Meet the Team

XTransplant has been launched in Munich in December 2020 and takes advantage of an experienced team of founders and strong international network.

Meet the Team

XTransplant has been launched in Munich in December 2020 and takes advantage of an experienced team of founders and strong international network.

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bruno Reichart

Chief Executive Officer

Prof. Dr. Eckhard Wolf

Chief Scientific Officer

Prof. Dr. Arne Skerra

Chief Business Officer

XTransplant's consistent success in cardiac xenotransplantation leads to:

  • XTransplant will create a world without shortage of donor hearts.
  • Organs of high quality and specifically matched to the patient will be ordered by their treating physicians and surgeons.
  • Heart transplantations will become plannable and help to improve post-transplantation outcome.
  • Worldwide, the number of patients awaiting heart transplantation will be reduced to a minimum. 

PD Dr. Jan-Michael Abicht

Transplantation and Consulting

PD Dr. Elisabeth Kemter

Genome Editing

Prof. Dr. Paolo Brenner

Transplantation and Consulting

Dr. Daniel Reichart

Heart Failure, Genomics and Consulting

PD Dr. Matthias Längin

Transplantation and Consulting

Dorothea Marquardt

Administration (HR, Finance, Legal)