Faculty, Lecturers and Instructors
Many DKFZ laboratories are incorporated into our innovative Major "Cancer Biology" Program. This allows the students to experience cutting edge science and to interact with internationally leading scientists at a very early stage of their career.
The lists of lecturers and instructors actively involved in the Major Cancer Biology study program are arranged according to their affiliation with the various Research Divisions and Groups of the five DKFZ Research Programs (Forschungsschwerpunkte):
Prof. Dr. Peter ANGEL, Division of Signal Transduction and Growth Control (A100) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Hellmut AUGUSTIN, Division of Vascular Oncology and Metastasis (A190) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Tobias DICK, Division of Redox Regulation (A160) E-mail
Dr. Marieke ESSERS, Division of Inflammatory Stress in Stem Cells (A011) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Michaela FRYE, Division of Mechanisms Regulating Gene Expression (A350) E-mail
Dr. Sarah GEIGER, Division of Inflammatory Stress in Stem Cells (A011) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Ilse HOFMANN, Division of Vascular Oncology and Metastasis (A190) and Core Facility Antibodies ((W170) E-mail
Dr. Rene-Filip JACKSTANDT, Junior Research Group Cancer Progression and Metastasis (A013) and HI-STEM E-mail
Dr. Ashok Kumar JAYAVELU, Research Group Proteomics and Cancer Cell Signaling in the Clinical Cooperation Unit Pediatric Leukemia (A400) and Hopp Children's Cancer Center KiTZ E-mail
Dr. Susanne KLEBER, Division of Molecular Neurobiology (A290) E-mail
Dr. Paraskevi KRITSILIGKOU, Division of Redox Regulation (A160) E-mail
Dr. Hai-Kun LIU, Division of Molecular Neurogenetics (A240) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Frank LYKO, Division of Epigenetics (A130) E-mail
Dr. Moritz MALL, Junior Research Group Cell Fate Engineering and Disease Modeling (A340) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Ana MARTIN-VILLALBA, Division of Molecular Neurobiology (A290) E-mail
Dr. Michael MILSOM, Division of Experimental Hematology (A012) E-mail
Dr. Wilhem PALM, DKFZ Junior Research Group Cell Signaling and Metabolism (A330), E-mail
Dr. Manuel RODRIGUEZ PAREDES, Division of Epigenetics (A130) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Almut SCHULZE, Division of Tumour Metabolism and Microenvironment (A410) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Andreas TRUMPP, Division of Stem Cells and Cancer (A010) and HI-STEM E-mail
Prof. Dr. Viktor UMANSKY, Clinical Cooperation Unit for Dermato-Oncology (A370) E-mail
Dr. Ana BANITO, Junior Research Group Soft-Tissue Sarcoma (B380) and Hopp Children's Cancer Center KiTZ E-mail
Dr. Kim BOONEKAMP, Division of Signaling and Functional Genomics (B110) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Michael BOUTROS, Division of Signaling and Functional Genomics (B110) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Benedikt BRORS, Division of Applied Bioinformatics (B330) E-mail
PD Dr. Maïwen CAUDRON-HERGER, Research Group RNA-Protein Complexes and Cell Proliferation (B150) E-mail
Dr. Priya CHUDASAMA, Emmy Noether Junior Research Group Precision Sarcoma Research (B390) E-mail
Dr. Cihan ERKUT, Division of Applied Functional Genomics (B290) E-mail
PD Dr. Aurélie ERNST, DKFZ Junior Group Genome Instability in Tumors (B420) E-mail
Dr. Angelika FELDMANN, DKFZ Junior Group Mechanisms of Genome Control (B460) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Stefan FRÖHLING, Division of Translational Oncology (B340) and NCT E-mail
Dr. Clarissa GERHÄUSER, Cancer Chemoprevention and Epigenomics Group in the Division of Cancer Epigenomics (B370) E-mail
Dr. Violaine GOIDTS, DKFZ Junior Group Brain Tumor Translational Targets (B067) E-mail
Dr. Ashish GOYAL, Division of Cancer Epigenomics (B370) E-mail
Dr. Mark HARTMANN, Division of Translational Medical Oncology (B340) and NCT Section Translational Cancer Epigenomics E-mail
Dr. Dominic HELM, GPCF Genomics and Proteomics Core Facility - Protein Analysis Unit (W120) E-mail
Prof. Dr. David T.W. JONES, Division of Pediatric Glioma Research (B360) and Hopp Children's Cancer Center KiTZ E-mail
Dr. Philipp KASTL, Division of Systems Biology of Signal Transduction (B200) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Ursula KLINGMÜLLER, Division of Systems Biology of Signal Transduction (B200) E-mail
Dr. Cindy KÖRNER, Division of Molecular Genome Analysis (B050) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Jeroen KRIJGSVELD, Division of Proteomics of Stem Cells and Cancer (B230) E-mail
Dr. Lena KUTSCHER, DKFZ Junior Research Group Developmental Origins of Pediatric Cancer (B430) and Hopp Children's Cancer Center KiTZ E-mail
PD Dr. Stephanie LAUFS, Core Area Translational Medical Oncology at NCT E-mail
Prof. Dr. Peter LICHTER, Division of Molecular Genetics (B060) E-mail
PD Dr. Daniel LIPKA, Division of Translational Medical Oncology (B340) and NCT Section Translational Cancer Epigenomics E-mail
Dr. Maria LLAMAZARES PRADA, Lung Cancer Epigenomics Group in the Division of Cancer Epigenomics (B370) E-mail
Dr. Fabricio LOAYZA-PUCH, Junior Research Group Translational Control and Metabolism (B250) E-mail
Dr. Pavlo LUTSIK, Computational Cancer Epigenomics Goup in the Division of Cancer Epigenomics (B370) E-mail
Dr. Pradhipa MANIVANNAN, Division of Signaling and Functional Genomics (B110) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Duncan ODOM, Division of Regulatory Genomics and Cancer Evolution (B270) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Christiane OPITZ, Division of Metabolic Crosstalk in Cancer (B350) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Stefan PFISTER, Division of Pediatric Neurooncology (B062) and Hopp Children's Cancer Center KiTZ E-mail
Prof. Dr. Christoph PLASS, Division of Cancer Epigenomics (B370) E-mail
Dr. Fillip PORT, Division of Signaling and Functional Genomics (B110) E-mail
Dr. Tamara PRENTZELL, Division of Metabolic Crosstalk in Cancer (B350) E-mail
PD Dr. Stefan PUSCH, Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology (B300) E-mail
Dr. Philipp RÖßNER, Immune Modulation in Cancer Group in the Division of Molecular Genetics (B060) E-mail
Dr. Michael SCHERER, Computational and Single-Cell Epigenomics Group in the Division of Cancer Epigenomics (B370) E-mail
Dr. Marcel SCHILLING, Division of Systems Biology of Signal Transduction (B200) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Claudia SCHOLL, Division of Applied Functional Genomics (B290) E-mail
PD Dr. Martina SEIFFERT, Immune Modulation in Cancer Group in the Division of Molecular Genetics (B060) E-mail
Dr. Gianluca SIGISMONDO, Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology (B300) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Rocio SOTILLO, Division of Molecular Thoracic Oncology (B220) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Aurelio TELEMAN, Division of Signal Transduction in Cancer and Metabolism (B140) E-mail
Dr. Sevin TURCAN, Clinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology (B320) and Max-Eder Research Group Neuro-Oncology of Lower Grade Gliomas, Heidelberg University Hospital E-mail
Dr. Johanna WAGNER, Division of Translational Oncology (B340) and NCT E-mail
Dr. Dieter WEICHENHAN, Division of Cancer Epigenomics (B370) E-mail
PD Dr. Frank WESTERMANN, Division of Neuroblastoma Genomics (B087) Hopp Children's Cancer Center KiTZ E-mail
