference Center for Helicobacter pylori
  • 2016-2017 Resident physician (guest physician) - Department of Clinical Infectiology, LMU Hospital, Munich, Germany
  • 2013-2018 Resident physician - Chair of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology / Chair of Virology, Max von Pettenkofer Institute, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
  • 2012 Resident physician - Institute for Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
  • 2012 Hospital hygienist - Academic teaching Hospital Klinikum Freising, Freising, Germany

Scientific Activity

  • 2025 Award “Scientist of the year” of the Medical University of Graz
  • 2023 Tenure track professor of Mycological Diagnostics and Epidemiology - Diagnostic & Research Institute for Hygiene, Microbiology, and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
  • 2023 Venia docendi / Habilitation in hygiene, microbiology and environmental medicine - Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
  • 2022-2023 Principal investigator: Diagnostic Microbiology - Diagnostic & Research Institute for Hygiene, Microbiology, and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
  • 2017-2022 Principal investigator: Fungal Antigenicity and Diagnostic Mycology - Max von Pettenkofer Institute, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
  • 2017-2022 Scientific fellowship - National Reference Center for Helicobacter pylori (Prof. Suerbaum)
  • 2014-2017 Postdoctoral Fellowship: research group Aspergillus (Prof. Wagener) - Max von Pettenkofer Institute, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
  • 2014 Doctorate "Dr. med." (summa cum laude)
  • 2014 Doctorate award of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM)
  • 2014 Doctorate award of the Dr. Hildegard und Heinrich Fuchs Foundation
  • 2010-2014 Doctoral Fellowship: research group Aspergillus (Prof. Ebel) - Max von Pettenkofer Institute, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
  • 2008-2010 Fellowship FöFoLe stipendiate program - Medical Faculty, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany