Background
Traavik, Ingemar Terje was born on December 5, 1943 in Oslo. Son of Ingemar Maxwell and Linda Amunda (Schröder) Traavik.
Traavik, Ingemar Terje was born on December 5, 1943 in Oslo. Son of Ingemar Maxwell and Linda Amunda (Schröder) Traavik.
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian College Veterinary Medicine, Oslo, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, University Tromsø, Norway, 1979.
Private practice veterinarian, Vega, Norway, 1969-1970. Virologist National Institute Public Health, Oslo, 1970-1976. Assistant professor University Tromsø, 1977-1982, professor, since 1983.
Consultant virologist Regional Hospital, Tromsø, since 1977. Chairman Institute Medical Biology, University Tromsø, 1981-1983, deputy dean School Medicine, 1981-1983, member university board, since 1989. Visiting professor University Oxford, England, 1983-1984, University California, San Diego, 1988-1989, University California, Irvine, 1994-1995.
Chairman National Research Program on Environmental Effects of Biotechnology, 1991-1994.
Member board technical affairs City of Tromsö, 1988-1992, City Council, 1988-1992. Member Governmental Biotechnology Advisory Board, since 1993. Member Norwegian Bio-chemical Society (chairman regional branch 1979-1981, board directors 1979-1981), Norwegian Microbiol.
Society, American Society Microbiology, European Association Cancer Research, New York Academy of Sciences, Norwegian Society Virology (founder, board directors since 1992), Nordic Society Virology (Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland. Chairman 1993-1995); co-founder, scientific director Norwegian Institute Gene Ecology, since 1998.
Married Francis Sophia Maria Mennen, May 23, 1980. Children: Stig, Dag, Joakim, Jannik, Sebastian.
