Dr. Tobias Kretschmer
Contact
Dr. nat. med. Tobias Kretschmer
Guest Scientist
Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research – UFZ
Department of Environmental Immunology
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
Phone: +49 341 6025-2401
Email
Research Interests
- Immunological changes in the reproductive organs due to lifestyle and environmental chemicals, e.g. bisphenols and benzophenone-3, and their influence on fertility and the metabolism
- Effects of lifestyle and environmental exposure on maternal and perinatal health focusing on immunological, metabolic and placental aspects
- Influence of environmental chemicals on the immune response and pregnancy after fertility treatment
Curriculum vitae / Scientific career
Since 01/2026
Scientist, Leipzig Center for Metabolism (LeiCeM), Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University
Since 01/2026
Guest Scientist, Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
Since 06/2021
Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine of Leipzig University
2020 - 2025
Scientist, Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
2016 - 2020
PhD, Degree: Dr. nat. med., University of Cologne, Germany. Thesis: “Maternal High Fat Nutrition is Associated with Placental Dysfunction: Insight in Pathophysiology and Potential Mechanisms”
2017 - 2019
Lecturer and practical assistant, Center for Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Germany
2013 - 2015
Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
2014 - 2015
Research Internship, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
2010 - 2013
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
04/2013 - 07/2013
Research Internship at the Polymer Reaction Design Group, Hasselt University, Belgium
Memberships
Since 01/2025
Member of the German Society for Reproductive Medicine (DGRM)
Since 02/2023
Member of the American Society for Reproductive Immunology (ASRI)
Since 09/2019
Member of the International Federation of Placenta Associations (IFPA)
Awards
Foundation grant 2025 of the German Society for Andrology (DGA), for the project "lmmunphänotypisierung und Analyse von Umweltchemikalien im Ejakulat zur Entschlüsselung idiopathischer Ursachen der männlichen Sub- und lnfertilität und den zugrunde liegenden Mechanismen"
Foundation grant 2019 of the Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, for the project “Veränderungen der fokalen Adhäsionskontakte in der Plazenta bei mütterlichem Übergewicht”
Foundation grant 2017 of the Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, for the project “Proteom-Analyse der plazentaren feto-maternalen Transferzone im übergewichtigen Mausmodell”