
Prof. Dr. Chiara Romagnani
Programme Area 1, PA 1 – Cell and Tissue Rheumatology
Group leader: Innate Immunity
Liaison working group with Charité - Institute of Medical Immunology
Scientific Backround
Since 2023
Full Professor (W3) and Director, Institute of Medical Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
2020 – 2023
Full Professor (W3), Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Chair, Leibniz Campus “Chronic Inflammation”, DRFZ, Berlin, Germany
2017 – 2020
Heisenberg Professor (W2), Department for Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology, Charité, Berlin, Germany
Since 2010
Group leader, DRFZ, Berlin, Germany
2006 – 2009
Postdoc, Institute of Immunology, Charité and DRFZ, Berlin, Germany
2003 – 2006
PhD
1997 – 1998
MD
Since 2024
Elected member Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)– Fachkollegium „Mikrobiologie, Virologie, Immunologie“
Since 2023
ERC Starting Grant Panel member
Since 2022
Chief Editor, European Journal of Immunology
Since 2021
Deputy Speaker, Else Kröner-Promotionskolleg “Rethinking Health”
Since 2020
Speaker, PhD program “Interdisciplinary Center of Infection Biology and Immunity” (ZIBI), Berlin
Since 2020
Editorial Advisory Board, Immunity (Cell Press)
2020-2024
Speaker of the Leibniz Science Campus “Chronic Inflammation”
Since 2019
Committee member, Robert-Koch Postdoctoral Prize
Since 2018
Speaker, Integrated Research and Training Group of CRC TRR241
Since 2018
Board elected member, German Society of Immunology (DGfI)
German Society of Immunology (DGfI)
2024
Elected member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
2023
Berlin University Alliance (BUA) Joint Professorship Charité Universitätsmedizin and Freie Universität Berlin
2022
ERC Advanced Grant
2017
DFG-Heisenberg Professorship
2016
DFG-nominated member of AcademiaNet – “Expert Database for Outstanding Female Academics”
2006
EMBO fellowship
