- Peter Schuster, born March 07, 1941 in Vienna
- University Education:
Chemistry and Physics at the "Universität Wien", Ph.D. Degree sub auspiciis
praesidentis, in 1967.
- Professional Career:
- Postdoctoral assistant with Prof. Manfred Eigen at the Max Planck Insitute
of Physical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany, 1968-1969,
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Habilitation in Theoretical Chemistry at the "Universität Wien", 1971,
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Full professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the "Universität
Wien", August 23, 1973 - September 30, 2009,
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Head of the Institute of Theoretical Chemistry at the Universität
Wien, 1973-1992 and 1996-2010,
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Head of the Computer Center at the "Universität Wien", 1985-1991,
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External faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, USA,
1991-2003 and since
July 01, 2004,
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Founding director of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Jena,
Germany, 1992-1995,
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Head of the Department of Molecular Evolutionary Biology at the Institute
of Molecular Biotechnology
in Jena, Germany, 1992-1997,
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External member of the Faculty of Biology and Pharmacy at the "Friedrich-Schiller
Universität Jena", Germany, since 1995,
- Vice-President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2000
- 2003,
- Member of the Presiding Committee of the "Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher
Leopoldina", 2001-2006,
- President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2006-2009
- Professor emeritus at the Universität Wien, since October 01, 2009
- Elected Scientific Memberships
- Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences since May 8, 1984,
- Member of the "Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina", since June 22, 1993,
- Member of the "Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig", since March 11, 1994,
- Member of the "Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften", since Feb. 17, 1995,
- Member of the "Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften", since March 3, 1999,
- Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, since 2004,
- Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences USA, since April 28, 2009
- Member of the Academia Europaea, London, since May, 2009
- Titular member of the International Academy of Philosophy of Sciences, since November, 2009
- Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), since April, 2014
- Detailed Curriculum Vitae [PDF]
©J. Ivansits, February, 2010