Nikolaus Amrhein#
| Membership Number: | 1163 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1992 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.micro.biol.ethz.ch/people/amrhein |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2008 Professor emeritus, continuation of lecture program until end of 2011
- 1992 - 1996, 1998 - 1999 Vorsteher (Dean), Abteilung (Faculty) of Biology
- 2003 - 2007 Director of Studies, Department of Biology
- 1987 - 2008 Full Professor of Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Sciences (Plant Biochemistry and Physiology), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich
- 1972 - 1987 Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, Dept. Biology
- 1984 - 1987 Dean, Faculty of Biology
- 1980 - 1987 Full Professor, Chair of Plant Physiology
- 1976 - 1980 Assoc. Professor of Plant Hormone Physiology
- 1972 - 1976 Research Assistant, Chair of Plant Physiology
- 1970 - 1972 Research Associate, MSU-AEC, Plant Research Laboratory, East Lansing, MI, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Plant metabolism
- Amino acid and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis
- Enzyme inhibitors
Honours and Awards
- Elected corresponding member of the American Society of Plant Physiologists
- Elected member of the Deutsche Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina
- Elected member of the Academia Europaea
- Elected member of the Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Elected corresponding Member of the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Honorary member of the Russian Society of Plant Physiologists
- Purkine Medal of the Czech Society of Plant Physiology
- Honorary doctorate (Dr. h.c.) of the Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Honorary Professor at the Institute of Biotechnology of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic
- Golden Owl (Award for Excellence of Teaching), ETH Zürich
