Curriculum Vitae
Department of Ophthalmology
Cornea Lab, Experimental Ophthalmology
LFI Building 13
University Hospital of Cologne
Kerpener Str. 62
50937 Cologne
Tel: +49-(0)221-478-97793
Fax: +49-(0)221-478-97836
Email: mert.mestanoglu@uk-koeln.de
Scientific career
2014-2020 Study of Medicine at the Bahcesehir University Medical School, Turkey
2020-present PhD Student funded by German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne
Prizes and honors
1994
2013 Placed 1st in Turkish university entrance exam for STEM subjects (LYS-MF1/MF2)
2013-2020 Study Scholarship, The Republic of Turkey Ministry of Youth and Sports
2013-2020 Study Scholarship, Bahcesehir University Medical School
2018 Acceptance to Harvard Stem Cell Institute Internship Program
2018 22nd ESCRS Winter Meeting Travel Grant
2020- PhD Scholarship of German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
2021 German Society of Ophthalmology (DOG) Congress, Best Paper of the Session Award
2022 ARVO International Travel Grant
2022 Best Poster Award, 13th EuCornea Congress
2022 German Society of Ophthalmology (DOG) Congress Travel Grant
Selected publications
Clahsen T, Hadrian K, Notara M, Schlereth SL, Howaldt A, Prokosch V, Volatier T, Hos D, Schroedl F, Kaser-Eichberger A, Heindl LM, Steven P, Bosch JJ, Steinkasserer A, Rokohl AC, Liu H, Mestanoglu M, Kashkar H, Kiefer F, Schulte-Merker S, Matthaei M, Hou Y, Fassbender S, Jantsch J, Zhang W, Enders P, Bachmann B, Bock F, Cursiefen C. The novel role of lymphatic vessels in the pathogenesis of ocular diseases. [published online ahead of print, 2023 Feb 7]. Prog Retin Eye Res. 2023;101157. doi:10.1016/j.preteyeres.2022.101157
Özer O*, Mestanoglu M*, Howaldt A, Clahsen T, Schiller P, Siebelmann S, Reinking N, Cursiefen C, Bachmann B, Matthaei M. Correlation of Clinical Fibrillar Layer Detection and Corneal Thickness in Advanced Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy. J Clin Med. 2022;11(10):2815. Published 2022 May 17. doi:10.3390/jcm11102815
Mestanoglu M, Händel A, Cursiefen C, Hos D. Three-year follow-up of high-risk keratoplasty following fine-needle diathermy of corneal neovascularization combined with bevacizumab. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2022;260(7):2383-2385. doi:10.1007/s00417-021-05546-w
Hribek, A.*, Mestanoglu, M.*, Clahsen, T., Reinking, N., Frentzen, F., Howaldt, A., Siebelmann, S., Bachmann, B.O., Cursiefen, C., Matthaei, M., Scheimpflug en face backscatter imaging of the fibrillar layer in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy. Am J Ophthalmol. 2022;235:63-70. doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2021.08.019
Schaub, F., Mestanoglu, M., Cursiefen, C., Hos, D., Impact of Early Intensified Postoperative Corticosteroids on Immune Reaction Rates after Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK). Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2022;260(2):693-695. doi:10.1007/s00417-021-05393-9