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Michael Widmer Award
Prof. Günter Rolf Fuhr
| Prof.
Dr. rer.
nat. habil. Günter Rolf Fuhr Biophysicist * 29.07.1953 Fraunhofer-Institut für Biomedizinische Technik (IBMT) Homepage: http://www.ibmt.fraunhofer.de |
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Curriculum vitae:
| 1970-75 | Studies
in electrical engineering and semiconductor
technologies, Technical University, Dresden. |
| 1975 | Diploma
Thesis (Dipl.-Ing.): »Thermo Videosystem for
Tumor Monitoring«. |
| 1975-78 | Executive
Manager of the Electronic Camera Production Group at
VEB Kombinat Pentacon, Dresden. |
| 1976-78 | Evening
Classes at the Academy of Painting and Graphics.
Master
Degree at the College of Art, Dresden. |
| 1978-81 | Studies
in Biophysics at the Humboldt-Universität,
Berlin. |
| 1981 | Doctor
Thesis (Dr.rer.nat.) in the field of Plant Physiology:
»Spectroscopic Studies on the Photomorphogenesis of Higher
Plants« at the Humboldt-Universtity, Berlin. |
| 1985 | Habilitation
(Dr.habil.) in the field of Cell Biology and
Biophysics: »About the Rotation of Dielectric Bodies in
Rotating Fields« at the Humboldt-University, Berlin. |
| 1989 | Lecturer
in the field of Biophysics at the
Humboldt-Universität, Berlin. |
| 1992 | Call
for Full Professor and Chairman of the Biology Department by
the Wirtschaftsuniversitität, Wien (refused). |
| 1992-94 | Member
of the Board of Review for Professorship &
Structure with regard to the Institute of Biology and the Museum of
Natural Science of the Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, in duty
of the Minister of Science & Technology of the Land Berlin. |
| 1993 | Full
Professor at the Institute of Biology of the
Humboldt-Universität, Berlin. |
| 1994-96 | Vice
Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences I
at the Humboldt-Universität, Berlin. |
| 1994-05 | Executive Manager of
nine polar expeditions. |
| 2000 | Founding Director of the
Center of Biophysics and Bioinformatics
at the Humboldt-Universität, Berlin. |
| 2001 | Full
Professor and
Chairman of the Biotechnology and Medical Technology Department at the
Medical Faculty of the Universität des Saarlandes. |
| 2001 | Executive Director of
the Fraunhofer-Institut für
Biomedizinische Technik (IBMT) in St. Ingbert, with branches in
Sulzbach (Saar), Potsdam-Golm and Shenzhen (China). |
| 2003 | Founding Director of the
Research Cryobank with the Center for
Cryobiotechnology »EUROCRYOSaar« in Sulzbach/Saar
(Germany). |
| 2005 | Chief Coordinator of the
Integrated EU-Project
»CellPROM« with 27 partners within Europe. |
| 2008 | Since 2008 Director of the Fraunhofer Research Unit for Marine Biotechnology in Lübeck (parallel to the Fraunhofer IBMT) |
Honors, awards and activities in the scientific community:
| 1983 | Humboldt-Award |
| 1991 | Innovation
Award, State of Berlin |
| 2002 | Philip
Morris-Award |
| 2003 | Nominated
for the »Future Award« of the
President of the Federal Republic of Germany (one of the three final
candidates) |
| 2004: | Appointed as Saarland
Embassador. |