Jaak Järv - Curriculum Vitae#
Education
- 1973 - 1976 PhD Student, University of Tartu, PhD in Organic Chemistry, 1976
- 1967 - 1972 Student, Chemistry Department, University of Tartu, Diploma with Honors in 1972
Scientific Degrees
- Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Moscow University, Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow, 1990.
- PhD in Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn, 1976
R&D related administrative tasks
- 2017 - present Secretary General, Estonian Academy of Sciences
- 2016 - present Vice-President, Estonian Chemical Society
- 2014 - present Estonian Academy of Sciences, Board Member
- 2008 - present European Science Foundation, referee
- 2007 - present Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Chief Editor
- 2007 - present Chairman, Board of the Estonian Academy Publisher
- 2002 - present Head of the Chair of Organic Chemistry, Tartu University
- 1983 - 2019 Member, Editorial Board, Bioorganic Chemistry, Elsevier, USA
- 2011 - 2013 Chairman of FEBS Advanced Courses Committee
- 2010 - 2016 Estonian National Science Awards Committee, member
- 2004 − 2011 President, Estonian Biochemical Society,
- 2003 − 2010 Expert, Estonian Council of Scientific Expertise
- 2003 - 2011 Expert, Research Infrastructures Committee, European Commission, DG XII
- 2002 - 2006 Member, Fellowships Committee, FEBS
- 1998 - 2003 Expert, Estonian Science Foundation
- 1998 - 2003 University of Tartu, Faculty of Physics and Chemistry, Dean
- 1997 - 2001 Member, Publications Committee, FEBS
- 1996 - 1999 Member, Baltic Assembly Culture, Art and Science Awards Committee
- 1983 - 1991 Deputy Pro-rector on Research, University of Tartu, Estonia
- 1983 - 1991and 1998 - 2012 Council Member, Tartu University
University teaching
- General and practical courses in organic chemistry, physical organic chemistry and bio-organic chemistry since 1977
- Founder of curriculum in bio-organic chemistry in the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry of Tartu University in 1978.
Creative work
- Editor and author of educational computer software in Estonian
- Author, digital course "Organic Compounds" for high schools
Professional Societies
- Estonian Chemical Society - member and vice-president
- Estonian Biochemical Society - member and past-president
- The Biochemical Society (UK) - member
- American Chemical Society - member
- European Peptide Society - member
- Society of Molecular Imaging - member
Supervised PhD dissertations: 29
PhD Dissertations under supervision: 4
Full list of publications