
Prof. Dr. Andreas Diefenbach
Programmbereich 1, PB 1 – Zell- und Gewebe-Rheumatologie
Gruppenleitung: Entwicklung des Immunsystems
Liaisonarbeitsgruppe mit Charité - Mikrobiologie und Infektionsimmunologie
Scientific Background
Since 2021
Scientific Director, Labor Berlin
Since 2018
Professor, Freie Universität Berlin, Department Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy
Since 2016
Professor (W3) and Director/Chair, Institute of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Charité – University Medical Centre Berlin, Laboratory Head, Developmental and Mucosal Immunology, German Rheumatism Research Centre, A Leibniz Institute, Berlin, Director, Fachbereich Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Labor Berlin
2013 – 2016
Professor (W3) and Director/Chair, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz
2007 – 2013
Professor (W3, tenured), Mikrobiologie & Molekulare Infektionsimmunologie, University of Freiburg, Medical Centre
2007 – 2010
Adjunct Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, New York University MedicalCenter, New York, USA
2003 – 2007
Irene Diamond Assistant Professor of Immunology (tenure track), Assistant Professor of Pathology, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, USA
1999 – 2003
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA
1996 – 1998
Resident, Institut für Klinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie & Hygiene, University of Erlangen
2012rnBoard Exam (Facharztprüfung), Microbiology, Virology and Epidemiology of Infections (Mikrobiologie, Virologie und Infektionsepidemiologie)rnrn1997rnDr. med. (summa cum laude), Microbiology/Immunology, U Erlangenrnrn1996rnM.D., Medicine, University of Erlangenrnrn1989 – 1996rnMedical School, University Of Erlangen, Germany and Imperial College, London, UK
Since 2022rnSpokesperson, The Berlin Centre for the Biology of HealthrnrnSince 2017rnVertrauensdozent, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkesrnrn2016 – 2022rnSpokesperson, DFG Priority Program 1937 “Innate Lymphoid Cells”rnrn2015 – 2016rnSpeaker, Research Centre Immunology, Universitätsmedizin Mainzrnrn2014 – 2016rnSteering Committee, International PhD Program of Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) and University of Mainz
Amercian Association of Immunologists, German Association of Immunologists, German Society of Hygiene and Microbiology, Society of Natural Immunity
2022rnERC Advanced Grantrnrn2019-2022rnVisiting Professor, Chiba University, Chiba, Japanrnrn2018rnElected Member, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciencesrnrnsince 2017rnClarivate Highly Cited Researcherrnrn2013rnERC Starting/Consolidator Grantrnrn2010rnMain Scientific Prize, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Mikrobiologie und Hygienernrn2009rnKavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences USA u0026amp; Alexander-Von-Humboldt-Stiftungrnrn2004rnWhitehead Fellowship for Junior Faculty in Biomedical Sciencesrnrn2003rnIrene Diamond Professorship for Immunologyrnrn2000rnPostdoctoral Fellowship for Physicians, Howard Hughes Medical Instituternrn1999rnPostdoctoral Fellowship, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft