Rudi Balling

Rudolf Balling
Born(1953-10-17)October 17, 1953
NationalityGerman
AwardsMember of Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Germany

Member of Braunschweig Academy of Sciences Member EMBO

Orde de Mérite (Commandeur), Luxembourg
Scientific career
FieldsNutrition, Genetics, Developmental Biology, Systems Biology
InstitutionsUniversity of Bonn, Institute of Molecular Psychiatry
Doctoral advisorHenning M. Beier

Rudi Balling (born 17 October 1953 in Daun, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German geneticist. He is the founding director of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine at the University of Luxembourg (2009-2021) He has served as president of the International Mammalian Genome Society (IMGS, 2001–2002) and as co-editor of the Annual Review of Nutrition since 2018. In 2016 Balling received Luxembourg's Ordre de Mérite (Commandeur) from Prime Minister Xavier Bettel.