H.c. Otmar D. Wiestler

Biography

Member of the Supervisory Board effective October 2014 President of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers November 6, 1956 born in Freiburg, Germany 1981 State medical examination, University of Freiburg, Germany 1982 – 1984 Assistant physician at department of neuropathology, University of Freiburg, Germany 1984 Doctoral degree (M.D.), University of Freiburg, Germany 1984 – 1987 Postdoc, University of San Diego, USA 1987 – 1989 Assistant physician at department of neuropathology, University of Zurich, Switzerland 1989 – 1992 Consultant at department of neuropathology, University of Zurich, Switzerland 1990 Habilitation in pathology, University of Zurich, Switzerland 1992 – 2003 Professor (C4), Neuropathology, University of Bonn, Germany 1994 – 2003 Coordinator of the Collaborative Research Center for Clinical & Molecular Neurology, University of Bonn, Germany 1994 – 2003 Head of German Brain Tumor Reference Center, University of Bonn, Germany 1995 – 2003 Chairman of the BONFOR research committee, University of Bonn, Germany 2001 – 2003 Vice-coordinator of Trans-regional Collaborative Research Center TR3, DFG, University of Bonn, Germany 2002 – 2003 Medical director of LIFE & BRAIN GmbH, University of Bonn, Germany 2007 – 2012 Vice-president for health on executive committee of the Helmholtz Association 2004 – 2015 Chairman and Scientific Member of the Management Board of German Cancer Research Center since 2015 President of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers

Research Interest

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology