Dr. Hyatt Balke-Want - Curriculum Vitae
Education and professional career
since 04/2025: CAP Awardee and PI at the CMMC Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne
since 2024: Junior Research Group Leader, Cancer Research Center Cologne Essen (CCCE), University Hospital of Cologne, Department I for Internal Medicine, Director: Prof. Dr. med. Michael Hallek
2020 - 2023: Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Cancer Cell Therapy, Stanford Cancer Institute, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Crystal Mackall
2018: Doctoral Thesis (Dr. med.), Supervisor: Prof. Dr. med. Roman Thomas. Title: Identification of genetic and functional mechanisms for sensitivity and resistance of lung cancer against tyrosine kinase inhibitors, Department of Translational Genomics, University of Cologne, Germany.
2015 - 2019: Resident Physician, University Hospital Cologne, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Director: Prof. Dr. med. Michael Hallek
2008 - 2014: Medical School (Approbation), University Witten/Herdecke and University Cologne, Germany
Awards, distinctions and professional activities
2025: Karin-Nolte Wissenschaftspreis (Award)
2021 - 2023: DFG Research Fellowship (Scholarship)
2018: Medical Faculty Award (Cologne) (best doctoral thesis)
2009 - 2014: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (Scholarship)
2008 - 2014: Heinrich Böll Stiftung (Scholarship)
Publications