1974 - 1980: Biology studies at the University of Tübingen
1980: Diploma thesis in the laboratory of Professor Dr. Jan Klein at the Max Planck Institute for Biology, Tübingen
1991: Habilitation (postdoctoral teaching qualification) in immunology, University of Tübingen
1980 - 1982: PhD Thesis ("Dr. rer. nat.") at the Max Planck Institute for Biology on minor histocompatibility antigens (Supervisor: Professor Dr. Jan Klein)
2019 - present: Co-chair of the Cluster of Excellence iFIT (EXC 2180) at the University of Tübingen
2012 - present: Deputy site coordinator of the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK) and overall coordinator of the DKTK research program Cancer Immunotherapy
2005 - 2017: Chairman of the SFB 685: Immunotherapy: Molecular basis and clinical application
2002 - 2012: Chairman of the Graduiertenkolleg 794: Graduate School for Cellular Mechanisms of Immune-associated Processes
2000: Co-founder of the biotechnology enterprises immatics GmbH and Curevac GmbH
1996 - present: Chair, Department of Immunology (Full Professor, C4), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Tübingen, Germany
1993 - 1996: Head of Department, Tumor-Virus-Immunology Section, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg; appointment as Professor, University of Heidelberg
1987 - 1993: Group leader at the Department of Immunogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Biology, Tübingen, Germany
1985 - 1987: Scientific Member of the Basel Institute for Immunology
1982 - 1985: Postdoctoral research fellow in the laboratory of Michael J. Bevan, PhD, at Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA, USA
2016: Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine
2016: Wilhelm Warner Foundation
2014: German Cancer Aid Award
2014: Advanced Grant, European Research Council (ERC)
2013: The Hansen Family Award, Bayer Science and Education Foundation
1997: Rose Payne Distinguished Scientist Award 1996 Paul Ehrlich und Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
1993: Robert Koch Prize 1992 Avery Landsteiner Prize 1992 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
1991: Wilhelm und Maria Meyenburg Prize
1988: Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz Prize Krebsforschungszentrum
2011 - present: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, RCI Regensburg Center for Interventional Immunology
2006 - present: Co-opted member of the Scientific Council of the Paul Ehrlich Foundation; Advisory Board Member, BayImmuNet; Member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz
2002 - present: Member of the Academy of Cancer Immunology
2002 - present: Co-founder and board member of the Association for Cancer Immunotherapy (CIMT)
1998 - 2018: Board member of the Cooperation Program in Cancer Research (German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg and the Ministry of Science, Israel)
Professor (C4), Chair of the Department of Immunology
University of Tübingen
Institute of Cell Biology, Department of Immunology