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Principal Investigator

Institute of Neuropathology, Medical Center – University of Freiburg

Breisacher Str. 64
79106 Freiburg

Scientific Degrees

2004 Habilitation in Neuropathology, Georg-August-University Göttingen
1997 Dissertation in Medicine, Humboldt-University, Medical Hospital (Charité) Berlin

Professional Experience

Since 2008 Director and Chair, Institute of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Freiburg
2004 Lecturer (“Habilitation”) and consultant (“Oberarzt”) in Neuropathology
2002-2008 Group leader at the Institute of Neuropathology, University of Göttingen
2001-2002 Senior research postdoc at the Institute of Neuropathology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
1999-2000 Postdoctoral fellow (DFG fellowship) at the Institute of Neuropathology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
1997-1998 Postdoc position at Max-Delbrück-Center (MDC) Berlin, Cellular Neurosciences

Others (last 5 years)

~ Reviewer (Journals, ad hoc): Immunity, Nature, Nat Med, Nat Immunol, Nat Neurosci, Science a.o.
2023 Klaus Faber Foundation Project Prize
2021 Novo Nordisk Prize
2021 Member of the German Academy of Science, Leopoldina
2020 Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz-Prize