Eric F. Wieschaus

Curriculum Vitae

Born June 7, 1947, South Bend, Indiana, USA

Address: Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA

Academic Education

1969 BS, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

1974 PhD, Yale University, New Haven, CT

1975-1978 Postdoctoral, University of Zürich, Switzerland

Appointments and Professional Activities

1975-1978 Postdoctoral Fellow, Zoologisches Institut der Universität Zürich, with Dr Rolf Nöthiger

1976 EMBO short-term fellowship to the laboratory of Mme Gans, Laboratoire de Genetique Moleculaire CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

1977 Visiting Researcher, Laboratory of Peter Bryant, Center of Pathobiology, University of CA, Irvine

1978-1981 Group Leader, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany

1981-1983 Assistant Professor of Biology, Princeton University

1983-1987 Associate Professor of Biology, Princeton University

1987 – Professor, Princeton University

Fellowships and Awards

1969 Graduated magna cum laude, University of Notre Dame, South Bend IN

1974 John Spangler Niclaus Prize for the outstanding dissertation in experimental embryology, Yale University

1987 Scientific Advisory Council, Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Fund

1988- Advisory Council, Department of Biology/Biochemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas

The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute