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Prof. Dr.

Mathias Heikenwälder

Project: A04

Academic Education and Scientific Degrees
2009
Habilitation and venia Legendi in Experimental Pathology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland (mentor Prof. Dr. H. Moch)
2004
Graduation as Dr. sc. nat. at the University of Zürich
2001
PhD thesis, Institute of Neuropathology University Hospital Zürich (USZ), Switzerland (Grade: summa cum laude; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. A. Aguzzi)
1994-1999
Studies of Microbiology and Genetics at the University of Vienna, Austria, the Max- Perutz Laboratories, Vienna, and the Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna

Professional Career
2015
W3-Professor, DKFZ, Head of the division “Chronic inflammation and cancer”
2012
W2-Professor, TU München and Research Associate at the University Hospital of Zürich, Clinical Pathology
2010
Helmholtz Young Investigator, Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU)
2010
Sponsor and leading investigator of a clinical trial at the clinical trial Center Zürich (CTC), University Hospital Zürich to treat HCV-genotype 1 infected patients, group leader at the Department of Pathology USZ
2007
Prof. Dr. Max-Cloëtta fellow and independent group leader at the Department of Pathology and start as a principal investigator (PI), University of Zürich
2006
Staff scientist and lecturer in the Department of Pathology, Institute of Neuropathology, University of Zürich
2004
Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Neuropathology, Pathology Department, University Hospital Zürich (USZ), Switzerland
Address
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
Im Neuenheimer Feld 280
69120 Heidelberg
Phone
+49/6221/42 3891
eMail
m.heikenwalder@dkfz-heidelberg.de
Awards and Appointments
2020
ERC Proof of concept
2020
Highly Cited Researcher 2019 (Cross Fields) (Web of Science group)
2019
Highly Cited Researcher 2019 (Cross Fields) (Web of Science group)
2019
Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
2018
Prize of the Swiss Liver foundation against Cancer
2016
ERC Consolidator grant
2012
Walther and Christine Richtzenhain award (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
2010
ERC Starting grant
2010
Hofschneider award
2009
Götz prize, University of Zürich, Switzerland
2006
Empiris award for brain research, Empiris foundation for brain research
2004
“Creutzfeldt Wissenschaftspreis”, Creutzfeldt-Stiftung, Kiel, Germany
1999
Erasmus fellowship provided by the European Community and an “achievement-scholarship” provided by University of Vienna, Austria