Hans Georg Zachau

Background

Zachau, Hans Georg was born on May 16, 1930 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Erich Franz and Gertrud (Mengers) Zachau.

Education

Diploma in Chemistry, University Frankfurt, 1953. Doctor of Science, University Tübingen (Germany), 1955.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1956-1957, Rockefeller University, New York City, 1957-1958. Researcher Max Planck Institute, Munchen, Germany, 1958-1961, University Koln, Cologne, 1961-1966. Professor Munchen, Germany, 1967-1999.

Professor emeritus Germany, since 1999. President Gesellschaft fur Biologische Chemie, Germany, 1975-1977.

Achievements

• Hans Georg Zachau has been listed as a noteworthy molecular biologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Bayerische Akademie der Wisenschaften, Orden Pour le merite (chancellor since 1992), Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Academia Europaea, Maximiliansorden, The Human Genome Organization, Russian Academy of Sciences, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (honorary).

Connections

Married Elisabeth Irmgard Vorster, April 16, 1960. Children: Martin, Ulrich, Thomas.

Father:

Erich Franz Zachau

Mother:

Gertrud (Mengers) Zachau

Spouse:

Elisabeth Irmgard Vorster

child:

Martin Zachau

child:

Thomas Zachau

child:

Ulrich Zachau