Josef Puchta

Prof. Josef Puchta, Ph.D., was Commercial Director of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg, Germany, from 1996 to 2019. He studied economics at the Universities of Augsburg and Erlangen-Nuremberg and received his doctorate degree (Dr. rer. pol.) from the University of Oldenburg in Germany. In 1983 and 1984, Prof. Puchta conducted research in Canada. From 1987 to 1992, he worked for the German Foundation for International Development in Berlin and at the Senate Department for Economics and Technology of the State of Berlin. From 1992 to 1996, he served as Administrative Director of the German Institute of Human Nutrition in Potsdam, Germany. In January 2011, he was appointed Honorary Professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Mannheim, Germany.