Steffen Koschmieder
Professor Steffen Koschmieder is Professor of Translational Hematology and Oncology, Head of the Clinical Hematology Laboratory, and Attending Physician in the Department of Medicine (Oncology, Hematology, and Stem Cell Transplantation) at the University of Aachen, Germany. He is board-certified for Internal Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, and Hemostaseology. He has received his medical training at the Universities of Bochum, Mainz, Dijon, Houston, Salt Lake City, Frankfurt, and Münster as well as the Harvard Institutes of Medicine in Boston where he was a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Daniel Tenen´s group. His group has made significant contributions to the field of Myeloid Leukemias through basic and clinical research, including the elucidation of critical mechanisms of leukemia pathogenesis and progression, generation of tetracycline-inducible transgenic models of disease, characterization of leukemic stem cell populations as well as the development of novel treatment approaches.