!!Jens Christian Skou- Curriculum Vitae \\ __Educational background__ \\ *Honorary Doctor ( dr.med. h.c. ), University of Copenhagen, 1985 *DrMedSc ( dr.med. ), Aarhus University, 1954 *MD ( cand.med. ), University of Copenhagen, 1944 *Student, Haslev, 1937 \\ __Career__ \\ *Professor Emeritus (retired), 1988 *Professor, Department of Biophysics, Aarhus University, 1978–88 *Professor, Department of Physiology, Aarhus University, 1963–78 *Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Aarhus University, 1954–63 *Doctor, Orthopaedic Hospital, Aarhus, 1954 *Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Aarhus University, 1947–54 *Clinical education and training, Hjørring Hospital and Orthopaedic Hospital, Aarhus, 1944–47 \\ __Awards__ \\ *The Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1997 *Eric K.Fernström Foundation’s Nordic Prize, 1985 *The Leo Award, 1954 *The Novo Award, 1965 *Consul Carlsen’s Award, 1973 *The Anders Retzius Medal, 1977 \\ __Memberships__ \\ *The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters *The German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina *The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) *The National Academy of Sciences, USA *Honorary Member, the Japanese Biochemical Society *Honorary Member, the American Physiological Society *Academia Europaea \\ \\