Our Faculty

Hamburg School of Infection & Immunity faculty comprises renowned and competitive researchers from UKE and MIN Faculty of the Hamburg University (UHH), Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNI), Center for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), and European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), and thus brings together a wealth of multidisciplinary research and methods from across and beyond the medical faculty campus.

  • Prof. Dr. med. Marcus Altfeld

    • Research areas: Immunology, Infection, Inflammation, Molecular Immunology, Clinical Immunology, Translational Immunology
    • Research topics: NK cells, Innate lymphoid cells, Human immunology, Sex-differences in immunity, Major Histocompatability complex (MHC), Immune response to infection, Organoids, AIDs and immunodeficiencies

    Prof. Dr. med. Martin Aepfelbacher

    • Research areas: Infection, Inflammation, Microbiology
    • Research topics: Epigenetics, Immune response to infection, Leukocyte migration and Inflammation, Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Structural and Systems Biology

    Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Nicole Fischer

    • Research areas: Infection, Virology, Tumor Virology
    • Research topics: Organoids, Epigenetics, chronic viral infection, viral persistence, chromatin remodeling

    Dr. rer. nat. Anna Gieras

    • Research areas: Immunology
    • Research topics: Lymphocyte development and selection, Human immunology, Organoids, Feto-maternal immunity

    Prof. Dr. med. Friedrich Haag

    • Research areas: Immunology, Infection, Clinical Immunology, Cancer Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, B cell response, Human immunology, Immune response to infection, Cancer and the immune system

    Prof. Dr. med. Friedrich Koch-Nolte

    • Research areas: Molecular Immunology
    • Research topics: Lymphocyte development and selection, B cell response, Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Immuno targeting, Cancer and the immune system, therapeutic antibodies and chimeric antigen receptors, nanobodies, sterile inflammation, purinergic signaling, endogenous danger signals (ATP, NAD)

    Dr. med. Marc Lütgehetmann

    • Research areas: Infection, Molecular Immunology, Microbiology
    • Research topics: Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Molecular Diagonstics: Pathogen detection, Hepatitis Viruses (A-E)

    Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Willi Mittrücker

    • Research areas: Immunology, Infection, Autoimmune diseases
    • Research topics: T cell response, Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Autoimmunity, Immune response to infection

    Dr. med. Susanne Pfefferle

    • Research areas: Infection, Microbiology, Virology
    • Research topics: Immune response to infection, molecular diagnostics

    Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Renné

    • Research areas: Inflammation, Coagulation
    • Research topics: Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Leukocyte migration and Inflammation, Thrombo-inflammation

    Dr. med. Felix Stahl

    • Research areas: Immunology, Infection, Virology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Autoimmunity, Immune response to infection, Feto-maternal immunity, Immune response to infection, Diagnostic applictions

    Prof. Dr. Eva Tolosa

    • Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation, Clinical Immunology, Translational Immunology
    • Research topics: Lymphocyte development and selection, T cell response, Human immunology, Autoimmunity, Systems Immunology and Bioinformatics, Immune deficiency, Immune regulation

    Prof. Dr. med. Thorsten Wiech

    • Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation, Translational Immunology
    • Research topics: Human immunology, Autoimmunity

  • Prof. Linda Diehl

    • Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation, Cancer Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Cancer and the immune system, Leukocyte migration and Inflammation

    Dr. rer. nat. Björn-Philipp Diercks

    • Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation, Molecular Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response

    Dr. rer. nat. Ralf Fliegert

    • Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation
    • Research topics: Signalling in immune cells

    Prof. Dr. Andreas H. Guse

    • Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation, Molecular Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell activation

    Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Joerg Heeren

    • Research areas: Inflammation, Molecular Immunology
    • Research topics: Immuno targeting, Autoimmunity, Feto-maternal immunity, Immunometabolism, Metaflammation

    PD Dr.rer.nat. Andrea Kristina Horst

    • Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation, Molecular Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Cytokine networks, Autoimmunity, Innate lymphoid cells

    Prof. Dr. med. Catherine Meyer-Schwesinger

    • Research areas: Inflammation, Molecular Immunology, Nephrology
    • Research topics: Human immunology, Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Autoimmunity

    Dr. rer. nat. Katrin Neumann

    • Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation, Molecular Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Cytokine networks, Autoimmunity, Innate lymphoid cells

    Prof. Dr. Pablo Sáez

    • Research areas: Immunology
    • Research topics: Cancer and the immune system, Leukocyte migration and Inflammation

    Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Gisa Tiegs

    • Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation, Molecular Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Cytokine networks, Autoimmunity, Innate lymphoid cells

    PD Dr. rer. nat. René Werner

    • Research areas: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
    • Research topics: Artificial Intelligence in medical biology

    Dr. rer. nat. Anna Worthmann

    • Research areas: Inflammation, (Immuno)metabolism
    • Research topics: Immunometabolism, Obesity and Diabetes, Insulin Resistance

  • Prof. Dr. Marylyn M. Addo

    • Research areas: Infection, Clinical Immunology, Translational Immunology, vaccines
    • Research topics: T cell response, Human immunology, Vaccine design, AIDs and immunodeficiencies, Sex-differences in immunity, Immune response to infection

