A cup with the President – Episode 33: Prof. Dr. Oliver Schnell

University President Hornegger and Prof. Schnell stand side by side in a hospital corridor. Both are wearing hospital scrubs, hair covers, and masks pulled down over their faces, smiling at the camera.
(Bild: FAU/Giulia Iannicelli)

Visiting Prof. Dr. Oliver Schnell, Chair of Neurosurgery

Each semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors in their institutes. He visits them there to talk about their research, to discover what is close to their heart and to get to know them better.

Our series introduces you to the researchers and gives an impression of the President’s meeting with them.

In episode 33, the President visits Prof. Dr. Oliver Schnell. He holds the Chair of neurosurgery and is director of the neurosurgical clinic at the university hospital.

Prof. Dr. Schnell and Joachim Hornegger are sitting opposite of each other, talking.
Oliver Schnell’s research focus is translational neuro-oncology. He is fascinated by investigating fundamental mechanisms in the development of brain tumors in the laboratory in order to gain a better understanding of them. (Photo: FAU/Giulia Iannicelli)1/41/4
President Hornegger is sitting at a table and dissecting a bell pepper. Prof. Schnell is standing to his left.
These findings are incorporated into clinical treatment promptly so that patients can benefit from them at an early stage. Prof. Schnell believes it is important that this enables operations to be performed better and more safely. (Bild: FAU/Giulia Iannicelli)2/42/4
Prof. Schnell is explaining something, both his hands are raised.
Until 2023, he was Deputy Clinic Director and Senior Physician at the Neurosurgery Clinic of the University Clinic Freiburg. (Bild: FAU/Giulia Iannicelli)3/43/4
Prof. Schnell and President Hornegger are standing next to each other and smiling into the camera. Oliver Schnell is holding a cup, Hornegger is pointing towards it.
Prof. Oliver Schnell highly values the coffee mug of the Friedrich-Alexander-University as his most useful professor’s accessory. (Bild: FAU/Giulia Iannicelli)4/44/4

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Are you interested in learning more about our scientists and their meetings with President Hornegger? All episodes of A cup with the President can be found here.

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