Volker ter Meulen#
| Membership Number: | 1213 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1992 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2013 - present Co‐Chair of the InterAcademy Panel (IAP)
- 2010 Past President of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2007 ‐ 2010 President of the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC)
- 2003 ‐ 2010 President of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 1975 ‐ 2003 Chairman of the Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Infections of the central nervous system
- Molecular and pathogenic aspects of viral infections in man and animals
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Honorary Member of the German Society for Virology
- 2010 Honorary Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2009 Robert Koch Medal in Gold
- 2008 Commander’s Cross, Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2008 Doctor honoris causa, University of Freiburg, Germany
- 2008 Honorary Member of the Society for General Microbiology
- 2006 Bene Merenti in Gold, University of Würzburg, Germany
- 2006 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- 2003 Pro Meritis Scientiae et Litterarum of the Bavarian Ministry of Science
- 2003 Ernst Jung Medal for Medicine in Gold
- 2002 Honorary Member of the Società Italiana di Virologia
- 2000 Emil von Behring Prize
- 2000 Pioneer Award, International Society of NeuroVirology
- 2000 Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1994 Dr. Robert Pfleger Prize
- 1992 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1992 Max Planck Research Prize
- 1992 Knight’s Cross, Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1985 Aronson Prize (Senate Berlin)
