Harald zur Hausen#
Membership Number: | 854 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
Elected: | 1990 |

Present and Previous Positions
- 2003 Professor emeritus
- 1983- 2003 Chairman of the Management Board and Scientific Director of the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Center), Heidelberg
- 1977- 1983 Chairman and Professor at Institut für Virologie at Zentrum für Hygiene at University of Freiburg
- 1972- 1977 Chairman and Professor at Institut für Klinische Virologie at University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
- 1969- 1972 Senior Scientist at Institut für Virologie at University of Würzburg, Germany
- 1966- 1969 Research Fellow at Division of Virology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- 1962- 1965 Research Fellow at Institut für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie at University of Düsseldorf
- 1960 Graduation in Medicine and M.D. University of Düsseldorf
Fields of Scholarship
- Papilloma virus
- Virology
Honours and Awards
- Member of American Association for Cancer Research (2010)
- Nobel Prize for Medicine
(2008)
- Gairdner Foundation International Award (2008)
- Honorary Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2008)
- William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology (2006)
- German Cancer Aid Award (2006)
- Member of Deutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft (2005)
- Great Cross of Merit (2004)
- San Marino Prize for Medicine (2002)
- Virchow Medal from the University of Würzburg (2000)
- Paul-Ehrlich-und-Ludwig-Darmstaedter-Preis (1994)
- Charles S. Mott Prize (1986)
- Robert Koch Prize (1975)