Philipp PlugmannPhilipp Plugmann has been Professor of Interdisciplinary Periodontology and Prevention in the Bachelor's degree program in Dental Hygienist at the Leverkusen campus of the SRH University of Applied Sciences since February 1, 2020. After studying dentstry at the University of Cologne and passing the state examination in 2000, he received his doctorate in 2005 from the University Hospital of Cologne in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. In addition, he completed his doctoral studies in medical sciences (grade: very good) at the Private University of the Principality of Liechtenstein (UFL) in 2013. He holds a Master of Science in Periodontology and Implant Therapy from DGParo (grade 1.6), Master of Business Administration with a focus on Health Care Management and Master of Science in Business Innovation. In total, he has published 95 papers in the fields of dentistry, innovation and technology and edited 12 german and English-language books. His first book on future trends in medical technology was reviewed in 2012 by CISCO, a major U.S. technology company. His second book in 2018 “Shaping Innovation Environments” published by Springer Gabler Verlag had over 30,100 chapter downloads in the first 000 months. During his 23 years of dental professional activity, he has also founded 2 companies dealing with prevention and services in healthcare, the development of surgical software for dental surgeries and digital technologies. He has presented research results on innovations in healthcare at conferences at Harvard University (USA), the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (Munich) and Nanyang Tech University (Singapore), among others. Parallel to his practice, Prof. Dr. Dr. Philipp Plugmann was active for 12 years at universities in Karlsruhe, Cologne and Bielefeld, where he was also able to accompany master's theses as a supervisor and first examiner. From 2007 to 2016 he was a lecturer in the field of innovation at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences and was awarded by the Rector for outstanding teaching. Since 2013, he has been a Research Fellow at the University Clinic of Dentistry Marburg in the Department of Periodontology, where he has also been honored for outstanding commitment due to his case reports, lectures and international research presentations. Read More Read Less