Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c.
Matthias H. Tschöp

Ludwig-Maxim­il­ians-Univer­sität München

Matthias Tschöp is the Presi­dent of the Ludwig-Maxim­il­ians-Univer­sität München.

Follow­ing his discov­ery of the human hunger hormone ghrelin, Matthias Tschöp unrav­eled funda­men­tal gut-brain signals to discover medicines to safely normal­ize body weight in patients strug­gling with obesity. In close collab­o­ra­tion with the chemist Richard DiMarchi, he discov­ered the dual (tirzepatide) and triple (retatru­tide) gut hormone co-agonists.

His honors include the Broer­mann Medical Innova­tion Award, shared with Svetlana Mojsov and Richard DiMarchi, the Rolf Luft Award, and the Banting Medal. He is a member of the Ameri­can Society for Clini­cal Inves­ti­ga­tion, the Associ­a­tion of Ameri­can Physi­cians, and the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopold­ina).

Medicine

Research Fields