Professor Klemens Budde, MD serves as the Head of Clinical Transplant Program, Department of Nephrology, Charite University, Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany. Professor Budde's main research interest includes the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of immunosuppressants. He is on the Editorial board of Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology and Transplantation reviews.

He is the author or co-author of more than 200 journal articles. He is a member of the German Society of Nephrology, the American Society of Nephrology, the International Society of Nephrology, the German Society of Transplantation, the European Society of Organ Transplantation, the Transplantation Society, and the American Society of Transplantation.