Hans Christian Korting

Hans Christian Korting (Born March 21, 1952, in Tübingen) is a German dermatologist and medical researcher specializing in causes and treatment of inflammatory skin diseases.

Korting graduated with an M.D. from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in 1977, and subsequently was trained in medical microbiology at central medical services units of the German Army (Bundeswehr) until 1979. Thereupun he was trained as a dermatologist.at the Department of Dermatology and Allergology of Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (Germany).

In 1985 he obtained his post-doctoral degree (Habilitation). He has been working there ever since, currently as a professor and Academic Director. The focus of his scientific activities is on the characterization of the development of localized fungal infections of the skin and related mucosal surfaces. He concentrates on secreted aspartic proteases of Candida albicans as virulence factors and toll-like receptors as relevant mediators of the inflammatory host response. It is his prime concern to develop active pharmaceutical ingredients for the treatment and prevention of fungal infections reflecting the increased understanding of pathogenesis. Moreover, he is interested in the development of new biological drugs such as plasmin as well as small molecules which are capable of influencing inflammation in the context of signal transduction such as sphingosine-1-phosphate.

Korting is the recipient of several scientific awards, including the Paul Gerson Unna Prize from the German Dermatological Society as well as the prize for promotion of research of Deutschsprachige Mykologische Gesellschaft. He sits on the board of several scientific societies and is a co-founder of The Society for Dermopharmacy. Since 2006 he is a member of the board of the Working Group of Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF). He also edits or co-edits the biomedical journals mycoses journal, The International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, The American Journal of Clinical Dermatology  and Hautarzt. Prof. Dr. Hans Christian Korting has published more than 300 scientific articles and 16 books.

Since 1980 Prof. Dr. Hans Christian Korting has been married with Prof. Dr. Monika Schäfer-Korting.