Gottfried Schatz#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 100 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1988 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/about-us/biozentrum-at-a-glance/history/emeriti/gottfried-schatz |
Gottfried Schatz passed away October 1, 2015.
Positions Held
- 2000 - 2003 President at Swiss Science and Technology Council
- 1973 Professor at Department of Biochemistry, Biozentrum, University of Basel
- 1968 - 1973 Associate Professor at Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
- 1961 - 1968 Assistant Professor at Department of Biochemistry, University of Vienna, Austria
- 1961 Ph.D.(summa cum laude) in Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of Graz, Austria
Fields of Scholarship
- Bio-genesis of mitochondria
- Mechanism of oxidative phosphorylation
- Mechanism of protein transport into mitochondria
Honours and Awards
- 2010 International Austrian of the Year
- 2009 European Award for Science and Culture "Pro Europa"
- 2004 Antonio Feltrinelli International Prize
- 2000 Wilson Medal, American Society of Cell Biology
- 1993 Prix Marcel Benoist
- 1993 Member of Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 1988 Member of Academia Europaea
- 1986 Sir Hans Krebs Medal, FEBS
- 1983 Emil Christian Hansen Gold Medal, Carlsberg Foundation
- 1967 nnitzer Prize
