Curriculum vitae
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Leonhardt
1987-1989 | Dr. rer. nat. at the Freie Universität Berlin (Biochemistry) |
1990-1993 | Postdoctoral training at the Harvard Medical School, Boston |
1993-1994 | Instructor at the Harvard Medical School, Boston |
1995-1997 | Group Leader at the Franz-Volhard-Klinik, Berlin |
1997-2002 | Group Leader at the Max Delbrück Center, Berlin |
2002-2012 | Professor of Molecular Human Biology at the Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU), Munich |
2008 | Co-founder of spin-off company ChromoTek GmbH |
2009-2013 | Managing Director of the Department of Biology II at the LMU, Munich |
2013-2017 | Dean, Faculty of Biology at the LMU, Munich |
2016-2021 | Speaker of the DFG Coordinated Research Center 1243 “Genetic and Epigenetic Evolution of Hematopoietic Neoplasms” |
2019 | Co-founder of spin-off company Tubulis GmbH |
since 2012 | Chair of Human Biology and BioImaging, LMU, Munich |
Major research interests
Role and Regulation of DNA Modifications in Development and Disease
Functional Organization of Mammalian Nuclei
Technology Development (Super-resolution and live cell microscopy, nanobody technologies)
Development of new antibody derivatives for cancer therapy