Kurt Wüthrich#
| Membership Number: | 577 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2004 The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA: Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Professor of Structural Biology
- 2001 - 2004 The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA: Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Visiting Professor of Structural Biology
- 1969 ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland:
- 1970 Privatdozent
- 1972 Assistant Professor
- 1976 Associate Professor
- 1980 Professor of Biophysics
- 1995 - 2000 Chairman Biology Department
- 1967 - 1969 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J., USA : Member Technical Staff, Biophysics Department (Dr. R.G. Shulman)
- 1965 - 1967 University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA : Postdoctoral training (Prof. R.E. Connick)
- 1964 - 1965 University of Basel, Switzerland: Postdoctoral training (Prof. S. Fallab)
- 1962 - 1964 University of Basel, Switzerland: Ph.D. in chemistry (Prof. S. Fallab); Eidgenössisches Turn- und Sportlehrerdiplom
- 1957 - 1962 University of Bern, Switzerland: Lizentiat in chemistry, physics and mathematics
Fields of Scholarship
- Applications in structural and functional genomics
- Structure and function of proteins and nucleic acids
- Development of nuclear magnetic resonance techniques
Honours and Awards
- President’s Gold Medal, Government of India (2011)
- Ralph and Helen Oesper Award, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA (2010)
- Jabir ibn Hyyan (Geber) Medal, Saudi Chemical Society (2009)
- Paul Walden Medal, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia (2008)
- Johannes M. Bijvoet Medal, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands (2008)
- Honorary Citizenship, City of Lyss, Switzerland (2003)
- Ehrenpreis 2002, City of Wallisellen, Switzerland (2002)
- World ‘Future’ Award, The World Awards, Wien, Austria (2002)
- Swiss ‘Society’ Award, The Swiss Awards, Zürich, Switzerland (2002
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(2002)
- Member of Schweizerische Akademie der Technischen Wissenschaften (2001)
- Médaille d'Honneur en Argent, Société d'Encouragement au Progrès, Paris (2001)
- Otto-Warburg-Medaille (1999)
- Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology (1998)
- Eminent Scientist of RIKEN, Tokyo (1997)
- Kaj Linderstrøm-Lang Prize, Carlsberg Foundation, Copenhagen (1996)
- Prix Louis Jeantet de Médecine, Fondation Louis Jeantet, Geneva (1993)
- Foreign Honorary Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993)
- Marcel Benoist Prize (1992)
- Gilbert Newton Lewis Medal (1991)
- Stein and Moore Award of the Protein Society, USA (1990)
- Member of Academia Europaea (1990)
- Member of European Molecular Biology Organization (1984)
- Friedrich Miescher-Preis (1974)
