MD/PhD candidate · Experimental Neurology

Amelya
Keles-Slevogt

I study how the immune system turns against the brain — and build cell therapies to stop it. PhD student with Prof. Harald Prüß at Charité and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), currently training in clinical neurology at UCL Queen Square, London.

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Research & translation

Cell therapy for autoimmune neurology

Doctoral research in experimental neurology at Charité & DZNE (since 2023), supervised by Prof. Dr. Harald Prüß.

Two patent applications

Co-inventor on CAAR-T Cell Therapy (PCT/EP2026/071024) and ChiTE Therapy (PCT/EP2026/071019) for autoimmune neurology.

SPARK-BIH Fellowship

Berlin Institute of Health fellowship and PhD project grant of €203,260 to move the work toward the clinic.

Education & clinical work

2026 –
Clinical Intern, NeurologyUCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London
2026
Clinical Intern, Cardiothoracic SurgeryIstanbul University, Istanbul
2023 – 2025
Clinical RotationsDementia Care (Charité) · General Medicine (MVZ Poliklinisches Zentrum Berlin) · Neuropathology (Medical University of Vienna) · Neurooncology (Neurooncology Center Mannheim)
2023 –
PhD, Experimental NeurologyCharité & German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
2022
Research Intern, Movement DisordersCharité, Berlin
2021
Research Intern, Clinical Infectious DiseasesFriedrich Schiller University Jena
2020 –
MD StudentCharité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
2020 – 2021
Nursing Assistant, Internal MedicineFranziskus-Krankenhaus, Berlin
2019
High School Diploma, ValedictorianSophie-Scholl-Schule Berlin · exchange year in Birmingham, UK

Leadership & service

Scientific Advisory Board Member — Open Research Europe (CERN / European Commission)2026 –
5050 Fellow — Fifty Years2026 –
Spokesperson for Research Commercialization — Charité Task Force for Research Strategy2025 –
Mentor — RISE Global Program2024 –
Founding Executive Board Member — Student Network for Open Science e.V.2021 –
Faculty Appointment Committee Member — Charité2020 –
Recruitment Team (DEI) — be.boosted e.V.2024 – 2025
Member — Planetary Health Alliance, Berlin chapter2020 – 2021

Fellowships & awards

German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung)
B. Braun Foundation — UCL Queen Square
Ingeborg Rapoport Fellowship — Charité
GEH DEINEN WEG — Deutschlandstiftung Integration
Doctoral Scholarship — German Neurological Society
Doctoral Scholarship — BIH
Healthcare Innovation Fellowship — ESMT
GeneNovate Cell Therapy Translation — BMBF
be.boosted Fellowship — award at London International MUN
startsocial Scholarship
BlueDot Impact Biosecurity Course
Oxford | Berlin Autumn School on Open & Responsible Research
GDCh Chemistry Prize

Science communication

2025
Science CommunicatorARTE “Couchwissen” livestream with Q&A
2025
Panel SpeakerYoung European Symposium (YES)
2024
Panel Speaker28th Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators Conference
2023
Panel SpeakerBerlin University Alliance & Weizenbaum Institute · covered by Tagesspiegel
2022
Panel SpeakerOpen Science Festival, Leibniz University Hannover

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