Gerrit van Meer#


Gerrit van Meer
Membership Number:4554
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Elected:2017
Main Country of Residence:THE NETHERLANDS
Homepage(s):https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/faculty-of-science





Present and Previous Positions

  • 2011 Dean of the Faculty of Science, Utrecht University
  • 2010 Head of the Dept. of Chemistry, Utrecht University
  • 2001 – 2010 Professor of Membrane Enzymology, Membrane Enzymology, Science Faculty, Utrecht University
  • 1997 – 2001 Professor of Cell Biology and Histology, Dept. of Cell Biology and Histology, Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam
  • 1993 – 1997 Associate professor, Dept. of Cell Biology, Medical School, Utrecht University
  • 1988 – 1993 Senior Investigator of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, at Utrecht University
  • 1987 – 1988 Assistant professor, Dept. of Cell Biology, Medical School, Utrecht University
  • 1983 – 1986 Staff Scientist, Cell Biology Program, EMBL, Heidelberg
  • 1981 – 1983 Postdoc with Kai Simons, Cell Biology Program (EMBO Fellowship), EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany

Fields of Scholarship
  • Lipid cell biology
  • Cellular lipidomics
  • Membrane lipid transport and sorting
  • Lipid domains, lipid rafts
  • Lipid metabolism

Honours and Awards
  • 2016 Honorary van Deenen medal, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University
  • 2008 Elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
  • 2004 Elected Chair for Gordon Conference on "Sphingolipid and Glycolipid Biology", 2008
  • 2003 Elected EMBO member

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