Supervisory Board Member
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. mult. Otmar D. Wiestler
Member of the Supervisory Board effective October 2014, elected until 2024
President of the Hermann von Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers e.V.
Curriculum Vitae
| November 6, 1956 | born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany |
| 1981 | State examination in medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany |
| 1982–1984 | Assistant physician at department of neuropathology, University of Freiburg, Germany |
| 1984 | Doctoral degree (M.D.), University of Freiburg, Germany |
| 1984–1987 | Postdoc, University of San Diego, USA |
| 1987–1989 | Assistant physician at department of neuropathology, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1989–1992 | Consultant at department of neuropathology, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1990 | Habilitation in pathology, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1992–2003 | Professor (C4), Neuropathology, University of Bonn, Germany |
| 1994–2003 | Coordinator of the Collaborative Research Center 400, DFG, University of Bonn, Germany |
| 1994–2003 | Head of German Brain Tumor Reference Center, University of Bonn, Germany |
| 1995–2003 | Chairman of the BONFOR research committee, University of Bonn, Germany |
| 2001–2003 | Vice-coordinator of Trans-regional Collaborative Research Center TR3, DFG, University of Bonn, Germany |
| 2002–2003 | Medical director of LIFE & BRAIN GmbH, University of Bonn, Germany |
| 2007–2012 | Vice-president for health on executive committee of the Hermann von Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers e.V. , Bonn, Germany |
| 2004–2015 | Chairman and Scientific Member of the Management Board of the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany |
| since 2015 | President of the Hermann von Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers e.V., Bonn, Germany |
| since 2016 | Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Technical University Munich, Germany |