Henk van der Molen - curriculum vitae#

Academic qualifications

• 1953 - 1959 Study (Bio)chemistry, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
• 1959 Doctoral examination University of Utrecht. Main subjects: Analytical chemistry, Biochemistry
• 1961 Ph.D. thesis on “Infrared Spectrometry of Steroids”, submitted to the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

Positions held

• 1990 - 2001 President (chairman of the board) of the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
• 1996 - 2004 Board of Trustees (vice-chairman) of TNO (Netherlands Organization of Applied research)
• 1986 - 1991 Director-General of The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO,previously ZWO)
• 1980 - 1986 Dean Medical School, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
• 1970 - 1990 Professor of Chemical Endocrinology, Head of Department of Biochemistry II, Medical school, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
• 1966 - 1970 Reader in Biochemistry, Medical School, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
• 1962 - 1963 Steroid Training Course, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A
• 1959 - 1969 Head of the laboratory of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Other scientific activities

In 1974 a new journal MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINLOGY was started. I was Managing Editor from 1974-1980. The journal which is presently in its 47th year and has published as of 2020 more than 500 volumes.

• European Science Foundation (ESF) 1986 - 1991
  • Member of the Executive Council
  • Member and chairman of the European Scientific Research Councils (ESCR)
  • Member of the European Medical Research Councils (EMRC)
• Academia Europaea
  • 1989 elected as member of Academia Europaea
  • 1996 - 2001 Vice-President of Academia Europaea
• Euroscience
  • Member of the Governing Board (1997-2001)

Other activities Memberships of several national and international scientific organizations and local organizations in Rotterdam.

Scientific publications

A complete list of scientific activities (research interests, published papers and books) and activities in scientific organizations during the period 1959 – 1990 is available.