Ingo Potrykus#
| Membership Number: | 524 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1999 - present Professor Emeritus of Plant Sciences at the Institute of Plant Sciences of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology(ETH), Zurich
- 1986 Professor of plant sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
- Research group leader at the Max-Planck Institute for Plant Genetics. Ladenberg, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Gene technology (genetic engineering projects aimed at improving yield stability and food quality of crops)
Honours and Awards
- 2007 Honorary doctor at the University of Freiburg
- 2007 Bertebos prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry
- 2006 Nature Biotechnology
- 2005 Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences of the Vatican
- 2002 Crop Science of America (CSSSA) President’s Award
- 2002 European Culture Award in Science
- 2002 Honorary Doctor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- 2001 American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Leadership in Science Public Service Award
- 2001 Crop Science of America (CSSA) Klepper Endowment Lectureship
- 2000 Kumho (International Society for Plant Molecular Biology) Science International Award in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
- Member of Academia Europaea
- Member of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Member of Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences
