University of Zurich ● Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology ● Winterthurerstrasse 190 ● CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland Tel.: +41 (0)44 63 55976 ● E-Mail: [email protected] Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Aiman S. Saab 1. Personal information: Name: Aiman S. Saab Date & place of birth: 13/01/1982 in Choueifat, Lebanon Nationality: German Marital Status: Married, no children

2. Employment: 10/2020 – today SNSF Eccellenza Professor; University of Zurich, Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology (IPT), Neurohomeostasis and Axon-Glia Research, Zurich, Switzerland 02/2015 – 09/2020 Junior group leader; University of Zurich, IPT; Unit: Prof. Bruno Weber 07/2012 – 02/2015 Postdoc; Max Planck Institute of Exp. Medicine, Dept. of Neurogenetics, Göttingen, ; Advisor: Prof. Klaus-Armin Nave

3. Education: 01/2007 – 07/2012 PhD student in Neurobiology; Advisor: Prof. Frank Kirchhoff, University of , Dept. of Molecular Physiology, Homburg, Germany 09/2007 – 10/2007 Visiting scholar; Babraham Institute, Cambridge UK; Advisor: Prof. Tomas Bellamy 10/2001 – 12/2006 Graduate studies in Human Biology; Philipps-University of , Germany 10/2001 – 10/2004 Studies in Medicine (pre-clinical courses), Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany;

4. Prizes, Awards, Fellowships 2020 SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship 2019 Stiftung Prof. Dr. Max Cloëtta Scholarship 2019 Young Scientist Lectureship Award, European Society for Neurochemistry (ESN) 2018 Best Poster Award; Swiss Society for Neuroscience (SSN) Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland 2017 Synapsis Career Fellowship Award 2015 Forschungskredit UZH 2015 EMBO Long-term Fellowship 2014 Travel Award; ICBEM Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark 2013 Science Prize from , Homburg, Germany 2012 Travel Award, CSHL Meeting, Glia in Health & Disease, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA 2012 Summa Cum Laude, PhD graduation at Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

5. List of publications: Total publications: 19, Citations: 1875, h-index: 14 (Scopus); Full list of publications: ORCID, PubMed or Google Scholar 4 most relevant publications:

Zuend M, Saab AS, Wyss MT, Ferrari KD, Hösli L, Looser ZJ, Stobart JL, Duran J, Guinovart JJ, Barros LF, Weber B., Arousal-induced cortical activity triggers lactate release from astrocytes. Nat Metab. 2020 Baeza-Lehnert F, Saab AS, Gutiérrez R, Larenas V, Díaz E, Horn M, Vargas M, Hösli L, Stobart J, Hirrlinger J, Weber B, Barros LF. Non- Canonical Control of Neuronal Energy Status by the Na+ Pump. Cell Metab. 2019 Saab AS, Tzvetavona ID, Trevisiol A, Baltan S, Dibaj P, Kusch K, … Hirrlinger J, Kirchhoff F, Nave KA. Oligodendroglial NMDA Receptors Regulate Glucose Import and Axonal Energy Metabolism. Neuron 2016 Saab AS, Neumeyer A, Jahn HM, Cupido A, Šimek AA, Boele HJ, Scheller A, Le Meur K, Götz M, Monyer H, Sprengel R, Rubio ME, Deitmer JW, De Zeeuw CI, Kirchhoff F. Bergmann glial AMPA receptors are required for fine motor coordination. Science 2012 1 CV Aiman S. Saab