Prof. Dr. Florian Klein - Curriculum Vitae
Education and professional career
since 2017: Full Professor and Director, Institute of Virology, University of Cologne
since 2015: Associated Group Leader at the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne
2015 - 2017: W3-Heisenberg Professor, University of Cologne
2013 - 2015: Assistant Professor of Clinical Investigation, The Rockefeller University
2013: Master of Science, Translational Medicine, The Rockefeller University
2012 - 2013: Chief Clinical Scholar, The Rockefeller University Hospital
2011 - 2013: Instructor in Clinical Investigation, The Rockefeller University
2009 - 2011: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Rockefeller University
2009: Doctoral thesis (summa cum laude), Institute of Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne
2006 - 2009: Resident, Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Cologne
1998 - 2005: Medical School (University of Cologne, University of Zurich, Università di Bologna, Harvard Medical School)
Awards, distinctions and professional activities
2017-2023: Highly Cited Researcher 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 (Microbiology; Web of Science Group)
since 2023: Speaker, Center of Infectious Diseases; University Hospital Cologne
since 2022: Internal Advisory Board Member German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)
since 2022: Speaker, DZIF Bridging Topic – Antibody-based Therapies
since 2022: Speaker, Center for Laboratory Medicine; University Hospital Cologne
since 2022: Transfer Advisory Board Member; University of Cologne
2021: Vordenker des Jahres (Mastermind of the year, Handelsblatt & BCG)
since 2021: Executive Board Member Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC)
since 2021: Pandemic Expert Panel Member Ärztekammer Nordrhein (AEKNO)
since 2020: Expert Council Member City Cologne
since 2020: Speaker (together with Prof. L. Sander), COVIM Network (NUM)
2020: Heinz Ansmann-Award (HIV Research)
since 2017: Tenure-Track Board Member of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne
2017: Founder (together with Prof. G. Fätkenheuer); Cologne Network Infectious Diseases
2017: Georges-Köhler-Award, The German Society of Immunology (DGfl)
2017: Elected member of the Henry Kunkel Society
2016: DZIF Prize for Translational Infection Research
2015: German AIDS Award 2015
2014: Heisenberg Fellowship, German Research Foundation, DFG
2014: ERC Starting Grant, European Research Council
2013: AIDS Research Award, German Society of Infectious Diseases
2012: Stavros Niarchos Clinical Scholar, Stavros Niarchos Foundation
2009: Research Fellowship, German Research Foundation, DFG
2009: Best Doctoral Thesis Award, University of Cologne
2002: German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des dt. Volkes)