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Prof. em. Prof. Dr med. Karl Hecht
Prof. em. Prof. Dr med. Karl Hecht
Physician, Scientist, lecturer
Emeritus Professor of Humboldt-Universität of Berlin
Klinikum Charité Sleep-, Stress-, Chrono-, Environmental- and Spaceflight Medicine
Institute for Psychosocial Health GbR
Biography
Born 15th February 1924 in Wohlmirstedt/Unstruttal
Büxensteinallee 24, 12527 Berlin – Grünau
Tel./Fax: (030) 674 89 325
Academic career
1950-1955: | Studied at the Medical Faculty of the Humboldt-University in Berlin
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1956: | Qualified as a medical doctor (Dr. med.)
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1970: | Post-graduate qualification with chronobiological subject
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1971: | Appointment as the Professor of the Physiology Section at the Academy of Sciences in the German Democratic Republic
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1977: | Appointment as the Professor of Physiology at the Charité der Humboldt-University in Berlin
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Executive Functions in scientific medical organisations
1957-1977: | Scientific Director of the Department of Stress and Hypertension in the Central Institute for Heart and Circulation Research at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin-Buch
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1964-1977: | Deputy Director of the Central Institute for Heart-Circulation Research, Berlin-Buch
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1972-1990: | Coordinator ‘Chronobiology and Chronomedicine’ of the Space Medicine and Biological Work Group ‘Interkosmos’ of the socialist countries
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1977-1988: | Establishment and directorship of the same independent Department of Neuropathophysiology at the Charitÿ der Humboldt-University in Berlin
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1977-1991: | Establishment and directorship of the Space Medicine and Biological Centres at the Berliner Charitÿ
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1983: | Establishment and directorship of the Sleep Laboratory at the Charité (3 Chairs)
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1988-1991: | Foundation and Directorship of the Institute for Pathophysiology at the Charité der Humboldt-University in Berlin
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1990: | Foundation of the Sleep Medicine Centre and Leadership of the Charité der Humboldt-University in Berlin
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1991: | Awarded the title of Professor Emeritus
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1992: | Co-founder of the Russian Section of the International Academy of Sciences
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1995-2000: | Co-founder and Medical Director of the I.S.F. Institute for Stress Research GmbH, Be
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2000: | Founder of the Institute for Psychosocial Health
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2001: | Co-founder of the Azerbaijan Section of the International Section of Sciences
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Main areas of research work in the past 50 years
- Neurophysiology and Physiology of higher neuro activity
- Chronobiology, Chronomedicine, Biocybernetics, chronobiological Regulatory diagnostics
- Psychobiology and Chronobiology of sleep, sleep disturbances, sleep-regulating peptides
- Neuropeptides-Regulator peptides: Substance P, Regulation therapy
- Chronobiology of stress, time-related conflicts, time-related illness
- Emotional stress and health
- Emotional stress and heart-circulatory disorders (hypertension)
- Bioactive effects of noise and electrosmog, expertise in noise-medicine
- Psychophysiology, psychosomatic medicine, mental health, psychosocial health
- Health sciences, health philosophy
- Space medicine and biology, main emphasis chronobiology and sleep disturbances
- Mineral metabolism (silicon, magnesium) in the regulation
Advancement of scientific trainees
- 166 post graduate students
- 92 undergraduates
- Currently the supervisor of 12 post graduate students
Congresses and Symposia
- Organisation and leading 4 international Congresses
- ‘Chronobiology’
- Organisation and leading of the 4th International Symposium on the theme ‘Neuropeptides and Regulation’
- Organisation and leadership of 5th International Symposium on the Theme ‘Clinical and Experimental Neuroses’
- 1991, Organisation and leadership of the 1st Sleep Medicine Congress in Eastern Germany with participants from the whole of Germany
- 1999, President of the 1st Berlin Stress Research Congress with international attendance on the theme ‘Regulatory Medicine – Future of Stress Management?’
- 2000, President of the 2nd Berlin Stress Research Congress with international attendance on the theme ‘Emotional Stress caused by sensory overload and sensory deprivation’
Elective memberships and Honorary Memberships
- Member of the International Academy of Sciences Munich,
- General Secretary of the Eastern European Section, Vice President of the Russian Section
- Member of the International Academy for Astronautics Paris
- Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Moscow
- Member of the Academie for Schöpfertum, Moscow
- Honorary Member of the Physiological Society in Cuba, Havanna
- Honorary Member of the Technical Medical Society ‘Purkinje’, Prague
Publications
- More than 750 original scientific works published in national and international journals and anthologies
- 34 scientific scientific text and specialist books
- 27 Patents
Selected titles
- Overloading of Towns and Cities with Radio Transmitters (Cellular Transmitter): a hazard for the human health and a disturbance of eco-ethics, Prof. Karl Hecht, Elena N Savoley
- Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields on Humans in the Frequeny Range of 0 to 3 GHz, K Hecht, H-U Balzar, eds, 1996, tr. Wolfgang Scherer
- Die Natur der Rhythmen im menschlichen Leben - Chronowissenschaft und Psychobiologie der Zeit aus ärztlicher Sicht
The nature of rhythms in human life - Chronoscience and the psychobiology of time from a medical point of view
- Auswirkungen von Elektromagnetischen Feldern: Eine Recherche russischer Studienergebnisse 1960-1996
Effects of electromagnetic fields: A review of Russian study results 1960-1996
- Dokumentation zum Vortrag anlässlich der Anhörung im Bayerischen Landtag zur Thematik: ‘Mobilfunk / Elektrosmog / Gesundheit’ am 07.07.2006 (pdf, 1.8Mb)
Documentation for the lecture on the occasion of the hearing at the Bavarian Landtag on the topic: ‘Mobile phones / Electrosmog / Health’ on 07.07.2006
- Thesen und Schlussfolgerungen zum Vortrag: ‘Mikrowellensyndrom: Gesundheitsstörung des Menschen als Folge von schwachen EMF-Strahlungen - Lebenswissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisstand seit über 70 Jahren’ (pdf, 48kB)
Dr. med. habil. Karl Hecht. Thesenpapier zum Vortrag auf dem 3. Nationalen Kongress Elektrosmog-Betroffener in Olten, 19 November 2005
Theses and conclusions from the lecture: ‘Microwave syndrome: Human health disturbances as a consequence of weak EMF radiation - state of knowledge in life sciences over the last 70 years
- Zur Verharmlosung der gesundheitsrelevanten Wirkung von hochfrequenten Radio- und Mikrowellenstrahlungen (einschließlich des Mobiltelefonsystems) auf die funktionellen und körperlichen Prozesse des Menschen
On the belittling of health-related effects of high frequency radio- and microwave radiation (including the mobile telephone system) on the functional and physical processes of humans (Copyright: Public Health e.V.)
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