Prof. Dr. Thomas Korn

Academic Career and Research Areas

Professor Korn (b. 1972) is interested in the molecular characterization of fate decisions of T cells in non-lymphoid tissues in particular in the central nervous system in the context of autoimmunity. A specific focus of his research is the formation of CD4+ T helper cell responses. 

After graduating from Medical School at the Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg and the Royal London School of Medicine, Professor Korn started a residency program in Neurology and worked in the Neuroimmunology Research groups of Klaus Toyka, Würzburg and later with Stefan Jung, Homburg/Saar. He became board approved Fellow in Neurology in 2005 and then began a postdoctoral training with Vijay Kuchroo at Harvard Medical School. Back in Germany, Professor Korn became senior physician at the Department of Neurology of the Technical University of Munich and started his own research group with a Heisenberg Award from the German Research Council. He is Director of the Institute for Experimental Neuroimmunology and Deputy Clinic Director of the Neurology Clinic at the Klinikum rechts der Isar

Awards

• Sobek Award for Multiple Sclerosis Research (2023)
• ERC Consolidator Grant (2015)
• Heinrich Pette Award, German Society of Neurology (2010)
• Heisenberg Award, German Research Council (2008)
• Helmut Bauer Award for Multiple Sclerosis Research (2007)