Heidi Cerwenka

Dr. Adelheid (Heidi) Cerwenka, Ph.D., is a world leading scientist in NK cell biology and the innate immune system. After postdoctoral research at the Trudeau Institute New York, and UCSF, she became group-leader at the Novartis Research Institute before being appointed as group-leader at the DKFZ. Dr. Cerwenka is author of more than 50 publications. She serves as reviewer for several journals (e.g. Nature Immunology, JEM, Cancer Research) and national and international grant agencies. In 2008 she was awarded with the Georges Koehler Award of the DGfI. Her research was funded by a Marie Curie Excellence Grant and by several grant agencies (e.g. Dt. Krebshilfe and Carreras foundation). She received a doctorate from the University of Vienna, Austria, and the Venia Legendi from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Heidelberg.