Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. med. Klaus Heeg
Name Klaus Michael Heeg
Date of birth January 15, 1956
Town of birth Hanau
Citizenship German
Family married with Dr. Ulrike Heeg, M.D., three children
Address
Department of Infectious Diseases
Medical Microbiology and Hygiene
Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 324
69120 Heidelberg
+49 6221 56 8310 (Fon)
+49 6221 56 5857 (FAX)
klaus.heeg(at)med.uni-heidelberg.de
University education
| 1975-1981 | Medical School, University of Mainz |
| 1983 | Graduation (Doctor of Medicine), University of Mainz |
| 1988 | Habilitation (Medical Microbiology and Immunology),University of Ulm |
Occupational career
| 1981-1982 | Medical officer, Medical Service of the Army (Department Virology), Koblenz |
| 1982-1983 | Post-Doc, Institue for Medical Microbiology (Director: Prof. Paul Klein), University of Mainz |
| 1983-1989 | Group leader, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Immunology (Director: Prof. H. Wagner), University of Ulm |
| 1990-1998 | Professor (cell-mediated immune reactions), Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene (Director: Prof. H. Wagner), Technical University of Munich |
| 1998-2004 | Director, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, University of Marburg |
| since 2004 | Director, Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Heidelberg |
Board activities and research networks
| 1985-1990 | Member of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 322 "Lymphohemopoiesis", University of Ulm |
| 1991-1993 | Member of the DFG-Research Group "Immunobiology of bacterial mitogens", Technical University of Munich |
| 1995-1998 | Member of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 391 "Mechanisms of rapid cell activation", Technical University of Munich |
| 1995-1998 | Member of th BMBF Network "Septic shock" (Federal Ministery fr Education and Research) |
| 1996-1998 | Member of the Clinical Research Group "Postoerataive sepsis", University Hospital rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich |
| 1998-2001 | Chairman of the study group "Infection and Immunology" of the German Society for Immunology (DGfI) |
| 2000-2005 | Member of the DFG (German Science Foundation) Priority Program SPP 1089 "New vaccination techniques" |
| 2000-2003 | Deputy "Fachgutachter" of the German Science Foundation (DFG) (Area: Medical Microbiology, Virology, Immunology and Hygiene) |
| 2000-2002 | Deputy speaker of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 297 "Mechanisms of neuro-immunoendocrine interactions", University of Marburg |
| 2001-2006 | Member of the DFG Priority Program SPP 1110 "Innate Immunity" |
| 2001-2004 | Member of the advisory board of the German Society for Immunology (DGfI) |
| since 2004 | Associate editor "Immunology" of the British Society for Immunology |
| 2005-2009 | Vice President of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM) |
| 2010-2012 | Member of the coordination group of the German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) |
| since 2011 | Deputy speaker of the Collaborative Reseaarch Centre SFB 938, University of Heidelberg |
| since 2013 | Deputy head of the DZIF Steering committee Heidelberg |
| since 2013 | Member of the Peer Review College of the Wellcome Trust |
Scientific focus
Infection and immunity, Toll-like receptors, signal transduction in innate immune cells, CpG-DNA, dendritic cells, superantigens
Memberships
German Society of Immunology (DGfI)
American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
German Society of Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM)
European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
German Society for Infectious Diseases
American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
German Sepsis Society
Robert-Koch-Foundation
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
British Society for Immunology