!!Johann Deisenhofer - Curriculum vitae
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__Education:__ 
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*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
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Major research interests: __
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*Structure and function of biological macromolecules
*Computational biology
*Protein crystallography
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__Research and professional experience:__
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*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
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__Current Memberships:__
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*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
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__Awards:__
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*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)
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__Honors:__
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*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)