Timothy J. Richmond#
| Membership Number: | 2024 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2000 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.bi.id.ethz.ch/personensuche/detail.do?pid=13008&lang=EN |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1987 Professor, Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- 1980-1987 Staff Scientist (tenured), Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
- 1978-1980 Postdoc with Dr. A. Klug, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
- 1975-1978 Postdoc with Dr. F.M. Richards, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
- 1970-1975 Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- 1966-1970 B.S., Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular biology
- X-ray crystallography
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Nucleosome
- Chromatin
- Transcription factors
Honours and Awards
- 2010 Wilbur Cross Medal, Yale University Graduate School Alumni Association
- 2006 Marcel Benoist Prize, Marcel-Benoist-Stiftung
- 2002 Louis-Jeantet Prize, Fondation Louis-Jeantet de Médecine
- 2001 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, Purdue University
- 1997 Johnson Foundation Award and Lecture, University of Pennsylvania
- 1984 Max Perutz Major Award, Max Perutz Trust Fund
- 2007 Member of the U.S. National Academy of Science
- 2004 Member of the German Academy of Science
- 2000 Member of the Academia Europae
- 1995 Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization
- 1994 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
