Maria Leptin
Maria Leptin | |
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Leptin in Heidelberg, 2017 | |
| President of the European Research Council | |
| Assumed office 1 November 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Bourguignon (interim) |
| Director of the European Molecular Biology Organization | |
| In office 1 January 2010 – 30 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Hermann Bujard |
| Succeeded by | Fiona Watt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 September 1954 Hamburg, Germany |
| Spouse | Jonathan Howard |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Basel Institute for Immunology Heidelberg University University of Bonn |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Developmental biology Immunology |
| Institutions | European Molecular Biology Organization European Molecular Biology Laboratory University of Cologne Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology |
| Doctoral advisor | Fritz Melchers |
Maria Leptin (born 15 September 1954) is a German developmental biologist and immunologist, and the current president of the European Research Council. She was the director of the European Molecular Biology Organization from 2010 to 2021.