Name:

Professor Dr Sebastian Suerbaum, MD

Positions:

Full Professor (W3) of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, and Chair, Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Max von Pettenkofer-Institute, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany

Specialisms:

Sebastian Suerbaum’s work focuses on the carcinogenic bacterium Helicobacter pylori, related pathogens of the gastrointestinal tract, and more recently also the commensal intestinal microbiota. An area of his work that has attracted particular attention in recent years is the genetic variation in Helicobacter pylori and its relationships with human migrations as well as host adaptation.

Online CV:Professor Dr Sebastian Suerbaum, MD
Research website:The Suerbaum Group

Max von Pettenkofer Institute
Ludwig Maximilians University Munich
Pettenkofer Str. 9a
80336 Munich
Germany

089 / 2180-72801

FEMS Expert: Professor Dr Sebastian Suerbaum, MD

Member of Academy of Europe, EAM and Leopoldina – National Academy of Sciences

Positions held:

  • 1988
    Clinical Fellow, Clinical Department of the Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg
  • 1989-1991
    Research Associate, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
  • 1991-1993
    Research Fellow (DFG) in the group of Dr. Agnès Labigne, Department of Enterobacteriaceae, Institut Pasteur, Paris
  • 1993-1995
    Research Fellow, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
  • 1995-1999
    Assistant Professor (Hochschuldozent), Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
  • 1999-2003
    Associate Professor (C3) and Vice-Chairman, Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Germany
  • 2003-2016
    Full Professor (C4) of Medical Microbiology and Director, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School
  • 2016-Present
    Full Professor (W3) of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, and Chair, Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Max von Pettenkofer-Institute, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany

Awards and memberships (selected):

  • 1996  Gerhard Hess Award from the German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 2004  Main Award (Hauptpreis) from the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM)
  • 2007  Behring Lecture
  • 2007  Eva and Klaus Grohe-Award, Berlin Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • 2011  Elected Member, Leopoldina German National Academy of Sciences
  • 2013  Elected Member, European Academy Academia Europaea
  • 2014  Elected Member, American Academy of Microbiology
  • 2016 Elected Member, European Academy of Microbiology