Affiliation: University Hospital Würzburg, Medical Clinic and Polyclinic II, Chair for Cellular Immunotherapy

Dr. Maik Luu, PhD, is a tenure-track assistant professor at the University Hospital Würzburg, specialized in investigating the interaction between microbiome-derived metabolites and cellular immunotherapy. He earned his PhD degree in T cell immunology in 2019 from Philipps-University Marburg, focusing on the impact of the microbiome on autoimmunity and inflammation. During his postdoc, Dr. Luu has investigated mechanisms of mucosal homeostasis and strategies to improve T cell-mediated cancer immunotherapy. His lab primarily focuses on synergizing microbial postbiotics and CAR T cell engineering to improve cellular therapy for malignant and non-malignant diseases.

Dr. Luu has published extensively in leading journals and has received several honor,s such as the EBMT/EHA Emerging Investigator Award and the Bright Spark Research Award by the American Association of Immunology. Dr. Luu is an appointed member of the Young Academy at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and scientific project manager of the EU IMI consortium T2EVOLVE.