Peter Schuster#
Born March 07, 1941 in Vienna
University Education:
Chemistry and Physics at the "Universität Wien", Ph.D. Degree sub auspiciis praesidentis, in 1967.
Professional Career
- Postdoctoral assistant with Prof. Manfred Eigen at the Max Planck Insitute of Physical Chemistry in *Göttingen, Germany, 1968-1969
- Habilitation in Theoretical Chemistry at the "Universität Wien", 1971
- Full professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the "Universität Wien", since August 23, 1973
- Head of the Institute of Theoretical Chemistry at the Universität Wien, 1973-1992 and since 1996,
- Head of the Computer Center at the "Universität Wien", 1985-1991
- External faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, USA, 1991-2003 and since July 01, 2004
- Founding director of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Jena, Germany, 1992-1995
- Head of the Department of Molecular Evolutionary Biology at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Jena, Germany, 1992-1997
- External member of the Faculty of Biology and Pharmacy at the "Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena" Germany, since 1995
- Vice-President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2000 - 2003
- Member of the Presiding Committee of the "Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina", 2001-2006,
- President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2006-2009
- Professor emeritus at the Universität Wien, since October 01, 2009
Elected Scientific Memberships
- Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences since May 8, 1984
- Member of the “Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina”, since June 22, 1993
- Member of the “Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig”, since March 11, 1994
- Member of the “Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften”, since Feb. 17, 1995
- Member of the “Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften”, since March 3, 1999
- Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, since 2004
- Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences USA, since April 28, 2009
- Member of the Academia Europaea, London, since May, 2009
Scientific Research Areas
- Theory of the Hydrogen bond and intermolecular forces
- Kinetics of proton transfer reactions in aqueous solutions
- Nonlinear dynamics and theory of complex evolvable systems
- Theory of molecular evolution, in silico and in vitro studies on RNA replication, selection, and optimization
- Structures and properties of RNA and proteins
- Analytic approximations for nonlinear differential equations from physics, chemistry, and biology
- Genetic regulatory networks and metabolic networks
- Evolutionary biotechnology
Scientific Memberships
- Elected Member of the "Gesellschaft für Physikalische Biologie der BRD", since March 28, 1980
- Corresponding Member of the Academie Europeene des Sciences, des Arts et des Lettres, since March 31, 1983
- Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, May 15, 1984 - May 12, 1992
- Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, since May 12, 1992
- Member of the "Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina", since June 22, 1993
- Member of the "Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig", March 11, 1994 - December 31,1995
- Corresponding Member of the "Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig", since January 1, 1996
- Extraordinary Member of the "Berlin Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften", since Feb. 17, 1995
- Corresponding Member of the "Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften", since March 3, 1999
- Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences USA, since April 28, 2009
- Member of the Academia Europaea (London), since May 2009
- Titular member of the International Academy of Philosophy of Sciences, since November 19, 2009
Awards
- Theodor Körner Förderungspreis 1971,
- Jubiläumspreis of the “Chemisch-Physikalische Gesellschaft” 1971
- Erwin Schrödinger Award of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 1983
- Dr. Assen Zlatarov Award of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 1989
- Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst 1993
- Philip-Morris-Forschungspreis 1995
- Josef-Loschmidt-Medal of the “Gesellschaft Österreichischer Chemiker” 1995
- Preis der Stadt Wien für Natur- und Technische Wissenschaften 1997
- Kardinal-Innitzer Würdigungspreis für Naturwissenschaften 1997
- Wilhelm-Exner-Medal of the “Österreichischer Gewerbeverein” 1999
- Großes Silbernes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um das Land Wien, 2009
Editor of Scientific Journals and Series
- Mathematical Ecology, Akademie -Verlag Berlin (1986 -1991)
- Monatshefte für Chemie, Springer -Verlag Wien (since 1989)
- European Biophysics Journal, Springer -Verlag Berlin (1990-2000)
- Artificial Life, MIT Press (since 1993)
- Complexity (since 2002)
Advisory Editor of Scientific Journals
- Chemical Physics Letters (1979 -1986)
- European Biophysics Journal (1974 -1989)
- Physik in unserer Zeit (1977-1999)
- Monatshefte für Chemie (since 1978)
- Journal of Molecular Structure, THEOCHEM (1980 -1986)
- BioSystems (since 1980)
- Advances in Chemical Physics (1984-1996)
- Journal of Theoretical Biology (since 1985)
- Origins of Life (1985 -1991)
- Acta Biotheoretica (since 1986)
- Journal of Mathematical Chemistry (since 1991)
- Complexity (1991-2001)
- Molecular Diversity (since 1995)
- Theory in Biosciences (since 1997)