Andreas Radbruch

Andreas Radbruch is a leading immunologist and Professor for Experimental Rheumatology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. He serves as Scientific Director of the Leibniz Institute Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ). With a PhD in Genetics and Immunology from Cologne University, his career spans key roles including Associate Professor at the University of Cologne and Visiting Scientist at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.

• Professor for Experimental Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (1998–present)
• Scientific Director, DRFZ Berlin (1996–present)
• Associate Professor for Genetics and Immunology, University of Cologne (1990–1998)

His research focuses on immunological memory and chronic inflammatory autoimmune diseases, with groundbreaking work on memory plasma cells and their survival niches. He has pioneered technologies like MACS, cytokine cytometry, and magnetofluorescent liposomes for lymphocyte analysis.

Notable awards include the ERC Advanced Grant (2011), Avery Landsteiner Award (2014), and Blondel Medal (2017). He is a member of EMBO, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy, and the German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina).

His recent publications highlight SARS-CoV-2 immune dynamics, T-cell regulation in autoimmune arthritis, and molecular mechanisms of memory cell survival. These studies bridge fundamental immunology and clinical applications in rheumatology.