Curriculum Vitae
Education
- 1964: Physikum (Medicine): University of Tübingen, 1964
- 1967: State examination (Medicine): University of Munich, 1967
- 1968-1970: Internship (Medicine): University Hospital, Munich (Surgery, Internal Medicine and Gynaecology),
Positions held
- 1969-1970: Research Assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry Munich, Department of Neurophysiology (Prof. O.D. Creutzfeldt)
- 1971-1973: Britisch Council Fellow, Department of Biophysics, University College London (Prof B. Katz)
- 1974-1979: Research Assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Göttingen, Department of Neurobiology (Prof. O.D. Creutzfeldt)
- 1979-1982: Research Associate of the Membrane Biology Group at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Göttingen
- 1983: Member of the Max Planck Society, Head of the Membrane Biology Unit
- 1985: Head of the Department of Cell Physiology at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Göttingen
- 1989-2008: Head of the Department of Cell Physiology at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research Heidelberg
- 2008 -: Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried
Academic Degrees
- 1974: Doctor of Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Göttingen
- 1981: Privatdozent, Medical Faculty, University of Göttingen (Subject: Physiology and Neuropharmacology)
- 1987: Professor, Medical Faculty, University of Göttingen
- 1990: Professor, Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg
- 1991: Professor, Biological Faculty, University of Heidelberg
Prizes and Awards
- 1977: Nernst Prize (Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für physikalische Chemie)
- 1979: Feldberg Prize (Feldberg Foundation, London)
- 1981: Magnes Award (Magnes Foundation, Jerusalem)
- 1983: Spencer Prize (Columbia University, New York)
- 1984: Adolf Fick Prize (University of Würzburg)
- 1984: Zottermann Prize (Swedish Physiological Society)
- 1986: Gross-Horwitz Prize (Columbia University, New York)
- 1986: Leibniz Prize (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG)
- 1988: Louis Jeantet Prize (Louis Jeantet Foundation, Genf)
- 1989: Gairdner Prize (Gairdner Foundation, Toronto)
- 1990: Ernst Hellmut Vits Prize (University of Münster)
- 1991: Carus Medal (Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Halle)
- 1991: Harvey Prize (Technion, Haifa)
- 1991: Gerard Prize (Society for Neuroscience, Washington)
- 1991: Landesforschungspreis (Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Baden-Württemberg)
- 1991: Nobel Prize (Nobel Foundation, Stockholm)
Endowed Lectureships
- 1982: Naham Lecture (Yale University, New Haven, Conneticut)
- 1986: Harold Lamport Lecture I (Washington University, Seattle, Washington)
- 1986: Peter Hemmerich Lecture (University of Konstanz)
- 1989: Feodor Lynen Lecture (University of Miami, Florida)
- 1990: Sherrington Lecture (University of Liverpool, Great Britain)
- 1990: Galvani Lecture (Georgetown University, Washington DC)
- 1991: John R. Murlin Lecture (Rochester University, Rochester, New York)
- 1991: Einar Hille Lecture (Washington University, Seattle, Washington)
- 1992: Lamson Lecture (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee)
- 1992: Dearden-Pindar-Stuart Lecture (University of California, Irvine, California)
- 1992: Feigan Lecture (Stanford University, Stanford, California)
- 1992: Erlanger-Gasser Lecture (Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri)
- 1993: Arthur Thompson Lecture (University of Birmingham, Great Britain)
- 1993: John M. Brookhart Lecture (Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, Oregon)
- 1995: Servier Lecture in Neurological Sciences (University of Montreal, Kanada)
- 1996: Aschoff Lecture (University of Freiburg)
- 1996: Sharpey-Schafer Lecture (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)
- 1997: Beckmann Lecture (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
- 1997: Charles E. Smith Memorial Lecture (National Institute for Psychobiology, Tel Aviv)
- 1997: Sherrington Memorial Lecture (Royal Society of Medicine, London)
- 1998: Harold Lamport Lecture II (Washington University, Seattle, Washington)
- 1998: Dolan Boyd Pritchett Memorial Lecture (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia)
- 1999: Dunham Lectures (Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts)
- 2001: Forbes Lecture (Grass Foundation, Braintree, Massachusetts)
- 2001: Mathieson Lecture (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Honorary Degrees
- Dr. hc. of the University of Alicante, Spain
- Dr. hc. of the University of Liverpool, Great Britain
- Dr. hc. of the University of Bordeaux, France
- Dr. hc. of the University of Munich
- Dr. hc. of the University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
- Dr. hc. of the University College London, Great Britain
- Dr. hc. of the Weizmann-Institute, Rehovot, Israel
- Dr. hc. of the University of Melbourne, Australia
- Dr. hc. of the Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Academies
- Member of the Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Halle
- Member of the Münchner Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Member of the Göttinger Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Member of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Member of the Orden Pour le Mérite
- Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, USA
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society, London, Great Britain