Prof. Dr. Stefan WIEMANN, Division of Molecular Genome Analysis (B050) E-mail
Dr. Piotr ZADORA, Division of Systems Biology of Signal Transduction (B200) E-mail
Dr. Marc ZUCKERMANN, Preclinical Modeling Group, Division of Pediatric Neurooncology (B062) and Hopp Children's Cancer Center KiTZ E-mail
Prof. Dr. Stella AUTENRIETH, Research Group Dendritic Cells in Infection and Cancer in the Division of Virus-associated Carcinogenesis (D430) E-mail
Dr. Marco BINDER, Research Goup Dynamics of early viral infection and the innate antiviral response in the Division of Virus-associated Carcinogenesis (D430) E-mail
Dr. Timo BUND, Research Group Episomal-Persistent DNA in Cancer- and Chronic Diseases (D460) E-mail
Dr. Christian BUSSE, Division of B Cell Immunology (D130) E-mail
Dr. Angel CID-ARREGUI, Project Group Targeted Tumor Vaccines in the Clinical Cooperation Unit Applied Tumor Immunity (D122) E-mail
Dr. Branko CIROVIC, Division of Cellular Immunology (D110) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Dr. Henri-Jacques DELECLUSE, Division of Pathogenesis of Virus Associated Tumors (D400) E-mail
PD Dr. Susanne DELÉCLUSE, Division of Pathogenesis of Virus Associated Tumors (D400) E-mail
Dr. Nikolaus DIETLEIN, Division of Cellular Immunology (D110) E-mail
Dr. Dr. Michael DILL, DKFZ Junior Research Group Experimental Hepatology, Inflammation and Cancer (D500) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Stefan EICHMÜLLER, Research Group GMP and T Cell Therapy (D210) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Dr. Christine ENGELAND, Research Group GMP & T Cell Therapy (D210) E-mail
Dr. Thorsten FEYERABEND, Division of Cellular Immunology (D110) E-mail
Dr. Edward GREEN, Immunogenomics Team in the Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumor Immunology (D170) E-mail
Dr. Richard HARBOTTLE, Research Group DNA Vectors (D420) E-mail
Dr. Felix HARTMANN, Junior Research Group Systems Immunology and Single Cell Biology (D260) E-mail
Dr. Johannes HEIDBÜCHEL, Clinical Cooperation Unit Virotherapy (D490) and NCT E-mail
Dr. Csilla KONGSAYSAK-LENGYEL, Division of Cellular Immunology (D110) E-mail
Dr. Dr. Mathias LEBER, Applied ViroTherapeutics Group in the Clinical Cooperation Unit Virotherapy (D490) and NCT E-mail
Dr. John LINDNER, BioMed X Institute, Heidelberg (Team IAA) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Martin MÜLLER, Research Group Tumorvirus-specific Vaccination Strategies (D335) E-mail
PD Dr. Dirk NETTELBECK, Oncolytic Adenovirus Group in the Clinical Cooperation Unit Virotherapy (D490) and NCT E-mail
Dr. Jürg NÜESCH, Research Group Parvovirus Host Cell Interactions in the Division of Virus-associated Carcinogenesis (D430) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Rienk OFFRINGA, Division of Molecular Oncology of Gastrointestinal Tumors (D200) and DKFZ-Bayer Immunotherapeutics Lab E-mail
Dr. Wolfram OSEN, Research Group GMP and T Cell Therapy (D210) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Nina PAPAVASILIOU, Division of Immune Diversity (D150) E-mail
Dr. Riccardo PECORI, Division of Immune Diversity (D150) E-mail
Dr. Thomas PLUM, Division of Cellular Immunology (D110) E-mail
Dr. Isabel POSCHKE, NCT Immune Monitoring Unit, Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumor Immunology (D170) E-mail
Dr. Jens PUSCHHOF, DKFZ Junior Research Group Epithelium Microbiome lnteractions (D300) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Hans-Reimer RODEWALD, Division of Cellular Immunology (D110) E-mail
Dr. Patrick SCHMIDT, Cellular Therapies Team in the Clinical Cooperation Unit Applied Tumor Immunity (D120) and NCT; Research Group GMP & T Cell Therapy (D210) E-mail
