Background
Skou, Jens Christian was born on October 8, 1918 in Lemvig, Denmark. Son of Magnus Martinus and Ane Margrethe (Knak) Skou.
Skou, Jens Christian was born on October 8, 1918 in Lemvig, Denmark. Son of Magnus Martinus and Ane Margrethe (Knak) Skou.
Graduate, University Copenhagen, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark, 1954.
Intern Hjørring Hospital, 1944-1945, resident, 1945-1946. Orthopaedist Hospital Aarhus, 1946-1947. Assistant professor Aarhus University, 1947-1954, associate professor, 1954-1963.
Professor, chairman Institute Physiology, Aarhus University, 1963—1977. Professor, chair Institute Biophysics, Aarhus University, 1977—1988.
Contributor articles to professional journals.
Member of National Academy of Sciences (fgn associate), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Academia Europaea, European Molecular Biology Organization, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Danish Royal Academy of Sciences, American Physiological Society (honorary), Japanese Bio-chemical Society (honorary).
Classical music, yachting, fishing.
Married Ellen-Margrethe Nielsen, May 17, 1947. Children: Hanne, Karen.