CV Charles Weissmann

Professor Charles Weissmann, M.D., Ph.D., For.Mem.R.S.

Personal Information

Born October 14, 1931
Swiss Citizen - Married, 3 children

Education

Positions

Assistant to Professor P. Karrer, Zürich University, 1960-1961
Postdoctoral Fellow, New York University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, 1961-1963
Instructor in Biochemistry, New York University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, 1963-1964
Assistant Professor in Biochemistry, New York University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, 1964-1965
Associate Professor in Biochemistry, New York University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, 1965-1967
Professor extraordinarius in Molecular Biology, 1967-1970
Professor ordinarius in Molecular Biology, 1970-1999
Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Zürich, 1967-1999
Professor emeritus, University of Zürich, since 1999
Senior Research Scientist and Visiting Professor, MRC Prion Unit, St.Mary's Hospital, since 1999

Awards and Honours (selected)

Ruzicka Prize in Chemistry, Switzerland (1966)
Marcel Benoist Prize, Bern (1970)
Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (1980)
Dr. H.P. Heineken Prize, Amsterdam (1982)
Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1983)
Jung-Preis für Medizin, Hamburg (1988)
Foreign Associate of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1989)
Robert-Koch Medal (1995)
Charles-Léopold Mayer Prize of the French Academy of Science (1996)
Klaus-Joachim-Zülch-Preis, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (1997)
Ausländisches Mitglied des Orden pour le mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste, Bonn (1998)

Honorary Degrees (Dr.h.c.)

Current address:

Scripps - Florida
RF 2, Room 248
5353 Parkside Drive
Jupiter, FL 33458 USA
Tel. (561) 799-8910
FAX 561 799-8960
e-mail: charlesw@scripps.edu