PhD, Full professor, Department of Immunobiology, University of Lausanne
Sanjiv Luther studied cell biology at the ETH in Zürich. He received his PhD in 1996 from the University of Lausanne for his work on anti-viral immune responses in the Ludwig Institute for cancer research. Thereafter, he performed postdoctoral studies at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute of the University of California San Francisco, investigating the role of chemotactic factors in lymphoid tissue development and function. In 2003 he joined the Department of Immunobiology (formerly Biochemistry) as Assistant Professor funded by a career-development award from the Swiss National Science Foundation. In 2009 he became Associate Professor and in 2021 Full Professor. His longstanding research interest focuses on a better understanding of secondary lymphoid organs in immunity, particularly on the roles played by the resident fibroblastic stromal cells. Since 2003 he teaches bachelor, master and PhD students at UNIL, particularly in topics of immunology, using traditional lectures, exercises and practical work. Since 2009 he directs the biomedical master specialization in ‘immunology and cancer’, and in collaboration with HSeT introduced various elements of e-learning into the teaching curriculum.
