Britta Langen

Ph.D., Ph.Lic., Dipl.-Biol.

Britta Langen holds a Ph.D. and Ph.Lic. from Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) and a Dipl.-Biol. from RWTH Aachen University (Germany). Her background spans molecular biology, radiation research, and informatics. Her doctoral thesis earned the Assar Gabrielsson Award for basic scientific research in 2018.

She completed part of her training at the Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique in Paris (France) as an ERASMUS fellow through the École Normale Supérieure, and wrote her undergraduate thesis at the German Aerospace Center in Cologne.
Dr. Langen has also worked as a visiting collaborative researcher at several international institutions, including HIMAC–NIRS in Chiba (Japan), GANIL in Caen (France), and MD Anderson in Houston (USA).

Within the Radiation Research Society, she became the longest-serving Chair of the Scholars-in-Training Committee. Under her leadership, the first EDI initiative, Radiation Researchers for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, was founded in June 2020. Dr. Langen has been a Visiting Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, USA. She started science advocacy during the NIH funding crisis in 2025.

Outside the lab, Britta enjoys rock climbing, classical literature, and playing the guitar. She is also passionate about keeping her teammates alive in competitive esports titles.

Contact: Britta@LangenLab.org

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