Professor Heinrich Kovar
Prof Heinrich Kovar has been Head of the Molecular Biology of Solid tumours group at St Anna’s Cancer Research Institute, Vienna since 1988 and was scientific director of the Institute from 2001 to 2017.
In his work as a molecular biologist, his group have made groundbreaking discoveries into the generation and characterisation of Ewing sarcoma models, and on mechanisms of Ewing sarcoma plasticity as the basis for disease susceptibility and progression.
He sits on the ITCC Solid Tumour Committee and is a scientific advisor to numerous international research groups and institutions.