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The CRONIC-PPF Faculty

Paul W. VESELY (former STURM)
Mag. Dr. rer. nat.

Reprogramming epithelial metabolism to restore regenerative capacity in fibrotic lungs

Senior Post-Doctoral Trainee

Otto Loewi Research Center, Lung Research Group, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstraße 6, 8010 Graz
Phone: +43-316-385 72958, ✉ e-mail

WWW: Forschungsportal Med Uni Graz
ORCID: 0000-0003-3608-1060
PubMed: PubMed (nih.gov)

• Profile      • Curriculum vitae     • Publications    
Education:
2004 – 2008 PhD thesis at the Medical University of Graz, and Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria
2001 – 2002 Master Degree at the Universidade Technica de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, and Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria
Positions:
2025 – present Head of the Research Unit "Metabolism of Lung Regeneration"
2022 – 2024 Lecturer at the Medical University of Graz, Austria
2022 – 2024 Senior Post-Doctoral Trainee, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, Graz, Austria
2018 – present Senior Post-Doctoral Trainee, Medical University of Graz, Austria
2014 – 2018 Post-Doctoral Trainee, University of Graz, Austria
2009 – 2014 Post-Doctoral Trainee, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
2008 – 2009 Post-Doctoral Trainee, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Significant research achievements and awards (10 most important):
  • Austrian Science Fund PROFI grant 10.55776/PAT9976323, "AlveOlism" (2025 – 2029)
  • Scientific funding, Cultural Office City of Graz, "Lipid-Signaling in Alveolar Epithelial Type-II cells" (2026)
  • Best Poster Award at the Gordon Research Conference for Lung Development, Injury and Repair (2025)
  • Co-PI in The Doctoral Programme – doc.funds doi:10.55776/DOC129, "RESPIMMUN" (2021 – 2025)
  • Tutor in the PhD Program Molecular Medicine, Medical University of Graz (2017 – present)
  • MEFO Graz Gesundheit 3000 grant, "Metabolism of Bronchial Regeneration" (2022 – 2024)
  • Co-Autor of the FWF stand-alone grant 10.55776/P30968, "LIPOLUNG" (2017 – 2023)
  • Member of the American Thoracic Society (in 2023)
  • American Heart Association Post Doctoral Fellowship (2011)
  • FWF Erwin Schroedinger Fellowship, J-2922 (2009)

05.04.2026 CRONIC-PPF · Doctoral Programme “Clinical & Research Oriented Network for Innovative Classification of Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis”