CURRICULUM VITAE OF HANS GEORG ZACHAU

Personal data:

Born May 16, 1930 in Berlin
German citizen
Since 1960 married to Elisabeth Z., nee Vorster
Three children, Martin, Ulrich, Thomas

Professor emeritus of Molecular Biology, Adolf-Butenandt-Institut der Universität München

Education:

1948             Abitur at a classical gymnasium in Berlin
1948-50       Study of preclinical Medicine in Frankfurt, Physikum
1948-53       Study of Chemistry in Frankurt, Diploma exam
1952-55       Diploma and doctoral theses at the Max-Planck-Institut (MPI) fuer Biochemie in Tübingen
1955             Dr.rer.nat. in Chemistry; Business Administration (BWL) as the elective subject
1955-56       Postdoctoral work at the same MPI in Tübingen
1956-57       Postdoctoral work at MIT, Cambridge, MA
1957-58       Postdoctoral work at Rockefeller University, New York

The theses were under the direction of Professor A. Butenandt on the sex attractant of the silk moth. The first postdoctoral year was devoted to synthetic chemical work, the second to structural work on the cyclic peptide antibiotic Etamycin (Professor J. C. Sheehan) and the third to work on protein biosynthesis and tRNA (Professor F. Lipmann).

Professional Record:

1958-61       MPI fuer Biochemie , then in München; start of independent research work
1961-66       Institut fuer Genetik in Köln, founded by M.Delbrück in 1961; group leader
1962             Habilitation in Physiological Chemistry
1965/66       Offers of professorships for Physiological Chemistry in Berlin,
                     Genetics in Köln and Physiological Chemistry in München
since 1967   Professor of Physiological Chemistry in München and Codirector of the Institute for Physiological Chemistry
1995/98       Renaming of the Institute (Adolf-Butenandt-Institut) and the Chair (Molecular Biology)
1999             Emeritus professor

Memberships, Honors, Awards:

Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker: member since 1952
Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte: member since 1954
Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie: member since 1954
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO): member since its foundation, 1964
Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina: member since 1967
Richard Kuhn-Medaille of Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker 1968
Bayerische Akademie der Wisenschaften: member since 1976
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: honorary member since 1978
Orden Pour le mérite: member since 1981, chancellor since 1992
Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz mit Stern 1983
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften: corresponding member 1985
Academia Europaea: member since 1989
The Human Genome Organisation (HUGO): member since 1989
Bayerischer Verdienstorden 1989
Otto-Warburg-Medaille of Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie 1989
Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst 1991
Fogarty Scholar-in-Residence at the NIH, 1994 - 2000
Russian Academy of Sciences: Foreign Member since 1994

Councils, Boards, Advisory Committees:

Member of Editorial Boards:
Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 114-672, 1966-1981
Hoppe-Seylers Z. Physiol. Chem., 344-374, 1966-1993
Eur. J. Biochem., 1-102, 1967-1979
Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 152-188, 1972-1978
Nucl. Acids Res., 2-10, 1975-1982
GENE, 1-189, 1976-1997
Mol. Biol. and Med., 1-3, 1983-1985
Molecular Immunol. 23-27, 1986-1990
Nachr. Chem. Techn. Lab., 35-41, 1987-1993
Res. Immunol. 140-142, 1989-1991

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft:
Reviewer in biochemistry for two election periods, 1967-1976
Member and chairman of various review boards in "Schwerpunkt" programs
Member of the board of  Sonderforschungsbereiche, 1969-1976 and 1984-1988
Chairman of Forschergruppe "Genomorganisation München", 1978-1984

Minerva Committee for Israeli-German Scientific Cooperation (Gentner Committee): member 1969-1984.
Robert Bosch Stiftung: Trustee and member of the board 1969- 2003.
European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC): delegate 1970-1983
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO): member of Council 1971-1976
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), delegate (1974-1983) to and vicepresident (1979-1983) of the Council.

Member of Recombinant DNA Committees:
European Molecular Biology Organization, 1974-?
European Science Foundation, 1975-1976
International Council of Scientific Unions, 1975-1876
DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), Senatskommission für Sicherheitsfragen bei der Neukombination von Genen, 1975-1993
Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie, 1976-1978.

Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie (GBCh/GBM): President 1975-1977;  vice president 1973-1975 and 1977-1979;
member of Council 1979-1989.
Federation of the European Biochemical Societies (FEBS): member of Council 1975-1989.
Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte (GDNÄ): member of Scientific Committee 1976-1982; member of Council 1982-1988
Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen: Fachbeirat, chairman 1979-1995; member 1996-1991.
Ad hoc committees, e.g. Beraterkommission des Bundesministeriums für Forschung und Technology für die öffentlich geförderte Großforschung auf dem Gebiet der Biotechnologie, 1983, chairman;
Review Committee at Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Institute of Cell and Tumor Biology, Heidelberg, 1984, chairman.
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung: member of the committee for the US Special Program 1980-1989.
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh): member of Council 1984-1991.
Institute for Molecular Biology of the Austrian Academy of Science, Member of the Board 1988-2002 .
Academia Europaea: member of Council 1989-1995.
Orden Pour le merite: chancellor 1992- 2005.
Volkswagen-Foundation: Committee on "Cooperation with Eastern European Scientists and Engineers", Member 1992- 1991.
W. Engelhardt Institute for Molecular Biology of the Russian Academy of Science, Member of the International Advisory Board 1993-2002 .
Boehringer Mannheim GmbH, member of the board, 1993- 1998.

Meetings organized or chaired:

Summer Schools on Molecular Biology at Erice 1971, 1974 and at Spetsai 1977, 1980, 1984, 1988.
Annual Meeting of GBCh in München 1976.
German-Soviet or German-Russian Symposia on Molecular Biology in München 1976; Baku (with A.Bayev et al.), 1977; München 1979; Erewan ( with A.Bayev et al.), 1981; Köln (with P. Starlinger et al.), 1983; Leningrad (with A.Mirzabekov et al.), 1985; Heidelberg (with E. Bautz et al.), 1987; Irkutsk (with A. Mirzabekov et al.) 1989; Konstanz (with R. Knippers) 1991; Susdal, Riga, ( with A. Mirzabekov et al., E.Gren et al.) 1993; Köln (with W. Doerfler et al.), 1995.
Fourth German-Israeli (Gentner) Symposium on Biology "Molecular andCellular Diversity of Gene Expression", Rottach-Egern 1984.