Prof. Andreas Plückthun

Date of birth:	May 7, 1956
Nationality:	German, Swiss

Since August 2021	Prof. em. under private law
1993 – 2021	Full Professor of Biochemistry, University of Zurich
1992 – 1993	Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Munich, DE
1989	Habilitation in Biochemistry, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, DE
1985 – 1991	Group Leader, Gene Center Munich, LMU Munich, DE
1982 – 1985	Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University (Prof. J. Knowles), Cambridge, USA
1982	Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of California (Prof. E.A. Dennis), San Diego, La Jolla, USA
1978	Diploma (B.Sc.) in Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, DE

2023	Philip S. Portoghese Distinguished Lectureship
2018	ERC Synergy Grant "High Res Cells" (together with O. Medalia, J.M. Carazo and J. Olsen)
2016	Christian B. Anfinsen Award of the Protein Society
2010	Advanced Investigator's Grant of the European Research Council
2005	deVigier Award (Switzerland), with Team from Molecular Partners AG
2005	Swiss Technology Award, with Team from Molecular Partners AG
2003	Elected as Member of the German Academy of Natural Science (Leopoldina)
2002	Grand Prix du Jury, Grand Prix Européen d'Innovation (Monaco)
2002	Wilhelm-Exner Medal (Vienna)
2002	JP Morgan Chase Health Award (San Jose, CA)
2001	Elected as Member of the World Technology Network (WTN), finalist in World Technology Awards
2000	Karl-Heinz Beckurts Prize for Science and Technology (Munich)
1992	Elected Member of EMBO
1990	Young Investigator's Award of the German Chemical Industry Association

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