CURRICULUM VITAE
Otto Haller, M.D.
Institute of Virology,
Medical Center - University of Freiburg
Hermann-Herder-Str. 11
79104 Freiburg, Germany
+ 49 (761) 203-6534
otto.haller@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Personal Data | |
| Name: First name: Date of Birth: Nationality: Marital status: | Haller Otto Albrecht April 21, 1945 Swiss married, 2 children |
Positions | |
| 1972 | Degree of M.D., University of Zürich; US ECFMG Qualification Certificate No. 175 024 9 |
| 1972 - 1975 | Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zürich, Switzerland (Prof. J. Lindenmann) |
| 1975 - 1977 | Research Associate at the Department of Immunology, Biomedical Center, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden (Prof. H. Wigzell) |
| 1977 - 1982 | Tenured Research Associate (Oberassistent) at the Institute for Immunology and Virology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland (Prof. J. Lindenmann) |
| 1982 - 1983 | Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Virology, The Rockefeller University, New York, N.Y., USA (Prof. P.W. Choppin)) |
| 1983 - 1989 | Associate Professor of Virology at the University of Zürich, Zürich Switzerland |
| 1989 - 2012 | Full Professor and Director of the Department of Virology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. |
| 2012 - | Guest Professor, Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich |
Honors, Awards and Scholarships | |
| 1975 | Fellowship by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences |
| 1977 | Research Award of the Swiss Society for Microbiology |
| 1977 | Swiss Cancer Prize |
| 1985 | Latsis Prize of the Swiss National Science Foundation |
| 1996 | Aronson Research Award of the Land Berlin |
| 1998 | Milstein Award of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research |
| 1998 | Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |
| 2000 | Visiting Professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA |
| 2009 | Award for Excellence in Teaching of the University of Freiburg |
| 2009 | Honorary Member of the European Society for Clinical Virology (ESCV) |
| 2013 | Honorary Lifetime Member of the International Cytokine and Interferon Society (ICIS)
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| 2018 | Loeffler-Frosch Medal of the Society for Virology |
| 2025 | Robert Koch Medal in Gold for lifetime achievement, Robert Koch Foundation, Berlin |
Appointments (selected) | |
| 2009 - 2013 | President of the European Society for Virology (ESV) |
| 2009 | Founding Member, European Academy of Microbiology (EAM) |
| 2006 - 2015 | Member of the Board of Directors (Spitalrat), University Hospital Zurich |
| 2006 - 2007 | President, International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research (ISICR) |
| 2007 - 2013 | Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China |
| 2010 - 2016 | Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China |
| 2004 - 2009 | Member, Orthomyxoviridae Study Group of the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) |
| 1999 - 2010 | Delegate, Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) |
| 1995 - 2010 | Member of the Scientific Council of the Robert-Koch-Stiftung |
| 1989 - 2009 | Delegate, Virology Division, International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) |
| 1999 - 2006 | Vice President, European Society for Clinical Virology (ESCV). |
| 1997 - 2005 | Member, Advisory Board of FLI, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Insel Riems/Tuebingen, Germany |
| 1997 - 2000 | Vice Medical Director of the University Hospital Freiburg |
| 1996 - 1999 | President of the German Society for Virology (Gesellschaft für Virologie [GfV] ) |
| 1994 - 2001 | Member, Advisory Board Heinrich Pette Institute, Hamburg |
| 1994 - 1995 | Dean of the Medical Faculty of the University of Freiburg |
| 1992 - 2000 | Elected reviewer of the German Research Foundation (DFG) for Medical Microbiology, Virology, Immunology and Hygiene. |
| 1989 - 1996 | Member, Advisory Board Max Planck Institute for Immunbiology, Freiburg |
| 1989 - 1994 | Member, Board of Directors of the Swiss Society for Microbiology |
| 2025 | Scientific Advisory Board of The Journal of Human Immunity |
Editorial Board Member | |
| The Journal of Biological Chemistry (2003 - 2008) The Journal of Virology (2006 - 2011) Virology (2004 - present) The Journal of General Virology (1995 - 1999; 2004 - 2010) Journal of Clinical Virology (2001 - present) Antiviral Research (1985 - present) Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research (1998 - 2012) Microbial Pathogenesis (1991 - 2012) Journal of Biological Regulators & Homeostatic Agents (1995 - present) Journal of Microbes and Infections (2009 - present) The new microbiologica (2002 - present) International Journal of Microbiology, Virology, Parasitology and Infectious Diseases (Zbl. Bakt.) (1990 – 1998) Archives of Virology (1983 – 1990) Journal of Interferon Research (1979 - 1992) | |
Research Focus | |
| Virus-host cell interactions and innate immunity | |
International Scientific Organizations/Conferences | |
Coordinator EU-Consortium FLUINNATE (FP6-2005-SSP5B INFLUENZA) Innate Immunity in Influenza Virus Infection of Mammalian Airways (2007 - 2009) Coorganizer (together with S.H.E. Kaufmann) of the Leopoldina Symposium "Evolution of Antiviral and Antibacterial Defense", Berlin, September 4 - 6, 2008 Coorganizer (together with Georg Kochs, Peter Staeheli, Martin Schwemmle) of the 5th Orthomyxovirus Research Conference, Freiburg, Germany, September 9-12, 2009 Chair, organizing committee, Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology (GfV), Freiburg, Germany, March 23 - 26, 2011 Coorganizer (together with Peter Staeheli) of CYTOKINES 2015, the Annual Meeting of the International Cytokine and Interferon Society (ICIS), Bamberg, Germany, October 11-14, 2015
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Guest Professorships | |
| Guest Lecturer: Institut Pasteur, Paris „Cours de Virologie Générale“ (Masters M2) (1988 – 2019) Guest Lecturer: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich (ETHZ) Lectures on general virology (part of the teaching program in general microbiology) (1989 – 1992) | |
Textbooks | |
| Kayser, F. H., Böttger, E. C., Zinkernagel, M., Haller, O., Eckert, J., Deplazes , P.: Medizinische Mikrobiologie Thieme Verlag Stuttgart (2005; 2010; 2014) | |
| Fritz Kayser, Erik C. Böttger, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Otto Haller, Joahnnes Ecker, Peter Desplazes: Microbiologie médicale Flammarion Médecine-Sciences, Paris (2008) | |
| Mertens, Th., Haller, O., Klenk, H.-D.: Diagnostik und Therapie von Viruskrankheiten. Leitlinien der Gesellschaft für Virologie, München: Elsevier Urban & Schwarzenberg, 2. Auflage (2004) | |
| Doerr, HW., Gerlich, WH Medizinische Virologie, Kapitel 5: Angeborene Immunabwehr Thieme-Verlag Stuttgart, 2. Auflage (2010) | |
Head:
Prof. Dr. med. Hartmut Hengel
hartmut.hengel@uniklinik-freiburg.de
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