Aaron Klug#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 868 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Aaron Klug passed away November 20, 2018.
Positions Held
- 1995 - 2000 President of the Royal Society
- 1986 - 1996 Administrator of Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge University
- 1962 - 1996 Professor at Peterhouse College, Cambridge University
- 1958 - 1962 Administrator of the Virus Structure Research Group at University of London
- 1953 - 1958 Fellow at Birkbeck College at University of London
- 1953 PhD at Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University
Fields of Scholarship
- Structure and action of transfer DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
- Crystallographic electron microscopy
Honours and Awards
- Member of Royal Society
- Member of Academia Europea
- Member of National Academy of Sciences
- Member of Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
- Member of French Academy of Sciences
- South African Order of Mapungubwe 2005 (Gold)
- Order of Merit 1995
- Knight of the British Empire 1988
- Copley Medal 1985
- Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1982
- Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize 1981
- Heineken Prize for Medicine 1973
