National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Carsten Bönnemann trained in pediatrics in Germany and in neurology/child neurology at MGH/Harvard Medical School followed by postdoctoral research with Louis Kunkel at Boston Children’s. He was on faculty at CHOP before joining the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in 2010. His work centers on early onset neuromuscular disorders and on the development of gene directed treatments, including AAV mediated gene therapy. He was a Pew Fellow in the Biomedical Sciences, received the ANA Derek Denny-Brown Award, the Legacy Award of the MDA USA, and the Duchenne-Erb Prize of the German DGM. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases.