Prof. Dr. med. Ralf Andreas Linker 

School education 
1978-1982: Primary school, Leopoldshafen 
1982-1991: Grammar school, Neureut, Abitur in June 1991 

University studies 
1992-1999: Medical studies, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Washington University St. Louis, Missouri, USA and Free University Berlin 

1999: Board examination in Medicine 

1993-1999: Doctoral Thesis at the Freiburg University Medical Center, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 

Professional career/further training 

2000-2003: Junior doctor and Assistant Doctor, Department of Neurology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany 

2004-2006 Assistant physician and research group leader, Neurological Clinic and Institute for MS Research, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany 

2007 Psychiatric training, Department of Psychiatry, Ruhr University Bochum 

2007- 2010 Senior Physician and Head of the Neuroimmunology Research Laboratory, Neurological Clinic, St. Josef Hospital Bochum, Ruhr University Bochum 

2010-2018 Head of the Neurological Outpatient Clinic, the Neuroimmunological Outpatient Clinic and the Neurological Research Laboratory, Neurological Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen 

2010- 2016 Managing Senior Physician, Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen 

2013-2018 W2 Endowed Chair of Neuroimmunology at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen 

2016-2018 Deputy Clinic Director, Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen 

Since 2018 University Professor W3 and Chair of Neurology at the University of Regensburg 

Prizes 
2002 Sobek Young Scientist Award for MS Research 

2005 Helmut Bauer Junior Researcher Award for MS Research 

2008 Research Prize of the Medical Faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum 

2013 Thiersch Habilitation Prize, Faculty of Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen 

2016 Pette Prize of the German Society of Neurology 

2015-2024 FOCUS list “Top Doctors” 

Miscellaneous 
Reviewer for the following journals: Nature Communications, Acta Neuropathologica, Annals of Neurology, BRAIN, Brain Behavior and Immunity, Experimental Neurology, Journal of Autoimmunity, Journal of Neurochemistry, Journal of Neuroinflammation, Journal of Neuroimmunology, Neurobiology of Disease, Neuroimage, PlosOne, Progress Neurobiology and Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders. 

Reviewer for the European Commission (ERC), DFG, BMBF, Else-Kröner-Fresenius Foundation, Swiss National Science Foundation, Swiss MS Society, MS Societies in France, Australia and New Zealand.