Ulrich Dirnagl

Ulrich Dirnagl is a leading Professor in Clinical Neuroscience at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, where he heads the Department of Experimental Neurology. He serves as Founding Chair at the Center for Transforming Biomedical Research (Berlin Institute of Health) and has been a Visiting Professor at Oxford University's Medical Sciences Division (2017-2022). As founder of SPARK-Berlin and Director of the Center for Stroke Research Berlin, he focuses on stroke research, reproducibility in science, and translational medicine. His career spans key roles in NEUROCURE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), and DFG Collaborative Research Centers.

• Education: Doctoral degree (Dr. med.) summa cum laude from LMU Munich (1988)
• Research Interests: Stroke pathophysiology, reproducibility in biomedical research, meta-research, animal models, clinical trials, brain imaging

His recent publications emphasize optimizing preclinical research efficiency, translational challenges between animal models and human outcomes, and systemic improvements in biomedical methodology. Awards include the Thomas Willis Lecture Award (2016), Berliner Wissenschaftspreis (2016), and DFG's Heisenberg Fellowship (1995). He also contributes to academic governance through MD/PhD program direction and laboratory safety systems development.