Wilfried Ellmeier (Principal Investigator)
Mag.rer.nat. Dr.rer.nat. Wilfried Ellmeier
Professor of Immunobiology
wilfried.ellmeier@meduniwien.ac.at
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8192-8481
Medical University of Vienna
Institute of Immunology, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology
Lazarettgasse 19, EG09, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43 1 40160-33293
E-Mail: wilfried.ellmeier@meduniwien.ac.at
Wilfried Ellmeier is Professor of Immunobiology and Head of the Institute of Immunology at the Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. He studied biochemistry at the University of Vienna, carried out his doctoral thesis at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna and performed postdoctoral studies at the Skirball Institute (NYU Medical Center) in New York. His research interests focus on epigenetic and transcriptional control mechanisms that regulate T cell development and function in health and disease. He received several prizes including the START program award for highly-qualified young scientists from the Austrian Science Fund and the Novartis Award Austria for biology. Wilfried Ellmeier is corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and scientific board member of the Austrian Science Fund. He serves as President of the Austrian Society of Allergology and Immunology (ÖGAI) for the period 2025-2026. Wilfried Ellmeier is council member of the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) and was chair of the Scientific Program Committee of IUIS2025 (International Congress of Immunology), which took place in Vienna in August 2025. He also has a strong interest in science policy and served as President (2020-2021) of the BioMed Alliance in Europe.