Rudolf Karl Zahn

Background

Zahn, Rudolf Karl was born on February 6, 1920 in Bad Orb, Germany. Son of Jakob Simon and Maria Margarethe (Noll) Zahn.

Education

Degree summa cum laude in Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt. Doctor in Medical; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Zagreb, 1988. Associate of Arts, Isabel M.

Doctor honoris causa, University Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1988.

Career

Chief kidney laboratory department physiology, science associate department biochemistry University Frankfurt, Germany, 1950—1956, docent Germany, 1956—1961, associate professor physiology and biochemistry Germany, 1961—1967.

Chairman, director Institute Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, 1967—1988. Professor Rudjer Boskovic, Zagreb, Croatia. Head Joint Venture Laboratory Marine Molecular Biology, Rovinji, Croatia and Mainz, West Germany, 1971—1994.

Professor medical biochemistry University Kurume-Fukuoka, Japan, 1981. Consultant Bundesminister Forschung University Technologie. Full member Academy of Sciences and Literature.

Professor emeritus University Mainz, Germany, 1988. European editor Mechanisms Aging Development, 1998. Chairman Commission Molecular Biology, since 1973.

Honorary professor University Kurumue-Fukuoka, Japan, 1988. Chairman, organizer Karl August Forster Lectures on Programmed Biosynthesis, 1968—1990.

Works

• Other Work

  • Editor: Research Molecular Biology, Academy of Sciences Literature, Mainz. Contributor articles to professional journals.

Membership

Member of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (correspondent), Gesellschaft deutscher Chemiker, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Gerontologie, American Association for the Advancement of Science, European Environmental Mutagen Society, Deutsche Pharmakologische Gesellschaft, Gesellschaft fur Genetik Munchen, Medizinische Gesellschaft Mainz, International Society Research in Medical Education, Paul Ehrlich Gesellschaft fur Chemotherapie, New York Academy of Sciences, Gesellschaft fur Freunde des Deutsche-Amerikanischen Akademischen Austauschs, European Association Cancer Research, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Biophysik, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Elektronenmikroskopie, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Klinische Chemie, Gesellschaft fur Biologische Chemie. Rockefeller fellow Harvard University, 1949—1950. Member faculty department pharmacy University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1950. Full member Academy of Sciences and Literature.

Interests

• Botany, diving, travelling.

Connections

Married Gertrud Daimler, February 17, 1942. 1 child Matthias.

Father:

Jakob Simon Zahn

Mother:

Maria Margarethe (Noll) Zahn

Spouse:

Gertrud Daimler

child:

Matthias Zahn