Hartmut Wekerle#
| Membership Number: | 7019 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.bi.mpg.de/Wekerle |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1988 - 2012 Director Max-Planck-Institute of Biological Intelligence (formerly Neurobiology), Martinsried
- 1982 - 1988 Institute leader Max-Planck Clinical Research Group, Würzburg
- 1973 - 1982 Group leader Max-Planck-Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg
Fields of Scholarship
- Multiple sclerosis
- Microbiome and autoimmunity
- Autoimmunity, self tolerance
Honours and Awards
- 1982 Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine
- 1999 K-J. Zülch Prize (awarded by the Max Planck Society)
- 2001 Charcot Award (International Federation of MS Societies)
- 2002 Louis D Award (Grand Prix des Academies des Sciences, Paris)
- 2005 Betty and David Koetser Award (Zurich)
- 2017 Jacob Henle Medal (University of Goettingen)
- 1993 Honorary Professor, University of Munich
- 2002 Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2013 Honorary Doctorate of the Medical Faculty of the University of Hamburg
- 2014 Honorary Doctorate of the University of Würzburg
- 2016 Honorary Member of the Société Française de Neurologie
- 2017 Honorary Member of the Cuban Neursocience Society
- 2011 Hertie Senior Professorship
