Prof. Dr. Harald Renz

Prof. Dr. Harald Renz is Professor and Director of the Institute of Laboratory Medicine at the Philipps University of Marburg and the University Hospitals Giessen and Marburg GmbH. He is Honorary and Visiting Professor at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University KCMC and CoDirector of the newly founded Center of Excellence for Laboratory Medicine at KCMC in Moshi/Tanzania. He is also Visiting Professor at the Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. His research focuses on the development of non-communicable diseases (e.g. chronic lung diseases, metabolic diseases, etc.) and he recently started focusing on the impact of climate change and biodiversity on disease development. He has published more than 350 original research papers. His current H-factor is 97 (01-2026). His D-index is 103, he currently ranks 370th in the medical sciences in Germany (source: Research.com, 2025).