Curriculum Vitae

Armin Just, MD PhD

March 2025

Personal Information

Office Address

ORCID            0000-0002-4897-1143

Education

Medical School

1985 – 1988                Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany

1988 – 1992                Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Germany

Doctoral Thesis

1988 – 1992                Institut für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie,  Ruprecht-Karls-Universität,  Heidelberg,  Germany

                                  “Untersuchung zur Regulation der Erythropoietin-Plasmakonzentration am wachen Hund. Einfluß von Anämie und Blutverlust.“

                                  [“Investigation of the regulation of the erythropoetin plasmaconcentration in the conscious dog. Influence of anemia and hemorrhage”]

Advisor: Hartmut R. Kirchheim

“Habilitation”

1994 – 2000                Institut für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie,   Ruprecht-Karls-Universität,   Heidelberg,   Germany

                                    „Die physiologische Blutdruckvariabilität. Ursachen, Dämpfung und periphere Verarbeitung.“

                                    [“The physiologic blood pressure variability. Origin, buffering, and processing in the peripheral circulation”]

Advisor: Hartmut R. Kirchheim

Fachphysiologe

2013 –                            Deutsche Physiologische Gesellschaft

Positions and Employment

4/2018 – present         Academic Faculty, Teaching Coordinator,  Physiologisches Institut, Dept. 1, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

10/2008 – 3/2018        Interim Professorship (Professurvertretung),  Physiologisches Institut I.   Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

8/2002 – 9/2008          Research Instructor,  Dept. of Cell and Molecular Physiology,  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S.A.

8/2000 – 7/2002          Visiting Research Instructor,  Dept. of Cell and Molecular Physiology,  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S.A.

10/1995 – 7/2000        Postdoctoral Scientist (“Habilitation”),  Institut für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie,  Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Germany

3/1994 – 9/1995          Postdoctoral Research Associate, DFG Stipend, Institut für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany

2/1994 – 3/1994          Residency, Internal Medicine / Cardiology,  Abt. Innere Medizin III (Cardiology),  Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Germany

2/1993 – 1/1994          Internship Internal Medicine / Cardiology,  Abt. Innere Medizin III (Cardiology),  Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Germany

2/1992 – 1/1993          Internship Physiology,  Institut für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie,  Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Germany

Honors and Awards

3/1994 – 9/1995              Postdoctoral Stipend, German Research Foundation

4/2004                         Arthur C. Guyton Award for Excellence in Integrative Physiology,  The American Physiological Society

4/2006                         New Investigator Award, Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section of The American Physiological Society

Professional Activities

Editorial Boards

American Journal of Physiology, Regul Integr Comp Physiol                        August 2001 – present

American Journal of Physiology, Renal Physiology                                    December 2014 – June 2020

Peer Reviews  (230)

Acta Physiologica (Oxf.)  (27)

American Journal of Physiology, Heart Circ Physiol  (10)

American Journal of Physiology, Regul Integr Comp Physiol  (73)

American Journal of Physiology, Renal Physiol  (39)

Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology  (1)

British Journal of Pharmacology  (1)

Cardiovascular Research  (8)

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology  (4)

Experimental Physiology  (5)

Hypertension  (18)

Journal of Applied Physiology  (4)

Journal of Physiology, London  (11)

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology  (2)

Kidney and Blood Pressure Research  (1)

Kidney International  (8)

Nephron  (1)

Pflüger’s Archiv – European Journal of Physiology  (10)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B  (1)

Physiological Genomics  (1)

Physiological Reviews  (1)

Vascular Pharmacology (1)

Committee work

Animal Care and Experimentation Committee of the American Physiological Society                                                                   01/2006 – 12/2008

Projektgruppe Lehre of the German Physiological Society                                                                        since 09/2017, deputy chair since 10/2018

Arbeitsgruppe Pathophysiologie of the German Physiological Society                                                                                                   since 08/2020

Kontroll- und Überprüfungskommission des IMPP  (Institut f. medizin. u. pharmazeut. Prüfungsfragen)                                               since 01/2020   

Professional tasks

Teaching representative and course coordinator for Dept. 1 of Physiologisches Institut, University of Freiburg                                         since 2016

Professional Memberships

American Physiological Society  (Water, Electrolyte, Homeostasis Section)

Deutsche Physiologische Gesellschaft

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herz- und Kreislaufforschung

Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte