!!!Marc Van Montagu \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='montagu.jpg' caption='' height='200' alt='montagu.jpg'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ __Present and Previous Positions__ *Emeritus Professor, Ghent University *Founder and Chairman of the Board, IPBO - Institute for Plant Biotechnology Outreach, Ghent *Full Professor (‘gewoon hoogleraar’), molecular genetics, Ghent University, Belgium *Director of the Department of Genetics, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Belgium \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ *2013 [The World Food Prize|http://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm?nodeID=66969&audienceID=1] *2013 Foreign correspondent of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences *2009 Genome Valley Excellence Award 2009 (BioAsia, India) *2004 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Sofia (Bulgaria) *2001 Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) *1999 American Academy of Microbiology *1999 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Habana (Cuba) *1999 Theodor Bücher Medal (FEBS) *1998 Japan Prize (Japan) *1998 Italian Academy of Sciences dei XL *1997 The Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences, Belgium *1997 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) *1997 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Liege (Belgium) *1997 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Brussels - ULB (Belgium) *1995 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Compiegne (France) *1994-1995 Chair at the Catholic University of Louvain, Faculty of Sciences (Belgium) *1992 The Academy of Engineering of Sweden *1992 Agricultural Academy of France *1991 Agricultural Academy of Russia *1990 Baron, title granted by Baudouin I, King of the Belgians *1990 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Helsinki (Finland) *1990 The Charles Leopold Mayer Prize (Academy of Sciences, France) *1990 Dr. A. de Leeuw-Damry-Bourlart Prize *1989 Member of the Academia Europaea *1988 IBM-Europe Prize (France) *1987 Rank Prize for Nutrition (The United Kingdom) *1987 Belgian Royal Academy of Sciences *1986-1987 Chair at the Free University of Brussels, Faculty of Medicine (Belgium) *1986 Foreign Associate, The National Academy of Sciences of the USA *1971-1972 Francqui Chair at the Catholic University of Louvain, Faculty of Medicine (Belgium) \\ \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Van_Montagu_Marc/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Van_Montagu_Marc/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Van_Montagu_Marc/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Van_Montagu_Marc/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}] [{ALLOW edit mmontagu}] [{ALLOW upload mmontagu}] [{ALLOW comment All}]