Prof. Dr. Li Deng

HEAD OF THE RESEARCH UNIT

ORCID 0000-0003-0225-0663

Prof. Dr. Li Deng conducts research in the area of phage biology, virome and microbiome. She uses single-cell technologies, multi-omics, culture-independent techniques, and machine learning to understand the underlying mechanisms of phage-bacterial interactions and their impact on the human host. Her group develops phage-based novel therapeutics and prevention interventions for target eliminating pathogenic bacteria and ameliorating disease severity by restoring healthy microbiota in multiple diseases or conditions.

Curriculum Vitae

Since 05/2023               Director, Central Institute of Disease Prevention, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Since 03/2022               Chair Professor (W3) of Microbial Disease Prevention, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Since 03/2017               HMGU Young Investigator Group Leader, Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Germany

09/2016 -02/2022          Emmy Noether Group Leader and TUM Junior Fellow, Helmholtz Centre Munich and Technical University of Munich, Germany

(07/2015-09/2016          Maternity and Parental leave)

(04/2012-06/2013          Maternity and Parental leave)

12/2011-08/2015           Senior postdoc at the Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany.

10/2008-10/2011           Postdoc at the Department of Ecology and Evolutional Biology, University of Arizona, USA.

10/2004-10/2008           Ph.D. in Microbiology at the University of Bristol, U.K.
Thesis: Evidence for cyanophage active against bloom-forming freshwater cyanobacteria.

10/2003-10/2004           M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences, University of Nottingham, U.K.

08/1998-01/2003           B.Sc. in Biological Sciences and B.Eng. in Environmental Engineering at the Tsinghua University, China.