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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.