Background
Wimmer, Eckard was born on May 22, 1936 in Berlin. Son of Gunther Karl Woldemar and Wiltrut Wilhemine (Brandt) Wimmer.
Wimmer, Eckard was born on May 22, 1936 in Berlin. Son of Gunther Karl Woldemar and Wiltrut Wilhemine (Brandt) Wimmer.
Graduate in Chemistry, University Gottingen, Federal Republic of Germany, 1959. Doctor Rerum Naturalium in Organic Chemistry, University Gottingen, Federal Republic of Germany, 1962.
Instructor Department Organic Chemistry University Gottingen, 1960-1962, research associate, instructor, 1962-1964. Research associate Department Biochemistry, University British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 1964-1966, Department Botany, University Illinois, Urbana, 1966-1968. Assistant professor to associate professor microbiology St. Louis University, 1968-1973.
Associate professor State University of New York, Stonybrook, 1974-1979, professor, since 1979, chairman Department Microbiology, since 1984. Visiting scientist Department Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1969. Member molecular biology advisory panel National Science Foundation, 1977-1980.
Member International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, Picornavirus Study Group. Consultant Plum Island Disease Center United States Department of Agriculture, 1984-1989 and on vaccine development World Health Organization.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Microbiology, American Society Virology.
Married Astrid Brose. Children: Thomas, Susanne.