Herbert Jäckle

Born on July 6, 1949 in Constance. Study of chemistry and biology, doctorate Freiburg University (1977), German Habilitation in biology Tübingen University (1984), Full Professor in Genetics Munich University (1988), Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (since 1991), Honorary Professor Göttingen University (1993), Vice President of the Max Planck Society (2002-2014).

Scientific Awards, Honors and Memberships

1985: Research Prize of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zellbiologie
1986: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation
1990: Prize of the Feldberg Foundation
1992: Otto Bayer Prize
1992: Karl Ritter von Frisch Medal of the DeutschenZoologische Gesellschaft
1999: Louis Jeantet Prize for Medicine, Geneva (Switzerland)
1999: Gregor Mendel Medal of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
1999: Research Prize of the Stifterverbandes für die Deutsche Wissenschaft
1999: Innovation Award of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany
2007: Honorary Doctorate by the Weizmann Institute (Israel)
2010: Federal Cross of Merit, 1. class
2013: Prize for international scientific-technical cooperation (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
2014: Luis Federico Leloir Prize of the Argentinian Government
2014: State Prize of the Republic of China
2015: Honorary Doctorate by the University of Basel (Switzerland)
2016: Honorary Doctorate by the University of Konstanz
2019: Klaus Sander Prize of the Gesellschaft für Entwicklungsbiologie