Jens Habermann's Biography

Jens Habermann, Head, Section of Translational Surgical Oncology and Biobanking & Scientific Director, Surgical Center for Translational Oncology, Department of Surgery & Institute of Human Genetics, University of Lübeck and University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck

Professor Jens K. Habermann, M.D., PH.D., is director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Biobanking-Lübeck (ICB-L) at the University of Lübeck and University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein. He obtained his Ph.D. at the Karolinska Institute and postdoc training at the NCI, NIH, Bethesda, USA. As specialist in human genetics, he combines clinical routine, biobanking, and cancer research to optimize precision medicine through liquid biopsies. Prof. Habermann is President of the European, Middle Eastern & African Society for Biopreservation & Biobanking (ESBB) and steering committee member of the German Biobank Alliance.