Christian Haass

Prof. Christian Haass heads the Department of Metabolic Biochemistry at the Adolf-Butenandt Institute at LMU Munich. He has been Coordinator of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders (DZNE) in Munich since 2009. Dr. Haass made major discoveries between 1990-1995 showing how beta-amyloid peptide is generated at the cellular level in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) while working at the Center for Neurologic Diseases at Harvard Medical School where he was Assistant Professor for Neurology. He was Associate Professor for Molecular Biology at Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim (1995-1999) and Professor for Biochemistry at LMU Munich since 1999, where he has investigated the structure, function and amyloidogenesis of AD causing presenilin-dependent intramembrane protease complexes. Dr. Haass has received many awards for his innovative, high impact research.