    Dr. Lorenz Adlung

    • Research areas: Immunology, Systems Immunology
    • Research topics: Single cell sequencing, Cytokine networks, AIDs and immunodeficiencies, Systems Immunology and Bioinformatics, Cancer and the immune system

    Dr. Dr. Madeleine Altfeld-Bunders

    • Research areas: Infection, Inflammation, Translational Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Human immunology, Organoids, AIDs and immunodeficiencies, Feto-maternal immunity, Innate lymphoid cells, Immune response to infection

    Dr. Lidia Bosurgi

    • Research areas: Immunology
    • Research topics: Macrophage biology, Phagocytosis, Tissue remodelling

    Dr. rer. nat. Antonella Carambia

    • Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation, Clinical Immunology, Translational Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Immuno targeting, Autoimmunity

    PD Dr. rer. nat. Maura Dandri

    • Research areas: Infection, Inflammation, Hepatology, Liver immunology
    • Research topics: Antigen processing and presentation, Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Epigenetics, Immune response to infection, humanized-chimeric mouse models, innate immunity, Viral Hepatitis, Virus-host intraction

    Prof. Dr. Nicola Gagliani

    • Research areas: Immunology, Infection, Inflammation, Molecular Immunology, Systems Immunology, Cancer Immunology
    • Research topics: Lymphocyte development and selection, T cell response, Single cell sequencing, Cytokine networks, Human immunology, Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Autoimmunity, Feto-maternal immunity, Systems Immunology and Bioinformatics, Immune response to infection, Cancer and the immune system

    Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Johannes Herkel

    • Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation, Translational Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Single cell sequencing, Human immunology, Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Immuno targeting, Autoimmunity, T cell tolerance

    Prof. Dr. med. Samuel Huber

    • Research areas: Immunology, Infection, Inflammation, Molecular Immunology, Clinical Immunology, Translational Immunology, Systems Immunology, Cancer Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Single cell sequencing, Cytokine networks, Organoids, Immuno targeting, Autoimmunity, Sex-differences in immunity, Immune response to infection, Cancer and the immune system, Leukocyte migration and Inflammation

    Prof. Dr. med. Tobias B. Huber

    • Research areas: Inflammation, Translational Immunology, Transplantation Immunology, Kidney immunology
    • Research topics: Single cell sequencing, Organoids, Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Epigenetics

    PD Dr. med. Christian F. Krebs

    • Research areas: Immunology, Infection, Molecular Immunology, Clinical Immunology, Translational Immunology, Systems Immunology, Microbiology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Single cell sequencing, Cytokine networks, Human immunology, Antigen processing and presentation, Organoids, Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Immuno targeting, Autoimmunity, Systems Immunology and Bioinformatics, Major Histocompatability complex (MHC), Immune response to infection, Leukocyte migration and Inflammation

    Prof. Dr. med. Ulf Panzer

    • Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation, Translational Immunology, Systems Immunology, Nephrology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Single cell sequencing, Cytokine networks, Autoimmunity, Leukocyte migration and Inflammation

    Prof. Dr. Victor Puelles

    • Research areas: Immunology, Infection, Inflammation, Molecular Immunology, Clinical Immunology, Translational Immunology, Systems Immunology, Transplantation Immunology, Microbiology, Pathology
    • Research topics: Immunopathology

    Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Schramm

    • Research areas: Inflammation, Clinical Immunology, Translational Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Human immunology, Autoimmunity, Sex-differences in immunity

    Dr. med. Julian Constantin Schulze zur Wiesch

    • Research areas: Immunology, Infection, Inflammation, Clinical Immunology, Translational Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, B cell response, Human immunology, AIDs and immunodeficiencies, Major Histocompatability complex (MHC), Immune response to infection, Leukocyte migration and Inflammation, immune exhaustion

    Dr. rer. nat. Dorothee Schwinge

    • Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation, Clinical Immunology, Translational Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Single cell sequencing, Cytokine networks, Human immunology, Antigen processing and presentation, Organoids, Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Autoimmunity, Sex-differences in immunity

    Prof. Dr. med. Oliver Steinmetz

    • Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation, Molecular Immunology, Clinical Immunology, Translational Immunology
    • Research topics: Regulatory T cells, Leukocyte migration and Inflammation, T cell response, Cytokine networks, Human immunology

    Dr. med. Nicola M. Tomas

    • Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation, Translational Immunology
    • Research topics: B cell response, Autoimmunity

    PD. Dr. med. Jan-Eric Turner

    • Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation, Translational Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Autoimmunity, Innate lymphoid cells

    Dr. rer. nat. Nicola Wanner

    • Research areas: Inflammation
    • Research topics: Organoids, Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Epigenetics, Immune response to infection

  • Prof. Dr. Stefan Bonn

    • Research areas: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
    • Research topics: Artificial Intelligence in medical biology

    Dr. Regine Dress

    • Research areas: Immunology, Infection, Systems Immunology
    • Research topics: Single cell sequencing, Human immunology, Immune response to infection, Myeloid cells, Immune cell development

