PD Angelika B. Riemer, MD, PhD

Since 2022
Member of the Extended directorate of the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg

Since 2019
Co-Coordinator of the research area “Infections of the Immunocompromised Host” of the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)

Since 2018
Co-Coordinator of the research structure “Immunotherapy” of the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg

Since 2012
Elected Member to the DKFZ Scientific Council

2020 - 2022        
Deputy speaker of the partner site Heidelberg of the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)

June 2018
Positive Tenure Evaluation → group turned into permanent DKFZ division

Since Feb 2015   
Group Leader, Junior Research Group Molecular Vaccine Design, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Heidelberg

Feb 2014   
Board-certified medical specialist for Dermatology and Venerology (Fachärztin für Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten)

2011 - 2013    
Helmholtz Academy for Scientific Management

Since July 2010                 
Group Leader, Junior Research Group Immunotherapy and Immunoprevention, DKFZ, Heidelberg

June 2010                          
Board-certified medical specialist for Immunology (Fachärztin für Immunologie)

2008 - 2009                        
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cancer Vaccine Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Dec 2007                            
“Habilitation” (Venia legendi) for Immunology

2005 - 2007                           
Residency in Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

2001 - 2004                         
PhD course in Molecular Biology, University of Vienna, Austria
Residency in Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

1995 - 2001                        
Medical School, University of Vienna, Austria
(including an ERASMUS exchange term 2000 in Bristol, UK, and a BSc semester in Immunology 1999/2000 in Melbourne, Australia)

2015            
Ingrid zu Solms Science Award for Medicine

2012
Member of the Young Academy of Sciences, Germany

2010   
3rd of the top-100 Citizens of Salzburg 2010

2008, 2007, 2005, 2004 
Prize of Advancement, Fund of the City of Vienna for Innovative Interdisciplinary Cancer Research

2006 
Univ.-Prof. DDr. Karl Fellinger Award Austrian Cancer Aid
International Award for Research and Science, City of Salzburg 
Researcher of the Month (Jan),  Medical University of Vienna
Award of the sanofi-aventis Funds for Medical Research

2005 
Merit Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 
Wolfgang Denk-Award, Austrian Society for Hematology and Oncology

2005, 2002
Honorary Ring of the President of the Republic of Austria (PhD and MD graduation “sub auspiciis praesidentis rei publicae”)
Award of Distinction, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture

2003   
Scholar-in-Training Award, American Association of Cancer Research
AstraZeneca Scholar Award, San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

2002 
First Prize for Doctoral Thesis, Austrian Society for Dermatology and Venerology