Peter Becker (biologist)
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Peter Becker | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, German Cancer Research Center |
Awards | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (2005) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Molecular biology |
Institutions | University of Munich, MPI for Astrophysics |
Peter Becker is a German molecular biologist. He studied biology at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg until 1984 and finished his Ph.D at the German Cancer Research Center and the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg in 1987. After being employed at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory from 1991 until 1999 he became head of the Adolf Butenandt Institute for molecular biology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
In 2005, he received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, which is the highest honour awarded in German research. In 2007 he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[1]
References
- ^ "Peter Becker". German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- (in German) Porträt at the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft
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