Background
Zinkernagel, Rolf Martin was born on January 6, 1944 in Basle, Switzerland. Son of Robert W. and Suzanne (Staehlin) Zinkernagel.
Zinkernagel, Rolf Martin was born on January 6, 1944 in Basle, Switzerland. Son of Robert W. and Suzanne (Staehlin) Zinkernagel.
Doctor of Medicine, University Basel, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University, Canberra, 1975.
Surgical intern St. Claraspital Hospital, Basel, 1968—1969. Postdoctoral fellow, Laboratory Electron Microscopy, Institute Anatomy University Basel, 1969—1970. Postdoctoral fellow, Institute Biochemistry University Lausanne, 1971—1973.
Visiting fellow department microbiology Australian National University, 1973—1975. Assistant to associate professor department immunopathology Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, 1975—1979, professor, 1979. Associate professor department pathology University Zurich, 1979—1988.
Professor Department Pathology, Institute Experimental Immunology, University Zurich, 1988—1992, co-head Institute Experimental Immunology, since 1992. Adjunct associate professor department pathology University California, San Diego, 1977—1979.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences (foreign), American Academy Microbiology, American Academy Arts & Sciences (foreign), Royal Society (foreign), Australian Academy of Sciences (foreign), American Philosophical Society (foreign). Member: Russian Academy of Sciences (foreign), German Society Virology, German Society Immunology, American Association Immunologists (honorary), Swiss Society Allergy & Immunology (honorary. President 1993-1994), Australian Society Immunology (honorary), Scandinavian Society Immunology (honorary), International Society Antiviral Research, Acadmia Euopea, Swiss Society Cell & Molecular Biology, Swiss Society Microbiology, Swiss Society Pathology, American Association Pathologists.
Married Kathrin G. Lüdin, March 11, 1968. Children: Christine, Annelies, Martin.