Christian Münch

Prof. Dr. Christian Münch is the Lichtenberg Professor of Molecular Systems Medicine at Goethe University Frankfurt. He leads the Quantitative Proteomics Unit at the Institute of Biochemistry II and serves as head of the department. His research focuses on cellular stress responses to mitochondrial protein misfolding, infection, and disease, employing proteomics and systems biology approaches. Münch has held positions at Harvard Medical School (postdoc) and the University of Cambridge (PhD).

Education:

• Bachelor/Master in Biochemistry from University of Tübingen and Max Planck Institutes (Germany)
• PhD in Molecular Biology from University of Cambridge (UK), studying protein aggregation with Anne Bertolotti

Research Interests:

• Proteostasis networks and mitochondrial unfolded protein response
• Proteomics-driven discovery of stress response mechanisms
• Therapeutic targeting of protein quality control pathways in neurodegenerative and oncologic diseases

Awards:

• ERC Grants (2021, 2023)
• Emmy Noether Grant (2016)
• Binder Innovation Prize (2020)
• Otto Meyerhof Award (2021)

Grants & Leadership:

• Steering committee member of BMBF Cluster4Future ProxiDrugs
• Editorial board member of Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
• Principal investigator in Collaborative Research Center 1177 (Selective Autophagy)

Labs & Teams:

• Quantitative Proteomics Unit (Goethe University)
• Partnerships with Fraunhofer Leistungszentrum TheraNova and Excellence Cluster EMTHERA