Johann Deisenhofer - Curriculum vitae#
Education:
- Diplom (equiv. to masters degree) in Physics, 1971, Technical University Munich
- Dr. rer. nat. (equiv. to Ph. D.) in Experimental Physics, 1974, Technical University Munich
- Habilitation in Experimental Physics, 1987, Technical University Munich
Major research interests:
- Structure and function of biological macromolecules
- Computational biology
- Protein crystallography
Research and professional experience:
- 1970-1971: Diplom student, Department of Physics, Technical University Munich. Thesis: Detection of terahertz-phonons in ruby at 4 K. Thesis advisor: Klaus Dransfeld
- 1971-1974: Ph.D. student, Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry. Thesis: Structure refinement of the Basic Pancreatic Trypsin Inhibitor (BPTI) at 1.5 Å resolution. Thesis advisor: Robert Huber
- 1974 -1976: Research Associate
- 1976-1988: Staff Scientist, Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry
- 1988 - 2010: Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- 1988 – 2012: Regental Professor and Professor in Biochemistry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- 2012 - present: Regental Professor and Professor in Biophysics, Green Center for Systems Biology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- 1989 - present: Virginia and Edward Linthicum Distinguished Chair in Biomolecular Science, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Current Memberships:
- Academia Europaea
- German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina
- National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- The Academy of Medicine, Engineering, and Science of Texas
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow)
- American Crystallographic Association (Fellow)
- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Biophysical Society
- German Biophysical Society
- German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Federation of American Scientists (Sponsor)
- Protein Society
- Sigma Xi
Awards:
- 1986 Biological Physics Price of the American Physical Society (shared with H. Michel)
- 1988 Otto-Bayer-Preis (shared with H. Michel)
- 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (shared with R. Huber and H. Michel)
Honors:
- 1990 The Knight Commander's Cross (Badge and Star) of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1992 Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1993 D. Sc. h.c., Drury College, Springfield, Missouri
- 1995 Kentucky Colonel
- 1996 D. Sc. h.c., Burdwan University, West Bengal, India
- 2004 Röntgen-Plaquette (City of Remscheid, Germany, birthplace of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen)
