Florian Klein - CV
General Information
Name
Klein, Florian, Univ.-Prof. Dr. med.
Affiliation
Institute of Virology
University Hospital of Cologne
University Education
Studies of Medicine (10/1998 - 10/2005) in Cologne, Zurich, Bologna, and Boston
Studies of Translational Medicine (7/2011 - 6/2013), New York
Academic Degrees
Doctoral Thesis in Medicine (Dr. med., summa cum laude), University of Cologne
Master of Science (M.Sc.), The Rockefeller University
Academic Career
2017 - today Professor and Director, Institute of Virology, University of Cologne
2015 - 2017 Professor (W3), Experimental Immunology, University of Cologne
2013 - 2015 Assistant Professor of Clinical Investigation, Rockefeller University
2012 - 2013 Chief Clinical Scholar, The Rockefeller University Hospital
2011 - 2013 Instructor in Clinical Investigation, Rockefeller University
2009 - 2011 Postdoctoral Fellow with M.C. Nussenzweig, Rockefeller University
2006 - 2009 Resident, Department I of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne
Additional academic and professional positions
Since 2026 Coordinator of the DZIF Thematic Translational Unit (TTU) HIV
Since 2025 Chair, Data & Safety Monitoring Board, Anti-TBEV mAb study
Since 2025 Member Elect, Advisory Board for Society of Virology
Since 2025 Managing Director, Togontech GmbH
Since 2024 Founder, Togontech GmbH
Since 2024 Member, External Advisory Board, SOLVE Consortium
Since 2023 Speaker, Center of Infectious Diseases; UHC
Since 2022 Speaker, DZIF Working Group – Therapeutic Antibodies
Since 2022 Speaker, Center for Laboratory Medicine; UHC
Since 2022 Member, Advisory Board for Technology Transfer
Since 2022 Member, DZIF Internal Advisory Board (until 2026)
Since 2020 Speaker (together with Prof. L. Sander), COVIM Network (NUM)
Since 2020 Member, Executive Board of the Center for Molecular Medicine
Since 2018 Member of the Board, Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1310
Since 2018 Member, Faculty Tenure Commission, University of Cologne
Honors and Awards
2025 ERC Synergy Grant, European Research Council (ERC)
2025 Hamburg Science Prize (Immunomodulation)
2025 Galenus-von-Pergamon Award (Basic Research)
2025 Elected member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
2025 Gateway Ambassador, University of Cologne
2017 - 2024 Highly Cited Researcher (Microbiology; Web of Science Group)
2021 Vordenker des Jahres (Mastermind of the year; Handelsblatt & BCG)
2020 Heinz Ansmann-Award (HIV Research)
2017 Georges-Köhler-Award, The German Society for Immunology (DGfI)
2017 Elected member of the Henry Kunkel Society
2016 DZIF Prize for Translational Infection Research
2015 German AIDS Award by the German AIDS Society (DAIG)
2014 Heisenberg-Professorship, German Research Foundation (DFG)
2014 ERC Starting Grant, European Research Council (ERC)
2013 AIDS Research Award of the German Society of Infectious Diseases (DGI)
2012 Stavros Niarchos Clinical Scholar, Stavros Niarchos Foundation
2009 Research Fellowship of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2009 Best Doctoral Thesis Award, University of Cologne
2001 & 2004 Köln Fortune Stipend
2002-2005 German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des dt. Volkes)