    Prof. Dr. med. Manuel A. Friese

    • Research areas: Immunology, Infection, Inflammation, Molecular Immunology, Clinical Immunology, Translational Immunology, Systems Immunology, Neuroimmunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Single cell sequencing, Human immunology, Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Autoimmunity, Sex-differences in immunity, Feto-maternal immunity, Systems Immunology and Bioinformatics, Neuro-immuno Interactions

    Prof. Dr. Immo Prinz

    • Research areas: Immunology, Infection, Inflammation, Molecular Immunology, Systems Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Single cell sequencing, Human immunology, Systems Immunology and Bioinformatics

  • PD Dr. med. Mathias Gelderblom

    • Research areas: Inflammation, Clinical Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Single cell sequencing, Leukocyte migration and Inflammation

    Prof. Dr. med. Tim Magnus

    • Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation, Molecular Immunology, Clinical Immunology, Translational Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Single cell sequencing, Cytokine networks, Human immunology, Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Immuno targeting, Sex-differences in immunity, Innate lymphoid cells, Leukocyte migration and Inflammation, Local immune cell responses (e.g. microglia)

    PD Dr. med. Malte Mohme

    • Research areas: Immunology, Translational Immunology, Cancer Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Cytokine networks, Human immunology, Epigenetics, Systems Immunology and Bioinformatics, Major Histocompatability complex (MHC), Cancer and the immune system

    Dr. rer. nat. Björn Rissiek

    • Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation, Molecular Immunology, Translational Immunology
    • Research topics: T cell response, Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Immuno targeting

  • Prof. Dr. Petra Arck

    • Research areas: Immunology, Infection, Inflammation, Molecular Immunology, Clinical Immunology, Translational Immunology, Reproductive Immunology, Immune Ontogeny
    • Research topics: T cell response, Single cell sequencing, Cytokine networks, Human immunology, Antigen processing and presentation, Epigenetics, Sex-differences in immunity, Feto-maternal immunity

    Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sandra Maria Blois

    • Research areas: Inflammation, Glycoimmunology
    • Research topics: Glycoimmunology, Glyco-Feto-maternal Immunity, Antibodies Glycosylation

    Prof. Dr. med. Anke Diemert

    • Research areas: Translational Immunology
    • Research topics: Human immunology, Sex-differences in immunity, Feto-maternal immunity

    Prof. Dr. med. Ingo Müller

    • Research areas: Clinical Immunology, Translational Immunology, Cancer Immunology, Transplantation Immunology
    • Research topics: Lymphocyte development and selection, T cell response, Human immunology, AIDs and immunodeficiencies, Glycoimmunology, Innate lymphoid cells, Cancer and the immune system

    Dr. med. Julia Pagel

    • Research areas: Clinical Immunology, Translational Immunology, Microbiome
    • Research topics: T cell response, Human immunology, Autoimmunity, Feto-maternal immunity, Immune response to infection, Neonatal Immunity

  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Boris Fehse

    • Research areas: Infection, Translational Immunology, Cancer Immunology, Adoptive immunotherapy
    • Research topics: AIDs and immunodeficiencies, Stem cell transplantation, Gene therapy, Adoptive immunotherapy, CAR-T cells

  • PD Dr. rer nat. Thomas Jacobs

    • Research areas: Protozoa Immunology, Infection
    • Research topics: T cell response, Immune response to infection, Protozoa infection

  • Prof. Dr. Maya Topf

    • Research areas: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
    • Research topics: Computational Structural Biology

  • Prof. Dr. Wolfram Brune

    • Research areas: Infection, Virology
    • Research topics: Vaccine design, Feto-maternal immunity, Immune response to infection, Viral immune evasion

    Prof. Dr. Gülsah Gabriel

    • Research areas: Immunology, Infection, Molecular Immunology, Virology
    • Research topics: Molecular mechanisms of viral pathogenesis

    Dr. Dr. Angelique Hölzemer

    • Research areas: Immunology, Infection, Inflammation
    • Research topics: Human immunology, Organoids, AIDs and immunodeficiencies, Major Histocompatability complex (MHC), Immune response to infection

    PD Dr. Christian Körner

    • Research areas: Immunology, Infection, Molecular Immunology, Translational Immunology
    • Research topics: Human immunology, Major Histocompatability complex (MHC), Immune response to infection, NK cell biology

  • Prof. Dr. Jan Baumbach

    • Research areas: Computational Systems Biology
    • Research topics: Network and Systems Medicine

    Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

    • Research areas: Infection, Molecular Immunology, Immunogenomics
    • Research topics: Major histocompatibility complex (MHC), Systems Immunology and Bioinformatics

    Prof. Dr. Christian Lohr

    • Research areas: Infection, Inflammation, Neuroinflammation
    • Research topics: Transgenic and knock-out animal models, Immune response to infection, Response of brain cells to infection and inflammation

    Prof. Dr. Chris Meier

    • Research areas: Infection, Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Development, antiviral Research, Action of second messengers in inflammation
    • Research topics: Novel antivirals, emerging infections, synthesis of chemical tools, membrane permeable adenine nucleotides