Erwin Neher
Erwin Neher
1991 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Emeritus Director, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Emeritus Director, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
1970 Ph.D. (Physics), Institute of Technology, Munich
1967 M.Sc. (Physics), University of Wisconsin
1965 Vordiplom (Physics), Institute of Technology, Munich
1967 M.Sc. (Physics), University of Wisconsin
1965 Vordiplom (Physics), Institute of Technology, Munich
Experience
| 1966 | Graduate student and research assistant, the laboratory of Dr. W. W. Beeman, University of Wisconsin, Madison (until 1967) |
| 1968 | Graduate student and post-doc, the laboratory of Dr. H.D. Lux, Max-Planck-Institute für Phychiatrie, Munich (until 1972) |
| 1972 | Research Associate, Max-PlanckInstitute für biophysikalische Chemie, Dept. “Molekularer Systemaufbau”, Göttingen (until 1975) |
| 1975 | Research Associate as a guest, the laboratory of Dr. Ch. F. Stevens, Yale University, Department of Physiology (until 1976) |
| 1976 | Research Associate, Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen (until 1982) |
| 1989 | Fairchild Scholar, California Institute of Technology |
| 1983 | Director, Membrane Biophysics Department, Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen (until 2011) |
| 2011 | Emeritus Director, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (-present) |
Service
| 1995 | Chairman, the Scientific Steering Committee of the ‘Red Sea Program’, a joint research program between Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Palestine (until 1999) |
| 2000 | Member, the European Research Advisory Board (EURAB), installed by the European Research Commissioner Philipe Busquin (until 2006) |
| 2004 | Member, the Advisory Group for ‘Thematic Priority I’ of the 6th Framework Program (EU) (until 2006) |
| 2008 | Member, the ERC Neuroscience Panel (until 2012) |
| 2005 | Member, the Board of European Neuroscience Institute, Göttingen (until 2012) |
| June, 2018 | Member, the Board of Governors, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology School Corporation (-present) |
Awards
| 1966 | Fulbright scholarship and research assistantship at the University of Wisconsin |
| 1968 | Scholarship of “Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes” |
| 1977 | Nernst-Haber-Bodenstein Award of the German Society for Physical Chemistry |
| 1979 | Feldberg Award, Feldberg Foundation, London |
| 1982 | K.C. Cole Award, Biophysical Society |
| 1982 | Harold Lamport Award, New York Academy of Sciences |
| 1983 | Spencer Award, Columbia University |
| 1984 | Adolf Fick-Preis, Universität Würzburg |
| 1986 | Louisa Gross-Horwitz Award, Columbia University |
| 1986 | Fidia Research Award Lecture, Fidia Research Foundation |
| 1986 | Schunck-Preis, Universität Giessen |
| 1986 | Leibniz Award, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
| 1989 | International Research Award, Gairdner Foundation, Tronto |
| 1990 | Hans Hellmut Vits-Preis, Universität Münster |
| 1990 | Niedersachsenpreis, Hannover |
| 1990 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Research Award, New York |
| 1991 | Gerard Prize, Society for Neuroscience, Washington |
| 1991 | Carus-Preis, Stadt Schweinfurt, Leopoldina |
| 1991 | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Stockholm |
| 1992 | Faye Robiner Award, Ross University, West Indies |
| 1995 | Member of the order ‘Pour le Mérite’ of arts and sciences |
| 1997 | Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz m. Stern und Schulterband |
| 1998 | Gold medal ‘Medicus Magnus’ of the Polish Academy of Medicine |
| 2004 | Sir Bernhard Katz Award, Biophysical Society, USA |
| 2004 | Karl Küpfmüller Ring of the Technical University Darmstadt |
| 2005 | ‘Einstein Professor’ of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing |
| 2007 | Premio Catedra Santiago Grisolía, awarded by the ‘City of Arts and Science Foundation’ Valencia |
| 2014 | Premio Capo d’Orlando, Vico Equense (Neapel, Italien) |
| 2014 | Polish Chemical Society Medal, Torún |
