Institute of Experimental Immunology – Neuroinflammation

Curriculum Vitae

Current Position
Assistant Professor, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich

Office Address:
Department of Neuroinflammation
Institue of Experimental Immunology
University of Zurich
Y44-90 (Office), Y44-88 (Lab)
Winterthurer Strasse 190
CH-8057 Zürich
Phone: +41-44-635-3710
Fax: +41-44-635-6883
Email: lunemann@immunology.uzh.ch
http://www.immunology.uzh.ch

Positions and Honors

• 2010 – date Assistant Professor and Head of Laboratory, Department of Neuroinflammation, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
• 2007 – 2009 Research Associate, Rockefeller University, Laboratory of Viral Immunobiology, New York, NY, USA
• 2005 – 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, Rockefeller University, Laboratory of Viral Immunobiology, New York, NY, USA (Prof. C. Münz)
• 2004 – 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Neuroimmunology Branch, Cellular Immunology Section, Bethesda, MD, USA (Prof. R. Martin)
• 2002 – 2004 Clinical research training at the Institute of Neuroimmunology, Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (Prof. F. Zipp)

Clinical Experience

• 2000 – 2004 Residency, Department of Neurology, Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (Prof. K. M. Einhäupl)
• 2010 – 2011 Residency, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland (Prof. U. Schnyder)

Education

• 1996 – 1999 Medical Studies at the Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
• 1994 – 1996 Medical Studies at the Free University Berlin, Germany
• 1992 – 1994 Medical and Philosophical Studies at the Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Scholarships and Awards

• 2008 Junior Faculty Travel Award, American Association of Immunologists
• 2006 – 2008 Human Immunology Award, Dana Foundation and Irvington Institute for Immunological Research (New York, NY)
• 2004 – 2005 Postdoctoral Fellowship, German Research Foundation/DFG (Bonn, Germany)
• 1998 – 1999 Scholarship of the German Rheumatism Research Center (Berlin, Germany)
• 1996 – 1999 Scholar of the Heinrich Böll Foundation (Berlin, Germany)

Scientific Organisations Member of the American Academy of Neurology, the German Society for Immunology, the German Society for Neurology, the International Association for Research on Epstein-Barr virus and Associated Diseases