Christian Stemberger

Christian Stemberger is a Research Fellow at Technische Universität München (TUM), affiliated with the Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene. His research focuses on developing cellular therapeutics for infections, cancer, and immunological diseases, emphasizing molecular methods for cell selection and purification. Key areas include GMP-grade cellular product generation and understanding T cell response dynamics for adoptive immunotherapy.

Education: Earned a Diploma in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (2004) and a PhD in Immunology (2008) at TUM. His PhD thesis, advised by Prof. Dirk Busch, explored CD8+ T cell subset origins. Postdoctoral work continued at TUM's Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene.

Research interests include:

• Generation of antigen-specific T/NK/regulatory T cells using advanced techniques (e.g., magnetic cell sorting)
• Development of clinical-grade cell processing methods
• Mechanisms of robust T cell memory formation

His work contributes to translational immunology, bridging basic research with clinical applications such as adoptive cell therapy. Notable projects include the Clinical Cell Processing and Purification focus group, advancing cell therapy technologies.