CMMC Researchers 2026-2028
Overview - Principal Investigators and Co-Principal Investigators
Associated research groups will be added gradually.
Prof. Dr. Dr. Miguel A Alejandre Alcázar
Dept. of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
CMMC - PI - assoc. RG 38
Dr. Alessandro Annibaldi
CMMC | Lab. for Cell Death, Inflammation and Immunity - CMMC Research Building
CMMC - PI - JRG 12
Dr. Philipp Antczak
CMMC | Lab. for Computational Biology of Ageing - CMMC Research Building
CMMC - PI - CAP 20
CMMC - PI - assoc. JRG 06
Prof. Dr. Jens C Brüning
Dept. of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine
CMMC - assoc. RG 62
Executive Board Member
PD Dr. Markus Chmielewski
Dept. I of Internal Medicine | Lab. for Tumor Genetics and Cellular Immunotherapy - TRIO Research Building
CMMC - assoc. RG 30
Prof. Dr. Claus Cursiefen
Dept. of Ophthalmology | Translational Experimental Ophthalmology Cologne (TEO-C)
CMMC - PI - assoc. RG 57
Executive Board Member
PD Dr. Hormos S Dafsari
Dept. of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
CMMC - PI - CAP 42
Dr. Heiko Endle
Institute of Anatomy II | Dept. of Molecular and Translational Neuroscience
CMMC - Co-PI - C 15
Dr. Remzi Onur Eren
CECAD
CMMC - PI - CAP 43
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Fischer
Center for Pharmacology and the Institutes I (acting) and II for Pharmacology
CMMC - assoc. RG 44
Prof. Dr. Christian Frezza
Institute for Metabolomics in Ageing | Institute for Genetics | CECAD
CMMC - PI - A 02
Dr. Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher
CMMC
Managing Director | Scientific Coordinator
Head - Skin Cancer Prev. Project - PP 1
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Dr. Robert Haensel-Hertsch
CMMC | Lab “Structure and stability of the (Epi)Genome”
CMMC - PI - JRG 10
Prof. Dr. Matthias Hammerschmidt
Institute for Zoology | Biocenter Cologne
CMMC - PI - C 07
Executive Board Member
Prof. Dr. Ruth Hanßen
Dept. of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine
CMMC - PI - assoc. RG 64
Dr. Shaista Ilyas
Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Postdoctoral Researcher
CMMC - Co-PI - B 05 (TP)
Prof. Dr. Jonathan Jantsch
Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene
CMMC - Vice Chair
CMMC - assoc. RG 60
Prof. Dr. Hamid Kashkar
Institute for Molecular Immunology | CECAD Research Center
CMMC - PI - B 02
Head - Flow Cytometry Core Unit
Prof. Dr. Stephanie Kath-Schorr
Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry | Math.-Nat. Faculty
CMMC - assoc. RG 42
Dr. Lara-Jane Kepser
Institute of Anatomy II | Dept. of Molecular and Translational Neurosciences
CMMC - Co-PI - C 15
Prof. Dr. Natalia Kononenko
Center for Physiology and Pathophysiology | CECAD Research Center
CMMC - assoc. RG 75
Prof. Dr. Tatiana Korotkova
Institute for Vegetative Physiology
CMMC - PI - C 09
Executive Board Member
PD Dr. Christoph Kreer
Institute of Virology
Senior Scientist
CMMC - PI - CAP 45
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Thomas Krieg
Translational Matrix Biology
CMMC - PI - SRG 02
Executive Board Member
Prof. Dr. Martin Krönke
Institute for Med. Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene
Executive Board Member
Prof. Dr. Marcus Krüger
Institute for Genetics | CECAD Research Center
CMMC - assoc. RG 40
Head - CECAD / CMMC Proteomics Facility
Prof. Dr. Thomas Langmann
Dept. of General Ophthalmology | Lab. for Experimental Immunology of the Eye
CMMC - assoc. RG 72
Prof. Dr. Esther Mahabir-Brenner
CMMC
Head - RG Comparative Medicine
CMMC - PI - Lab. of Comparative Medicine
Prof. Dr. Berenike Maier
Institute for Biological Physics | Center for Molecular Biosciences
CMMC - PI - assoc. RG 61
Prof. Dr. Dr. (h.c.) Sanjay Mathur
Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Chair of Inorganic and Materials Chemistry
CMMC - PI - B 05 (TP)
Dr. Stefan Müller
CMMC | CECAD Research Building
Head - CECAD/CMMC Proteomics Facility
PD Dr. Catherin Niemann
Institute for Biochemistry | CMMC
CMMC - PI - assoc. RG 14
IPMM Program - Scientific Coordinator I CMMC Tissue Embedding and Histology & Microscopy - Head
Prof. Dr. Carien M Niessen
Dept. of Cell Biology of the Skin | CECAD
CMMC - assoc. RG 65
Executive Board Member
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Nieves Peltzer
Dept. of Translational Genomics
CMMC - assoc. RG 46
(former assoc. JRG 03 and CAP 24)
Prof. Dr. Stephan Rosenkranz
Dept. III of Internal Medicine | Cologne Cardiovascular Research Center (CCRC)
CMMC - PI - assoc. RG 67
PD Dr. Carolina Rosswog
Dept. of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology
CMMC - PI - CAP 46
Prof. Dr. Dr. Jan Rybniker
Dept. I of Internal Medicine | Translational Research Unit | Infectious Diseases (TRU-ID)
CMMC - PI - B 08
Executive Board Member
Prof. Dr. Hans A Schlößer
Dept. of General, Visceral, Tumor and Transplantation Surgery
CMMC - PI - B 09
Prof. Dr. Björn Schumacher
Institute for Genome Stability in Ageing and Disease | CECAD Research Center
CMMC - assoc. RG 74
Prof. Dr. Dr. Michal-Ruth Schweiger
Institute for Translational Epigenetics
CMMC - assoc. RG 35
Executive Board Member
Dr. Alessandra Stangherlin
Institute for Mitochondrial Diseases and Ageing | CECAD
CMMC - PI - assoc. RG 54
Prof. Dr. Renata Stripecke
Dept. I of Internal Medicine | Institute of Translational Immune-Oncology
CMMC - PI - assoc. RG 55
Dr. Débora B Trentini Schmidt
CMMC | Lab. for Protein Quality Control and Stress Response
CMMC - PI - assoc. JRG 05
CMMC - PI - CAP 33
Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Trifunovic
Institute for Mitochondrial Diseases and Ageing | CECAD
CMMC - PI - C 13 (TP)
Prof. Dr. Olaf Utermöhlen
Institute for Med. Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene
Executive Board Member
Prof. Dr. Johannes Vogt
Institute of Anatomy II | Dept. of Molecular and Translational Neurosciences
CMMC - PI - C 15
Dr. Stephan Wimmi
Institute for Biological Physics, MNF
CMMC - PI - CAP 48
Prof. Dr. Holger Winkels
Dept. III of Internal Medicine | Experimental Cardiology
CMMC - PI - assoc. RG 56
Prof. Dr. Brunhilde Wirth
Institute for Human Genetics | CMMC Research Building
CMMC - PI - assoc. RG 68
Executive Board Member
Prof. Dr. Thomas Wunderlich
Dept. of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Preventive Medicine | Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research
CMMC - assoc. RG 73
