Lars-Oliver Klotz is a Professor of Nutrigenomics at the Institute of Nutritional Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany. He obtained his Diploma (an MSc equivalent) in biochemistry from the University of Tübingen, Germany (Master's thesis in the field of copper biochemistry, advisor: Ulrich Weser), followed by a Ph.D. in biochemistry (in the field of redox regulation, advisor: Helmut Sies) from the University of Düsseldorf, Germany. Following postdoctoral research in the lab of Nikki Holbrook at the National Institute on Aging in Baltimore, MD, USA, he obtained his lecturer’s qualification (Habilitation degree) at the University of Düsseldorf. In 2010, he moved to the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, where he was an Associate Professor (tenured) and was the Canada Research Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. In 2013, he assumed his current position. He is the 2006 recipient of the Society of Free Radical Research (SFRR)-Europe’s Catherine-Pasquier Award. His research interests include the biochemistry of oxidative stress, stress-induced signal transduction, metal/metalloid biochemistry, and molecular processes in aging.
