Background
Hoffmann, Jules Alphonse was born on August 2, 1941 in Echternach, Luxembourg.
Hoffmann, Jules Alphonse was born on August 2, 1941 in Echternach, Luxembourg.
Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, University Strasbourg, France, 1969. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Munich, 2006.
Postdoctoral training Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Philipps Universität, Marburg an der Lahn, Germany, 1973—1974. Research assistant National Center for Science Research, France, 1964—1968, research associate, 1969—1973, research director, since 1974, director research unit 9002-Immune Response & Development in Insects, 1978—2005, director Institute Molecular & Cellular Biology Strasbourg, France, 1993—2005.
Member of Academia Europaea, American Academy Arts. & Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, European Molecular Biology Organization, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, French National Academy of Sciences (correspondent 1987, president 2007-2008).
Married; 2 children.