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Principal Investigator

Department of Psychiatry & Psychotherapy; School of Medicine and Health, Technical University
Munich, Germany

Department of Neuropsychiatry and Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Charitéplatz 1
10117 Berlin

  • +49-30-450-517209
  • josef.priller@charite.de
  • Professor (W3) and Director, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Munich

Academic Education

1988-1996 Studies in Medicine (University of Bochum, Technical University of Munich, Université de Lausanne, Georgetown University and Harvard University)

Scientific Degrees

2002 Habilitation: Charité & Humboldt University, Berlin
1998 Doctorate: Dr. med., Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry and TU Munich

Professional Experience

Since 2020 Professor (W3) of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy and Director, Department
of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Munich
Since 2017 Chair of Brain Inflammation and Repair, University of Edinburgh and UK DRI
2015-2020 Professor (W3) of Neuropsychiatry, Charité
2010-2020 Director, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Charité
2008-2014 Tenured Professor (W2) of Psychiatry, Charité
Since 2004 Head, Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Charité
2004-2007 Professor (C3) of Psychiatry and Head, Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Charité
Since 2000 Group leader, Department of Experimental Neurology, Charité
1998-2004 Resident in Neurology and in Psychiatry, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Others (Editorial work, member of scientific councils, advisory boards, awards)

~ Reviewer (Journals, ad hoc): Acta Neuropathol, Ann Neurol, Biol. Psychiatry, Brain, Embo J, J Cell Biol., J Clin Invest, J Exp Med, J Neurosci, Lancet Neurol, Mol Psychiatry, Nat Neurosci, Nat Med, Nat Rev Immunol, Plos Med, Science Stem Cells
~ Editorial board member: Brain Pathology, Glia, PLoS One, Cytotherapy
Associate Editor: Brain Communications
ERC deputy panel chair
2023 Vice Spokesperson, DZPG Munich/Augsburg
2021-2023 Highly Cited Researcher, Cross-Field, Clarivate/Web of Science
2019 Brian Abel-Smith Prize
Since 2019 Member of the Executive Board, DGGPP
Since 2017 Chair, Dementia Research Committee, DGBP
Since 2016 Deputy Spokesperson, DFG SFB/TRR167
Since 2011 Chair, Neurology Committee, International Society for Cellular Therapy
2010-2015 Coordinator (with M. Prinz), DFG Research Unit (FOR) 1336
2004-2009 Elected member of the Junge Akademie, Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Leopoldina
2003 Robert Feulgen Prize, Society for Histochemistry
2002 EMBO fellowship
2001 Novartis Prize for Therapeutic Research