Prof. Dr. Gerd Kempermann

Curriculum Vitae

Gerd Kempermann is professor for Genomics of Regeneration at the Center for Regenerative Therapies in Dresden (CRTD). After his doctorate at the University of Freiburg, he worked until 1995 in the Department of Clinical Neuropathology at  University Medical Center Freiburg. As a postdoc he went to the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Californa, where he conducted research in the laboratory of Professor Fred H. Gage until 1998. From 1998 to 2000 he worked as clinical neurologist at the University of Regensburg. In 2000 he moved as a research group leader to the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin-Buch. In addition he headed the Volkswagenstiftung Research Group at the Dept. of Experimental Neurology, Charité University Medicine. Gerd Kempermann had his habilitation in 2002 in experimental neurology. In  2004 he was a Senior Fellow of the international Max Plank Research Network on Aging (MaxnetAging). He moved to the CRTD in 2007 and is Speaker of the DZNE in Dresden since 2009.