Carl Figdor (Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen)

CarlFigdor(RadboudUniversityMedicalCentreNijmegen)
ObtainedhisMastersdegreein1979fromtheUniversityofUtrechtandhisPhDdegreein1982from
theUniversityofAmsterdamworkingattheNetherlandsCancerInstitute.AttheNetherlandsCancer
Institutehegottenuredin1985andstartedhisownresearchgrouponTumorImmunology.
In1992CarlFigdorbecameProfessorinCellBiophysicsattheUniversityofTwente,andin1994he
movedtotheRadboudUniversityMedicalCentreNijmegentostartanewdepartmentonTumor
ImmunologyasaProfessorinImmunology.Hereheinitiatedalargetranslationalprogramexploiting
theimmunesystemtofightcancer.
From2001–2011heservedasthefirstscientificdirectoroftheNijmegenCentreforMolecularLife
Sciences(NCMLS),inwhichalsohisdepartmentislocated.CarlFigdorisamemberoftheRoyal
NetherlandsAcademyofArtsandSciencessince2008andistherecipientofseveralawards,
including,theDutchSpinozaAwardin2006,andtheKWOawardfromtheDutchCancerSocietyin
2009.HeobtainedanERCAdvancedInvestigatorgrantin2011.