Background
Beek, Johannes Hendricus Gerardus Maria Van was born on July 21, 1952 in Wehl, Gelderland, The Netherlands. Son of Hendrikus Johannes Van Beek and Johanna Gerarda Lukassen.
biophysicist educator physiologist
Beek, Johannes Hendricus Gerardus Maria Van was born on July 21, 1952 in Wehl, Gelderland, The Netherlands. Son of Hendrikus Johannes Van Beek and Johanna Gerarda Lukassen.
Bachelor of Science, University Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1973. Master of Science, University Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy, University Leiden, The Netherlands, 1983.
Researcher, Institute for Perception, Soesterberg, The Netherlands, 1978-1980;
researcher, U. Leiden, The Netherlands, 1980-1983;
postdoctoral fellow, Free U., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1984-1986;
docent, Free U., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1986-1987, 88-;
visiting scientist, U. Washington, Seattle, 1987-1988;
visiting scholar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1993. Vice chairman Council on Circulation Netherlands Organisation Science Research, The Hague, 1988-1992. Member special study section National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1988.
Established investigator Netherlands Heart Foundation, since 1995. Chairman county respiration Lung Disease and Respiratory Intensive Care Netherlands Organisation Science Research, since 1996.
Organizer travel Association Biology Students Utrecht, France, 1977, cultural activities for young adults, Leiden, 1981-1983. Host to visiting scientist Medical School Datong, People's Republic of China, 1993-1994. Invited lecturer, chairperson International Science Conferences, since 1988.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue, Dutch Physiological Society, Council on Basic Sciences American Heart Association, New York Academy of Sciences, Physiological Society (United Kingdom).
Married Marion Jacoba Van Eck, May 22, 1991.