Ralf J. Radlanski

Ralf J. Radlanski

Ralf Johannes Radlanski (born (1958-10-09)October 9, 1958 in Paris) is a German anatomist, orthodontist and university professor. Since 1992 he is director of the Dept. of Craniofacial Developmental Biology at the Center for Dental and Craniofacial Sciences, Charité – University Medicine Berlin (Germany).^[1] He is a guest professor at the University of California at San Francisco (USA), at the University of Turku (Finland), at the University of Queensland,^[2] Brisbane, and at the University of Basle (Switzerland).

Career

Ralf J. Radlanski studied medicine and dentistry at the Universities of Göttingen (Germany) and Minneapolis (MN, USA). He received his postgraduate education at the Institute of Anatomy at the University of Göttingen and he underwent a residency in orthodontics at the medical faculty of Göttingen University. In 1992 he was appointed professor and director of the Dept. of Craniofacial Developmental Biology at the Center for Dental and Craniofacial Sciences, Charité – University Medicine Berlin (Germany).^[3] His scientific work is focused on the visualization of prenatal craniofacial morphogenesis,^[4][5] as well as on microstructural research. Furthermore, he has contributed to practical orthodontic questions.^[6]

Radlanski is the author of over 100 scientific articles, has written and contributed to about a dozen textbooks^[7] and has given lectures in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the USA.

Science management

• President and organizer of the 10th International Symposium of Dental Morphology, 1995 in Berlin^[8]
• National Delegate and Managing Board of the COST B 28 action (Craniofacial Morphogenesis) 2001–2008^[9]
• President and organizer of the 10th Tooth Morphogenesis and Tissue Differentiation Symposium 2010 in Berlin^[10]
• President of the International Orthodontic Symposium in 2004, 2006–2017 in Prague^[11]

Honorary appointments

• President of the EurAsian Association of Orthodontists (EAO)^[12]
• President of the Written Art Foundation^[13]

Selected publications

• Mein Gesicht, Quintessenz, Berlin 2016. ISBN 978-3-86867-338-8
• The Face. Pictorial Atlas of Clinical Anatomy. Quintessence Publ. Co. Chicago 2012 (with Karl H. Wesker) ISBN 978-1-85097-289-1
• Orale Struktur- und Entwicklungsbiologie (Textbook), Quintessenz, Berlin 2011 ISBN 978-3-86867-016-5
• Facial Growth – Dynamics of Orthodontics (with Frans van der Linden und James McNamara), Quintessence Publ., Chicago 2006 ISBN 978-3-87652-473-3
• Malocclusions and interventions (with Frans van der Linden und James McNamara), Quintessence Publ., ISBN 978-3-87652-473-3
• Curriculum Orale Struktur- und Entwicklungsbiologie, Quintessence Publ., ISBN 978-3-86867-016-5
• Gesichtswachstum, Gebissentwicklung und orofaziale Funktionen (with Frans van der Linden und James McNamara), Dynamics of Orthodontics, Vol. 5, Quintessence Publ., ISBN 978-3-87652-732-1
• Schädel- und Gesichtswachstum (with Frans van der Linden und James McNamara), Dynamics of Orthodontics, Vol. 2a, Quintessence Publ., ISBN 978-3-87652-473-3

References

External links

• Official Website of the Institute of Craniofacial Developmental Biology
• List of publications and scientific papers