Marc Van Montagu#
| Membership Number: | 327 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
| Homepage(s): | http://indbiotech.net/aboutus/mvm.php |
Present and Previous Positions
- Emeritus Professor, Ghent University
- Founder and Chairman of the Board, IPBO - Institute for Plant Biotechnology Outreach, Ghent
- Full Professor (‘gewoon hoogleraar’), molecular genetics, Ghent University, Belgium
- Director of the Department of Genetics, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Belgium
Fields of Scholarship
- Cell biology
- Plant biotechnology
- Molecular biology
Honours and Awards
- 2013 The World Food Prize
- 2013 Foreign correspondent of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
- 2009 Genome Valley Excellence Award 2009 (BioAsia, India)
- 2004 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Sofia (Bulgaria)
- 2001 Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
- 1999 American Academy of Microbiology
- 1999 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Habana (Cuba)
- 1999 Theodor Bücher Medal (FEBS)
- 1998 Japan Prize (Japan)
- 1998 Italian Academy of Sciences dei XL
- 1997 The Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences, Belgium
- 1997 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- 1997 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Liege (Belgium)
- 1997 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Brussels - ULB (Belgium)
- 1995 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Compiegne (France)
- 1994-1995 Chair at the Catholic University of Louvain, Faculty of Sciences (Belgium)
- 1992 The Academy of Engineering of Sweden
- 1992 Agricultural Academy of France
- 1991 Agricultural Academy of Russia
- 1990 Baron, title granted by Baudouin I, King of the Belgians
- 1990 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Helsinki (Finland)
- 1990 The Charles Leopold Mayer Prize (Academy of Sciences, France)
- 1990 Dr. A. de Leeuw-Damry-Bourlart Prize
- 1989 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1988 IBM-Europe Prize (France)
- 1987 Rank Prize for Nutrition (The United Kingdom)
- 1987 Belgian Royal Academy of Sciences
- 1986-1987 Chair at the Free University of Brussels, Faculty of Medicine (Belgium)
- 1986 Foreign Associate, The National Academy of Sciences of the USA
- 1971-1972 Francqui Chair at the Catholic University of Louvain, Faculty of Medicine (Belgium)
