Fotis Kafatos#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 465 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Fotis Kafatos passed away November 18, 2017.
Positions Held
- 2007-present Adjunct Professor of Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health
- 2005-present Professor, Chair of Immunogenomics, Imperial College, London, UK
- 1993-2005 Director General, and group leader at European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany
- 1982-1993 Founder and Director, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- 1982-present Professor of Biology (part-time), University of Crete, Greece, (on leave)
- 1972-1982 Professor of Biology (part-time), University of Athens, Greece
- 1978-1981 Chair, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Harvard University, USA
- 1969-1994 Professor of Biology, Harvard University, USA
- 1965-1969 Assistant Professor of Biology, Harvard University, USA
- 1965 Instructor of Biology, Harvard University, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Insect Biology
- Natural history
- Defence mechanisms of arthropods
- Developmental biology
- Molecular and cell biology
- Molecular evolution
- Genomics
- Malaria
- Anopheles/Plasmodium interactions
- Insect innate immunity
- Mosquito and comparative genomics
- Vector-based control of malaria
Honours and Awards
- 2007–2011 President of the European Research Council and Chairman of its Scientific Council
- 2008 Fondation Louis Jeantet – 25th Anniversary Special Prize
- 2007 Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 2005 Uni-Heidelberg Grosse Universitats Medal
- 2004 Medal of Honour, City of Heraklion, Crete
- 2004 “Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse”, awarded by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2003 Medal “Taxiarchis of Phoenix”, awarded by the President of the Hellenic Republic, for contributions to Science, Culture and Society
- 2003 Foreign Member of the Royal Society of London
- 2003 Member of Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- 2002 Foreign Member of the French Academy of Sciences
- 2000 Honorary Medal for Distinction in Biology, Academy of Athens
- 2000 Honorary Professor, University of Heidelberg, Germany
- 1995 G.J. Mendel Honorary Gold Medal for Merit in the Biological Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- 1991 Member of Academia Europaea
- 1982 Member of National Academy of Science, USA
- 1980 Fellow in American Academy of Arts and Sciences
