Li Deng

Prof. Dr. Li Deng is a faculty member at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), holding the Chair Professor (W3) of Microbial Disease Prevention since 2022. She serves as Director of the Central Institute of Disease Prevention at TUM since 2023, and leads a Young Investigator Group at the Helmholtz Centre Munich's Institute of Virology. Her research focuses on phage-bacterial interactions using single-cell technologies, multi-omics, and machine learning to develop phage-based therapeutics for microbiome restoration.

• Key Affiliations:
  • Helmholtz Munich (since 2011)
  • Technical University Munich (since 2016)

Her work spans phage biology, virome analysis, and microbiome engineering to address pathogenic bacterial elimination and disease severity amelioration. Recent publications examine prophage gene profiles in atopic dermatitis and microbiome shifts linked to colorectal cancer in urbanized populations.

• Scientific Recognition:
  • Emmy Noether Group Leader
  • TUM Junior Fellow