Peter Becker | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, German Cancer Research Center |
Awards | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (2005) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Molecular biology |
Institutions | University of Munich, MPI for Astrophysics |
Peter Becker is a German molecular biologist. He studied biology at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg until 1984 and finished his Ph.D at the German Cancer Research Center and the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg in 1987. After being employed at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) from 1991 until 1999 he became head of the Adolf Butenandt Institute for molecular biology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. In 2000 he was elected as a member of EMBO. [1]
In 2005, he received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, which is the highest honour awarded in German research. In 2007 he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. [2] He became chair of EMBL Council, the governing body of EMBL, in 2023, having served as a delegate since 2016. [1]
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to molecular biology research and is supported by 29 member states, two prospect member states, and one associate member state. EMBL was created in 1974 and is funded by public research money from its member states. Research at EMBL is conducted by more than 110 independent research groups and service teams covering the spectrum of molecular biology.
The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, or Leibniz Prize, is awarded by the German Research Foundation to "exceptional scientists and academics for their outstanding achievements in the field of research". Since 1986, up to ten prizes have been awarded annually to individuals or research groups working at a research institution in Germany or at a German research institution abroad. It is considered the most important research award in Germany.
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