Hans Lutz qualified from the veterinary faculty of Zurich (Switzerland) in 1971. After several years of bacteriology and mastitis research, clinical work (Clinic of Gynaecology, University of Zurich) and a postgraduate course in Experimental Biology and Medicine, (University of Zurich) Dr Lutz spent two years at the Institute of Pharmacology and Biochemistry (Univ. Zurich) before spending three years studying virology and immunology at the University of California Davis with Prof. Niels C.Pedersen.
Dr Lutz has been Full professor in Internal Veterinary Medicine with a particular interest for clinical laboratory diagnostics and Director of the clinical laboratory at the Veterinary Faculty in Zurich, since 1981.
He is President of the Swiss National Centre for Retroviruses (AIDS reference laboratory of Switzerland) since 1995. He holds a degree in laboratory and basic research of the Swiss Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (FVH) and obtained the specialist diploma for laboratory medical analysis (Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences).
His research interests include Feline retroviral infections, Animal Models for AIDS, Feline immunology and vaccinology, Ehrlichiosis and clinical laboratory diagnostics in veterinary medicine.
He has published over 250 papers in peer-reviewed journals, is the author of several book chapters and reviews and is frequently invited as guest lecturer or speaker.
Member of the cat specialist group of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Hans Lutz is a founding member of the EU concerted action on FIV Vaccination. Member of the scientific advisory board to the Veterinary University in Vienna. Hans Lutz is co-editor of the textbook "Diseases of the cat" (Enke Verlag). He obtained the science award of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association in 2001.