Dr. Indrabahadur SINGH, Emmy Noether Research Group Epigenetic Machineries and Cancer in the Division of Chronic Inflammation and Cancer (D440) E-mail
Dr. Ana STOJANOVIC, Immunobiochemistry Division (UMM) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Dr. Guy UNGERECHTS, Clinical Cooperation Unit Virotherapy (D490) and NCT E-mail
Prof. Dr. Hedda WARDEMANN, Division of B Cell Immunology (D130) E-mail
Dr. Tim WATERBOER, Division of Infections and Cancer Epidemiology (D320) E-mail
Dr. Heiko WEYD, Clinical Cooperation Unit Applied Tumor Immunity (D120) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Dr. Amir ABDOLLAHI, Clinical Cooperation Unit Translational Radiation Oncology (E210) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Peter BACHERT, Research Group NMR spectroscopy and CEST imaging, Division of Medical Physics in Radiology (E020) E-mail
PD Dr. Sebastian BICKELHAUPT, Breast Imaging Research Group, Division of Radiology (E010) E-mail
Dr. Martina BENEŠOVÁ, DKFZ Bayer Junior Research Group Molecular Biology of Systemic Radiotherapy (E270) E-mail
Dr. Ivana DOKIC, Clinical Cooperation Unit Translational Radiation Oncology (E210) E-mail
Dr. Aoife GAHLAWAT, Clinical Cooperation Unit Translational Radiation Oncology (E210) E-mail
Dr. Clarissa GILLMANN, Research Group MR-guided RadioTherapy (MRgRT), Division of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology (E040) E-mail
Dr. Christin GLOWA, Research Group Applied Medical Radiation Physics, Division of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology (E040) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Jochen HESS, DKFZ Junior Group Molecular Mechanisms of Head and Neck Tumors (E221) and Heidelberg University Hospital E-mail
Dr. Paul JÄGER, Junior Research Group Interactive Machine Learning (E290) E-mail
Dr. Jürgen JENNE, Clinical Cooperation Unit Molecular Radiation Oncology (E055) E-mail
Dr. Manfred JUGOLD, Core Facility Small Animal Imaging Center (W240) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Christian KARGER, Research Group Applied Medical Radiation Physics, Division of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology (E040) E-mail
Dr. Stefan KEGEL, Division of Medical Physics in Radiology (E020) E-mail
Dr. Andreas KORZOWSKI, Research Group NMR spectroscopy and CEST imaging, Division of Medical Physics in Radiology (E020) E-mail
Dr. Tristan KUDER, Research Group Diffusion-Tensor-Imaging, Division of Medical Physics in Radiology (E020) E-mail
Dr. Jan KUNTZ, Division of X-Ray Imaging and Computed Tomography (E025) E-mail
Dr. Ina KURTH, Division of Radiooncology / Radiobiology (E220) E-mail
Prof. Dr. Mark LADD, Division of Medical Physics in Radiology (E020) E-mail
Jens LANG, Staff Uni Radiation Protection and Radiological Dosimetry (W060) E-mail
Dr. Jörg PETER, Research Group Functional and Molecular Emission Computed Tomography, Division of Medical Physics in Radiology (E020) E-mail
Dr. Mareike ROSCHER, Division of Radiooncology / Radiobiology (E220) E-mail
Dr. Stefan SAWALL, Division of X-Ray Imaging and Computed Tomography (E025) E-mail
Dr. Niklas WAHL, Division of Biomedical Physics in Radiation Oncology (E040) E-mail
How to become a Major Cancer Biology Faculty Member?
If you are DKFZ scientist or cooperative partner and wish to actively contribute to our study program by, e.g., giving lectures or tutorials, by organizing (part of) a HP-F practical, please contact the Coordinator, Prof. Ilse Hofmann, to discuss how your offer can be integrated to the program. We are always happy to welcome new active contributors!
In certain cases, teaching activities at the Bachelor level can also be honored by becoming a Major Cancer Biology faculty member.