Background
Wilchek, Meir was born on October 17, 1935 in Warsaw, Poland. Son of Eliezer Nechemia and Rachel (Zaidenberg) Wilchek. arrived in Israel, 1949.
Wilchek, Meir was born on October 17, 1935 in Warsaw, Poland. Son of Eliezer Nechemia and Rachel (Zaidenberg) Wilchek. arrived in Israel, 1949.
Bachelor of Science, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, 1995. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1965.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Waterloo, Canada, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Jyvaskyla, Finland, 2000. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, 2000.
Chief chemist, Yeda Company, Rehovot, 1960-1962;
research associate, Department Biophysics, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, 1965-1966;
senior scientist, Department Biophysics, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, 1968-1971;
associate professor, Department Biophysics, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, 1971-1974;
professor, Department Biophysics, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, since 1974;
head, Department Biophysics, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, 1977-1978, 83-87;
visiting fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1966-1967;
research associate, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1967-1968. Visiting scientist National Institutes of Health, 1972, 74-75, Fogarty scholar, 1981-1982. Chief consultant Miles-Yeda (Bio Makor), Rehovot, 1960-1987.
Member Israeli Academy of Sciences, 1988.
Member of Israeli Academy of Sciences & Humanities, Israel Immunological Society, Israel Chemical Society, Israel Bio-chemical Society, European Academy of Sciences & Art, European Molecular Biology Organization, Institute Medicine, American Chemical Society, American Society Biological Chemistry (honorary).
Married Esther Edlis, March 14, 1960. Children: Eliezer Yizhak, Yael Zvia, Hagit Zipora.
