Matthias Endres

Matthias Endres is a distinguished Professor and Chair of Neurology with Experimental Neurology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, serving as Medical Director of the Charité Center for Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry since 2009. He also directs the Center for Stroke Research Berlin and holds leadership roles in multiple German research centers including DZNE, DZHK, and DZPG.

• MD from University of Hamburg (1994)
• Doctorate in Microbiology and Medical Immunology (1995)
• Habilitation in Neurology (2001)

His research spans neurovascular regulation, ischemic stroke mechanisms, cell death pathways, and neuroimmunology, with seminal work on statin neuroprotection and delayed neuronal death models. Recent publications demonstrate interdisciplinary focus on stroke-immunity interactions, mobile stroke units, and cardiovascular-neurological crosstalk.

• 2016 Leopoldina member
• 2008 Pette Award
• 2002 Paul Martini Award
• 2000 Wallenberg Award
• 1999 Niels Lassen Award

As spokesperson for two DFG Clinical Research Units and contributor to 550+ publications with an h-index of 115, he bridges clinical neurology with experimental research, maintaining international collaborations including his 2017 Oxford visiting professorship.