Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Dres. h.c. Wilhelm Stoffel

Personal data
Wilhelm Stoffel, Professor em. of Biochemistry

Born: April 30, 1928 in Cologne, Germany
Married to: Gisela Stoffel
Wilhelm and Gisela Stoffel are parents of four children

Principal Investigator of the Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience
Institute for Biochemistry and
Senior Research Group Leader at the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne

Institute of Biochemistry, Joseph-Stelzmann. Str. 52, 50931 Cologne
E-mail: wilhelm.stoffel[at]uni-koeln.de

Overview - Education and Appointments
1934 ‑ 1938    Primary School, Cologne

1938 ‑ 1947    Staatliches Apostelgymnasium, Cologne

1947 ‑ 1952    Medicine, University of Cologne

1952    M.D. degree, Cologne

1951-1952   Research fellow at Institute of Biochemistry, University of Uppsala (Prof. Dr. A. Tiselius)

1953 ‑ 1957   Chemistry, University of Bonn

1957    Diploma - Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Bonn (Prof. B. Helferich) and Stockholm (Prof. Dr. N. Löfgren)

1959    Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Cologne

1957-1959   Postdoctoral Research associate, The Rockefeller University, New York (Prof. E. H. Ahrens (lipid metabolism) and Prof. L. Craig (protein chemistry))

1959 ‑ 1960   Postdoctoral Fellowship, Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich (Prof. C. Martius)

1960    Research Associate, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne

1962    Habilitation, University of Cologne

1964    University Lectureship

1967   Visiting Professor Rockefeller University, New York

1967 - 1995    Professor of Biochemistry and Director of the Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne

1981   Founder of the First Graduate College under the auspices of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation
    
1992 - 1996    Founder and acting chair of the 1^st German Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research: the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) / Zentrum für Molekulare Medizin Köln (ZMMK)

since 1996    Coordinator of the Neuroscience Section of the CMMC

Memberships:
since 1968    Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften, Leopoldina
since 1980    European Molecular Biology Organization
1981 ‑ 1983  President der Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie
1984             Rheinisch-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften
1993 - 1997  Member of the German-American Academic Council
1980 - 2002  Scientific Advisory Board Fritz Thyssen Foundation

Honors   
1965   Heinrich-Wieland-Preis
1968   Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
1978   Feldberg Prize, Feldberg Foundation, London
1978   Otto-Warburg-Medaille, Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie
1981   Preis der Therapiewoche
1990   Ernst Jung‑Preis für Medizin
1993   Max Planck Research Award
1994   Fogarty International Scholar
1998   Zülch Prize for Neuroscience Research, Max Planck Society
   
Honorary Doctorate Degree, Faculty of Medicine
1994   University of Hamburg
2008   University of Cologne

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