CECAD: Leadership

Headed by the Scientific Coordinator, the Executive Board is the most important instrument for the strategic leadership of the Cluster. The Executive Board decides on the budget, personnel and scientifically relevant issues as well as engages the partners in long-term strategic directions and decisions.

Voting Members

Prof. Dr. Carien Niessen

CECAD Scientific Coordinator
Principal Investigator

Prof. Dr. Thomas Benzing

Principal Investigator, Clinic II for Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Filipe Gomes Cabreiro

Principal Investigator
Head of Research Area 3

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hoppe

Principal Investigator

Dr. Ina Huppertz

Principal Investigator

Dr. Anne Schaefer

Principal Investigator
Director of MPI for Biology of Ageing
Head of Research Area 2

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schermer

Managing Director,
Principal Investigator Nephrolab Cologne

Prof. Dr. Björn Schumacher

Principal Investigator
Chair for Genome Stability in Ageing and Disease

Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Trifunovic

Principal Investigator
Head of Research Area 1

Prof. Dr. Mirka Uhlirova

Principal Investigator

Non-voting Guests

Prof. Dr. Jens C. Brüning

Principal Investigator
Director of Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research
Director of Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine

Prof. Dr. Georg Bareth

Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences,
University of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Gereon R. Fink

Dean of the Medical Faculty,
University of Cologne