Matthias W. Hentze#
| Membership Number: | 4314 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2013 - present Director, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg
- 2005- 2013 Associate Director, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany
- 2005 - present Professor (apl.), Medical Faculty, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany
- 2002 - present Co-Director “Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit”, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg/EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
- 1998 - present Senior Scientist, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany
- 1996 - 2005 Dean of Graduate Studies, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany
- 1989 - present Group Leader, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany
- 1987 - 1989 Visiting Associate, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
- 1985 - 1987 Guest Researcher, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
- 1985 Attending Physician, Internal Medicine, St. Vinzenz Hospital, Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular biology
- Molecular medicine
- RNA biology
- RNA-binding proteins
- Regulation of metabolism
- Translational control
- Iron homeostasis
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Otto Warburg Medal
, Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- 2023 The Centenary Award, The Biochemical Society, London, United Kingdom
- 2021 PRO-SCIENTIA Award 2019, Eckhart-Buddecke-Foundation, Münster, Germany
- 2020 2020 RNA Society Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2018 Elected International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2018 Ilse & Helmut Wachter Prize
- 2016 Heidelberg Molecular Life Sciences Investigator Award
- 2016 Elected Corresponding Member, Australian Academy of Science
- 2015 Elected Director, The RNA Society, (2016-2019)
- 2015 The Feodor Lynen Medal and Lecture, German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM)
- 2011 European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant
- 2010 Honorary Faculty Member, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia
- 2007 Lautenschlaeger Research Prize of the University of Heidelberg
- 2006 Elected Member of the German Academy of Sciences 'Leopoldina'
- 2003 Elected Director of the International BioIron Society (IBIS)
- 2000 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
- 1997 Elected Member of “European Molecular Biology Organization” (EMBO)
