Angelika Harbauer

Angelika Harbauer is a Professor and Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, focusing on mitochondrial health in neurons. Her lab investigates local translation of mitochondrial proteins, mitophagy regulation, and connections between insulin signaling and neurodegenerative diseases.

• ERC Starting Grant recipient (2024)
• Leader of the Neurometabolism research group
• Key discoveries in mitochondrial RNA hitchhiking and PINK1 biogenesis

Her research bridges molecular biology and neuroscience, targeting Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease mechanisms. Awards include a poster prize at the ECDO conference on cell death. She currently does not accept new PhD students (2026).