Kristian Franze
Professor, Chair of Medical Physics Institute of Medical Physics and Microtissue Engineering, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen
Germany
Kristian Franze qualified as a Veterinarian at the University of Leipzig in Germany, where he also obtained a PhD in Physics in 2007. After a postdoc at the Cavendish Laboratory of the University of Cambridge, UK, he started his group in 2011 at the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience in Cambridge. Kristian received several awards for his work, including an MRC Career Development Award, an HFSP Young Investigator Award, an ERC Consolidator Award, and an ERC Synergy Grant.
In 2020, he obtained an Alexander von Humboldt-Professorship to become the Director of the Institute of Medical Physis at FAU and of the newly founded Max Planck Zentrum für Physik und Medizin in Erlangen, Germany. The research of his lab focuses on how mechanical signals, such as cellular forces or tissue stiffness, contribute to regulating the development and regeneration of the nervous system.
