Members

Prof. Dr. Peter Gruss

* 1949

Ordentliche Mitglieder (1996)

Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse

Professor der Molekularen Zellbiologie

Professional Record: 

2025-today Tokyo University Management and Policy Board
2017-2022 CEO, OIST School Corporation & President, OIST Graduate University 
2002-2014 President of the Max Planck Society 
1997-1998 Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute 
for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen 
since 1990 Honorary Professor, University of Göttingen 
1986-2014 Director (Department of Molecular Cell Biology), Max Planck 
Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen 
1983-1986 Member of the Directorate of the Center for Molecular 
Biology, University of Heidelberg (ZMBH) 
1982-1986 Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Heidelberg 
1978-1982 Laboratory of Molecular Virology, National Cancer Institute, 
NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA 
1981-1982 Visiting Scientist, NIH 
1980-1981 Expert Consultant, NIH 
1978-1980 Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH 
1977-1978 Postdoctoral Assistant at the Institute of Virus Research, 
German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg 

Selected Awards and Stipends: 

2023 Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, Japan
2017 Harnack Medal of the Max Planck Society 
2012 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art 
2012 Ellis Island Medal of Honor 
2009 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany - Cross of Merit, First class 
2007 National Award for International Science and Technology of the People’s Republic 
of China 
2004 State Prize of Lower Saxony 
2003 Virchow-Lecture and Award, Würzburg 
2003 George Khoury Lecture, Bethesda 
2002 Berthold Medal and Lecture of the German Society of Endocrinology, Göttingen 
1999 German Future Prize 1999 

Selected Memberships and Professional Activities: 

Member of the Management and Policy Board University of Tokyo
Honorary Member of the Japan Academy
Member of the Max Planck Society (emeritus) 
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 
Member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists "Leopoldina" (since 1995) 
Member of the Academia Europaea (European Academy of Sciences) 
Member of the New York Academy of Sciences 
Member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Munich 
Member of the Academy of Sciences, Göttingen 
Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) 



 

Fachgebiete: Biowissenschaften; Biologie , Molekularbiologie, Zellbiologie

Awards

Wikipedia Link: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gruss