Dr. Sebastian J Theobald - Curriculum Vitae
Education and Professional Career
since 2026: Member and project leader at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)
since 2023: Co-PI at the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC)-B10/B08
since 03/2020: Research fellow, Prof. Jan Rybniker, CMMC, Germany
2020: Research fellow, Prof. Renata Stripecke, Hannover Medical School, Germany
2016 – 2020: Dr. rer. nat. within program Regenerative Science, Hannover Medical School, Germany (Prof. Renata Stripecke) - summa cum laude
2014: Internship, University of Cambridge (UK), Prof. Christian Frezza)
2013: Internship, Yale School of Medicine (USA), Prof. Michael Girardi
2013 – 2016: M.Sc. in Biomedicine, Hannover Medical School, Germany - University of Cambridge, MRC Cancer Research Center, UK (Prof. Christian Frezza) - Yale School of Medicine, USA (Prof. Michael Girardi)
2009 – 2013: B.Sc. in Biotechnology, University of Applied Science Aachen, Germany - German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Germany (Prof. Petra Boukamp)
Awards, Distinctions and Scientific Activities
since 2024: Board member of the working group `infection immunology` of the DGf
2024: Associate member of the Priority Programme (SPP) 2225 ‘Exit strategies of intracellular pathogens’ of the DFG
since 2023: Vice-Spokesperson and board member of Young Immunologists of the German Society of Immunology (DGfI)
2023: Member of the German Society for Immunology (DGfI)
2023: Review Editor at Frontiers in Tuberculosis
2022: PhD price-Paul Ehrlich Society for Infection Therapy
2021: PhD price-German Society of Infectious Diseases (DGI) and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)
2018: Lab rotation fellowship (Prof. Florian Klein, Cologne): German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)
2017: Lab rotation fellowship (Prof. Reinhard Zeidler, Munich): German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)
2016: PhD fellowship-Exzellenzcluster REBIRTH, Hannover Medical School
2014: Erasmus+ fellowship (Prof. Christian Frezza, Cambridge)