Ralf Kittler, Ph.D.
Position Title
Associate Professor, McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, Department of Pharmacology, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Director, McDermott Center Next Generation Sequencing Core
Associate Director of Shared Resources, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
Endowed Title
John L. Roach Scholar in Biomedical Research, Endowed Scholars Program
Education/Training
1998-2002 University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, B.S., M.S., Biochemistry
2000-2002 Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, Research Assistant, Genetics
2002-2006 Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology & Genetics, Dresden, Germany, Ph.D., Cell Biology and Genetics
2006-2010 The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Postdoc, Cancer Biology and Genomics
Positions
2000-2002 Undergraduate Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany (Supervisor: Mark Stoneking, Ph.D.)
2002-2006 Graduate Student, International Max Planck Research School in Molecular Cell Biology and Bioengineering and Dresden University of Technology and Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany (Supervisor: Frank Buchholz, Ph.D.)
2006-2010 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Supervisor: Kevin White, Ph.D.)
2010-2017 Assistant Professor, McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, Department of Pharmacology, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2017-Present Associate Professor, McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, Department of Pharmacology, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2013-Present Director, McDermott Center Next Generation Sequencing Core, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
2024-Present Associate Director of Shared Resources, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Honors
1998-2002 Undergraduate Fellow, German National Academic Foundation
2007 Otto Hahn Medal, Max Planck Society
2007-2010 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Human Frontier Science Program Organization
2010 CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
2010 John L. Roach Scholar in Biomedical Research, Endowed Scholars Program