Peter Tompa#
| Membership Number: | 3825 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2014 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
| Homepage(s): | http://sbrc.vub.ac.be/TompaLab http://www.vib.be/en/research/scientists/Pages/Peter-Tompa-Lab.aspx |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2011 Director, VIB department of Structural Biology, Brussels, Belgium
- 2007 - 2009 Deputy director, Institute of Enzymology, Budapest, Hungary
- since 2006 Scientific advisor (equivalent of professor), Institute of Enzymology, Budapest, Hungary
- 2000 Visiting scientist, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan
- 1992 - 2006 Principal research fellow, Institute of Enzymology,Budapest, Hungary
- 1988 Visiting scientist, University of Maryland, MD, USA
- 1987 - 1988 Doctorate student, University of Oregon, OR, USA
- 1986 - 1992 Research fellow, Institute of Enzymology, Budapest, Hungary
- 1983 - 1986 Postgraduate student, Institute of Enzymology, Budapest, Hungary
Fields of Scholarship
- Protein evolution
- Stress response and adaptation
- Molecular biology
- Protein structure and folding
- Molecular chaperones
- Bioinformatics
- Signaling
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Arnold Ipolyi Prize (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, Hungary)
- 2010 Straub Plaquette (Biological Research Center, Hungary)
- 2010 Academy Prize (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
- 2003 - 2006 Bolyai János research fellowship (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
- 2003 Qualitas Biologica Award II (Qualitas Biologica Foundation)
- 1999 - 2002 Bolyai János research fellowship (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
- 1998 és 1996. Qualitas Biologica Award II (Qualitas Biologica Foundation)
- 1993 Young Investigator Prize (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
