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| Curriculum Vitae |
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| 1955 |
Born in Stockholm, Sweden. |
| 1975-1976 |
School of Interpreters, Swedish Defense Forces. |
| 1975-1981 |
Studies at the Faculty of Humanities, University
of Uppsala, including History of Science, Egyptology,
Russian. |
| 1977-1980 |
Medical studies at the University of Uppsala,
Sweden. |
| 1979-1980 |
Part time research and teaching at the Department
of Cell Biology, Uppsala, and Roche Institute for
Molecular Biology, Nutley, N.J. USA. |
| 1981-1986 |
Full time research as PhD-student at the Department
of Cell Research, Uppsala. |
| 1986 |
PhD degree at University of Uppsala, Sweden. |
| 1986-1987 |
Postdoctoral research at the Institute for Molecular
Biology II, University of Zürich, Switzerland. |
| 1987 |
Short period of work at Imperial Cancer Research
Fund, London, UK. |
| 1987-1990 |
Postdoctoral research at Department of Biochemistry,
University of California at Berkeley, USA. |
| 1990 |
Docent (habilitation) in Medical Genetics, University
of Uppsala, Sweden. |
| 1990-1998 |
Full Professor (C4) of General Biology, University
of Munich, Germany. |
| 1997- |
Director, Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary
Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. |
| 1999- |
Honorary Professor of Genetics and Evolutionary
Biology, University of Leipzig, Germany. |
| 2003- |
Guest Professor of Comparative Genomics, University
of Uppsala, Sweden. |
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| 1984-1986 |
Training scholarship from the Swedish
Cancer Society. |
| 1986 |
EMBO short-term fellowship. |
| 1987 |
FEBS fellowship. |
| 1987-1989 |
EMBO long-term fellowship. |
| 1992 |
Leibniz Prize of the German Science Foundation. |
| 1994 |
Honorary Doctorate, University of Zurich, Switzerland. |
| 1996 |
EMBL Distinguished Visitor Lecture, Heidelberg,
Germany. |
| 1998 |
Member, Academia Europaea.
Max Delbrück Medal, Berlin, Germany. |
| 1999 |
Member, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, Germany.
Carus Medal and Prize, Halle and Schweinfurt,Germany.
Member, EMBO. |
| 2000 |
Honorary Doctorate, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Rudbeck Prize, Uppsala, Sweden.
Member, Royal Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden. |
| 2002 |
Member, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina,
Halle, Germany.
Foreign Member, Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, Helsinki,
Finland. |
| 2003 |
Leipzig Science Prize, Leipzig, Germany.
Ernst Schering Prize, Berlin, Germany.
Member, Saxonian Academy of Sciences, Leipzig, Germany. |
| 2004 |
Foreign Member, National Academy of Sciences,
Washington DC, USA. |
| 2005 |
Louis Jeantet Prize for Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
Virchow Medal, University of Würzburg, Germany. |
| 2007 |
Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People in the World.
Emeritus Member, Academie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences, Brussels, Belgium. |
| 2008 |
Order of Terra Mariana, 3rd Class, Republic of Estonia.
Gorjanovic-Kramberger Medal, Zagreb, Croatia.
Honorary Professor, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, China.
Academy of Achievement Honoree, Washington D.C., USA.
Pour le mérite, Bonn, Germany.
Honorary Doctorate, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Kistler Prize, Seattle, WA, USA.
Grosses Bundesverdienstkreuz mit Stern, Berlin, Germany.
Darwin-Plakette, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Halle, Germany.
Anatomische Les, Amsterdam, Holland.
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Theodor Bücher Medal, Federation of European Biochemical
Societies.
Honorary Member, Croatian Anthropological Society, Zagreb, Croatia. |
| 2011 |
Newcomb-Cleveland Prize, AAAS, Washington, D.C.
Foreign Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge MA, USA.
Biochemical Analysis Prize, DGKL, Berlin, Germany. |
| 2012 |
H.M. The King's Medal (Kon:sGM12mhb), Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| 1990-1993 |
Associate Editor, Journal of Human
Evolution. |
| 1991-2004 |
Editorial Board, Genome Research. |
| 1991- |
Editorial Board, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. |
| 1991-1995 |
HUGO Committee for Human Genetic Diversity. |
| 1992-1993 |
Life Sciences Group, European Community Program "Human
Capital and Mobiliy". |
| 1993-1996 |
Panel member, Ancient Biomolecules Initiative,
Science & Engineering Research Council, UK. |
| 1995-2002 |
Editorial Board, Biological Chemistry. |
| 1996-2006 |
Editorial Board, BioTechniques. |
| 1996-2001 |
Advisor, Gene. |
| 1996 |
EMBL Review Board, Biological Instrumentation
Programme. |
| 1997-2002 |
Editorial Board, Human Heredity. |
| 1997-2000 |
Editorial Board, Ancient Biomolecules. |
| 1997 |
Main organizer, Annual Meeting of the Society
for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
Germany. |
| 1997-2005 |
Board of Directors, "Genome Research" and "Cell
Factory for functional Genomics" programs. Foundation
for Strategic Research, Sweden. |
| 1998 |
Organizer, Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Human
Evolution. |
| 2000- |
Advisory Board, Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
Organizer, Banbury Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. |
| 2000-2003 |
Scientific Advisory Board, Pyrosequencing AB, Sweden. |
| 2001 |
Organizer, SNP Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden. |
| 2001-2005 |
Kuratorium, Leipziger Stiftung für Innovation
und Technologietransfer. |
| 2002- |
Kuratorium, BioCity Leipzig. |
| 2003- |
Editorial Board, PLoS Biology. |
| 2004-2006 |
Organizer, Cold Spring Harbor Meeting “The
Biology of Genomes”. |
| 2004-2006 |
Scientific Advisory Board, Joint Genome Institute,
Department of Energy, Walnut Creak, California, USA. |
| 2005- |
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Uppsala Centre for Comparative Genomics, Sweden. |
| 2005 |
Organizer, "International Workshop on Encoding
Information in
DNA Sequences", Okinawa, Japan. |
| 2007 |
Organizer, "Symposium on the Evolution of Brain, Behaviour & Intelligence", Hinxton, UK.
Organizer, "Linnaeus Classification of Humans Revisited", Uppsala, Sweden. |
| 2008- |
Scientific Advisory Board, Cold Spring Harbor Asia, Suzhou, China |
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| 1979-1980 |
Teaching assistant, Medical Cell Biology
and Histology. |
| 1981-1986 |
Lectures in Cell Biology and Genetics for medical
students. |
| 1980-1986 |
Lectures in History of Science for Egyptology
students. |
| 1987 |
Course in pedagogy for faculty, University of
Uppsala. |
| 1991-1998 |
Organization of theoretical and practical teaching
in general biology and evolution, University of Munich. |
| 1999- |
Teaching in molecular evolutionary biology, University
of Leipzig. |
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