Rudolf Thauer#
| Membership Number: | 359 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/thauer |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 Emeritus at the MPI Marburg
- 2008 - 2014 Senior group leader at the MPI Marburg
- 1991 - 2007 Head of the Department of Biochemistry at the MPI Marburg
- 1976 - 2005 Professor of Microbiology, Philipps University Marburg
- 1972 - 1976 Professor of Biochemistry, Ruhr Univ. Bochum
Fields of Scholarship
- Biochemistry
- Physiology
- Ecology of anaerobic bacteria and archaea
Honours and Awards
- 2015 Lwoff Medal Award of the Federation of European Microbiology Societies
- 2013 Medal for honor of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2012 Member of the American Academy of Microbiology
- 2010 Member of the European Academy of Microbiology
- 2009 Honorary Member of the Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie
- 2008 Carl Friedrich Gauß-Medaille, Braunschweigische Wiss. Gesellschaft
- 2007 Honorary Doctor of the University of Freiburg, Germany
- 2007 Honorary Doctor of the University of Waterloo, Canada
- 2001 Honorary Doctor of the ETH Zürich/Switzerland
- 1993 Carus-Preis der Stadt Schweinfurt
- 1992 Carus-Medaille, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Halle
- 1991 Corresp. Member of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Düsseldorf
- 1990 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1989 Corresp. member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen
- 1989 Member of the Marburger Gelehrte Gesellschaft
- 1987 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- 1986 Dannie-Heineman-Preis , Akademie der Wissenschaft zu Göttingen
- 1984 Otto-Warburg-Medaille, Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie
- 1984 Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
