Background
Haass, Christian was born on December 19, 1960 in Mannheim, Germany. Son of Hans-Günther and Dorothee (Renz) Haass.
educator consultant molecular biologist
Haass, Christian was born on December 19, 1960 in Mannheim, Germany. Son of Hans-Günther and Dorothee (Renz) Haass.
Diploma in biology, University Heidelberg, Germany, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy, University Heidelberg, Germany, 1989.
From 1990 on he was a postdoc in the lab of Dennis Selkoe at Harvard Medical School and worked there from 1993 to 1995 as assistant professor Afterwards he returned to Germany as professor of molecular biology at the central institute for mental health. In 1999 he was offered a chair at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich at the medical faculty.
The emphasis of his work is in the molecular biology and cell biology of Alzheimer"s disease and Parkinson"s disease.
Member Society Neurosci., German Society Ornithology.
Married Ina Braun; children: Nora, Jonas.