Otmar D. Wiestler
Profile
Experience
2026- present
Director of Champalimaud Science, Champalimaud Center for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal
2015-2025
President, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers, Germany
2007-2012
Vice President for Health, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers, Germany
2004-2015
Chairman and Scientific Member, Management Board, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany
2002-2003
CEO, Life & Brain Neuroscience platform in Bonn, Germany
1998-1999
President, German Society of Neuropathology and Neuroanatomy, Germany
1992-2003
Professor of Neuropathology and Head, Department of Neuropathology, University of Bonn, Germany
1992-2003
Head, German Brain Tumor Reference Center in Bonn, Germany
1987-1992
Senior resident and Assistant Professor in Neuropathology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
1984-1987
Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, USA
Awards
2021
Honorary doctoral degrees (Dr. h.c.), Weizmann Institute of Science
2017
Honorary doctoral degrees (Dr. h.c.), University of Wuerzburg
2016
Honorary doctoral degrees (Dr. h.c.), University of Duisburg–Essen
2014
Honorary doctoral degrees (Dr. h.c.), Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich
2012
Honorary doctoral degrees (Dr. h.c.), University of Tuebingen
2004
German Federal Cross of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz)
2001
Member of the German Life Science Academy LEOPOLDINA
Service
present
Member, Board of Trustees, Hertie Foundation (Gemeinnutzige Hertie- Stiftung)
present
Member, Board of Trustees, Werner–von–Siemens–Ring–Foundation
present
Member, Board of Trustees, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell
Biology and Genetics
present
Member, Board of Directors, Mark Foundation for Cancer Research, USA
present
Chair, Research advisory committee, State of Brandenburg (Landeshochschulrat)
present
Chair, QST Advisory Panel, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Japan
2016-2023
Chair, University Council, Technical University of Munich (TUM)
2015-2024
Member, Supervisory Board, Bayer AG
2000-2004
Head, Review Board Theoretical Medicine, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
1996-2014
Member of the Medical Advisory Board of Deutsche Krebshilfe (German Cancer Aid)
1995-2003
Chairman, BONFOR research committee, University of Bonn
Editorial Board Member, Acta Neuropathologica
Editorial Board Member, Brain Pathology
Editorial Board Member, Cancer Letters
Editorial Board Member, Carcinogenesis
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Neurology
Editorial Board Member, Neuropathology & Applied Neurobiology
Otmar D. Wiestler
Auditor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) / Director of Champalimaud Science, Champalimaud Center for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal
Credentials
M.D. , University of Freiburg Medical School