The LEO Foundation Award – Region Asia-Pacific 2025
Grantee: Joon Seok, Assistant Professor at the Department of Dermatology, Chung-Ang University Hospital in Seoul, Korea
Amount: USD 100,000
Grant category: LEO Foundation Awards
Year: 2025
Geography: Korea
Dr. Joon Seok is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Dermatology at Chung-Ang University Hospital in Seoul in Korea.
He received the 2025 LEO Foundation Award for the Asia-Pacific region during the 50th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for investigative Dermatology. Dr. Joon Seok is recognized for his outstanding contributions to advancing our understanding of skin diseases.
The LEO Foundation Award – worth USD 100,000 – recognizes outstanding young researchers and scientists from around the world whose work represents an extraordinary contribution to skin research and has the potential to pave the way for new and improved treatments for skin diseases.
The LEO Foundation Award – Region EMEA 2025
Grantee: Dr. Thierry Nordmann, Dr. med., Dr. phil. nat., Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany
Amount: USD 100,000
Grant category: LEO Foundation Awards
Year: 2025
Geography: Germany
Dr. Thierry Nordmann is a Senior Physician at the University Hospital of Ludwig Maximilian, Munich, and Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried.
He received the LEO Foundation Award 2025 in Region EMEA during the ESDR annual meeting in Antwerp. Dr. Thierry Nordmann is recognized for his excellent research and innovative vision, aiming to transform the future understanding, diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory skin diseases.
The LEO Foundation Award – worth USD 100,000 – recognizes outstanding young researchers and scientists from around the world whose work represents an extraordinary contribution to skin research and has the potential to pave the way for new and improved treatments for skin diseases.
The LEO Foundation Award 2025 – Region Americas
Grantee: Christoph Ellebrecht, Assistant Professor in the Department of Dermatology and the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Amount: USD 100,000
Grant category: LEO Foundation Awards
Year: 2025
Geography: USA
Dr. Christoph Ellebrecht is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dermatology and the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies at the University of Pennsylvania.
He received the prestigious LEO Foundation Award 2025 in Region Americas during the SID annual meeting in San Diego. The award recognizes Dr. Christoph Ellebrecht for his scientific contributions to our understanding of T cell biology in the skin and its diseases.
The LEO Foundation Award – worth USD 100,000 – recognizes outstanding young researchers and scientists from around the world whose work represents an extraordinary contribution to skin research and has the potential to pave the way for new and improved treatments for skin diseases.