Carsten Bönnemann

Senior Investigator and Chief of the Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section – National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
United States of America

Dr. Bönnemann received his MD from Freiburg University, Germany. He completed pediatric training and venia legendi (Habilitation) in Germany. Residency in pediatric neurology at MGH/Harvard was followed by postdoctoral work with Dr. Louis Kunkel at Children’s Hospital Boston working on the molecular genetics of muscular dystrophy. In 2002 he joined the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania as Assistant Professor, Co-Director of the Neuromuscular Program, and Director of the Neurogenetics Clinic.

He joined NINDS in 2010 as Senior Investigator and Chief of the Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section. Dr. Bonnemann was a Pew Fellow in the Biomedical Sciences. He received the 2009 Derek Denny Brown Neurological Scholar Award. Research in Dr. Bönnemann’s laboratory revolves around molecular mechanisms underlying early onset muscle disease (congenital muscular dystrophies, congenital myopathies, and reducing body myopathy). The laboratory’s goal is to identify the genetic and cellular mechanisms in these conditions in order to develop strategies for molecular-based treatments.