Klaus Hahlbrock#
| Membership Number: | 1348 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1993 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2002 Professor Emeritus
- 1996 - 2002 Vice President, Max Planck Society
- Since 1984 Honorary Professor of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Köln
- 1983 - 2002 Director and Head of Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Plant Breeding Research, Köln, Germany
- since 1983 Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society
- 1976 - 1977, 1979 Chairman, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg
- 1973 Associate Professor, University of Freiburg
- 1971 ‘Habilitation’, (approx. Assistant Professor), Biochemistry, University of Freiburg
- 1966 - 1972 Research Assistant and Group Leader, Dept. of Plant Biochemistry, University of Freiburg
- 1965 PhD, Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Plant natural products
- Biosynthetic pathways
- Enzyme and gene regulation
- Phytopathology
Honours and Awards
- 1979 Tate and Lyle Award, Phytochemical Society of Europe
- 1985 Otto-Bayer Prize
- 1990 Member, German Academy Leopoldina (since 2008: German National Academy)
- 1992 Corresponding Member, American Society of Plant Physiologists
- 1993 Member, Academia Europaea
- 1994 Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences, USA
- 2002 Distinguished Service Cross, Federal Republic of Germany
- 2002 Kopernikus Medal, Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2006 Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, Polish Science Foundation
