Pietro Nenoff MD, PhD

Dr. Pietro Nenoff received his degree as a medical doctor (thesis) at the Department of Dermatology of the University of Leipzig, Germany. This was followed by the Ph.D. thesis (habilitation) in 2000: „In vitro investigations of pathogenic fungi. In vitro susceptibility testing of yeasts, in particular, Malassezia furfur – and dermatophytes against different antifungals and anti seborrhoeic agents.“ Since 2002 he has been working as a laboratory physician and dermatologist at his own lab together with the microbiologist Dr. Constanze Kruger.

As an irregular professor, Dr. Nenoff gives lectures in dermatology (dermatomicrobiology, STI, and mycology) at Leipzig University. As a guest, he gives lectures and seminars as supervisor and lecturer at the Dept. of Dermatology (Skin Clinic), Mbarara University of Science and Health, Mbarara, Uganda, East Africa. Special fields of scientific interest are medical fungi, e. g. dermatophytes, in particular modern diagnostic methods and new taxonomy in dermatomycology.