Jörg Schmidtke

Background

Schmidtke, Jörg was born on July 8, 1946 in Braunschweig, Germany. Son of Gotthard and Elsa (Weinlich) Schmidtke.

Education

Examination, University Freiburg, 1973. Doctor of Medicine, University Freiburg, 1974. Dr.med.habil., University Göttingen, Germany, 1981.

Career

Assistant professor, U. Göttingen (Germany) Department Human Genetics, 1977-1981; section leader, U. Göttingen (Germany) Department Human Genetics, 1983-1988; section leader, Free U. Department Human Genetics, Berlin, Germany, 1988-1990; head, Department Human Genetics, Medical School, Hannover, Germany, since 1990. Co-chair Human Gene Mapping Workshops, 1988-1991. Consultant in field.

Achievements

• Jörg Schmidtke has been listed as a noteworthy geneticist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • DNA-Fingerprinting (German Edition)

Membership

Member American Society Human Genetics, Human Genome Organization, German Board Medical Genetics (president 1993-1997), German Society Human Genetics (president 1998-2000), European Society Human Genetics (board directors 1997-2002, public and professional policy committee since 1997).

Connections

Married Veronika Sieben, 1972 (divorced 1993). Children: Adrian, David, Benjamin. Married Bettina Pape.

1 child, Claudia.

Father:

Gotthard Schmidtke

Mother:

Elsa (Weinlich) Schmidtke

Spouse:

Bettina Pape

Spouse:

Veronika Sieben

child:

David Schmidtke

child:

Claudia Schmidtke

child:

Adrian Schmidtke

child:

Benjamin Schmidtke