Meinhart Zenk#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 334 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
Meinhart Zenk passed away July 5, 2011.
Positions Held
- 2006 Member and Principal Investigator Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine
- 1980 - 1999 Professor, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
- 1968 Professor, the Ruhr University Bochum
- 1963 Habilitation, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
- 1959 Doctorate in Plant Science, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
- 1958 M.S. in Biology, Purdue University
Fields of Scholarship
- Plant physiology
- Biosythesis of dyes and terpenes in plants
- Plant hormones
- Phytochelatins
- Biosynthesis of alkaloids
- Formation of morphine in mammals and in the human organism
Honours and Awards
- 1983 Member of The National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 1999 Honorary Professor, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- Kurt Mothes Medal of the Leopoldina
- Liebig Medal of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
- Carl Mannic Medal of the Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft e.V. (DPhG)
- Phytochemical Pioneer Award of the Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA)
- 1991 Honorary Doctorate from the Purdue University
- 1997 Honorary Doctorate from the Technical University Carolo-Wilhelmina in Braunschweig
- 2003 Honorary Doctorate from the Shanghai University of Chinese Medicine
