PERSONAL
Born: March 10, 1932, Broumov, Czechoslovakia
Nationality: U.S. Citizen
EDUCATION
University of Würzburg, Germany, B.S., 1955
University of Tübingen, Germany, Ph.D., 1959
Max-Planck-Institut, Tübingen, Germany, 1955 - 1959
University of California, Berkeley, Virus Laboratory (Postdoctoral), 1959 - 1962
APPOINTMENTS
Professor, Scripps Research, La Jolla, California, 1993 - present
Executive Vice President for Scientific Affairs, Scripps Research, 2012 - 2015
Hastings Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Chairman, Dept. of Microbiology, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 1971 - 1993
Associate Professor and Professor of Microbiology, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 1967 - 1971
Assistant and Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Denver, CO, 1962 - 1967
HONORS & AWARDS
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University, 2019
Prize for Scientific Excellence in Medicine, American Italian Cancer Foundation, 2017
IHV Lifetime Achievement Award for Scientific Contributions, 2016
Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research, 2013
Einstein Professorship, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2013
Loeffler-Frosch Medal, German Society of Virology, 2010
Albert Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research, 2010
Gregor Johann Mendel Medal, National Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 2008
Annual Science in Medicine Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, 2008
Meyenburg Foundation Lecture, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany, 2008
Heinrich Pette Lecture, University of Hamburg, 2006
Edwin Lennette Lecturer, American Society of Virology, 2004
McGinnis Lecture, Duke University, 1999
Carl Friedrich von Siemens Lecture, University of Munich, 1997
Doctor honoris causa, University of Würzburg, 1995
Princess Takamatsu Lecturer, 1995
Charles S. Mott Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation, 1991
Howard Taylor Ricketts Award, University of Chicago, 1991
ICN International Prize in Virology, 1989
Bristol Myers Award, 1989
Paul-Ehrlich and Ludwig-Darmstaedter Prize, 1988
Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Award, 1987
Waterford Biomedical Science Award, 1986
Elected Honorary Member, Japanese Cancer Association, 1986
Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine, 1985
Alexander von Humboldt Award, Federal Republic of Germany, 1984
Irene-Vogeler-Prize of the Max-Planck-Society, 1976
Associates Award for Creative Scholarship & Research, University of Southern California, 1975
California Scientist of the Year, 1975
Distinguished Teaching Awards, University of Southern California, 1974, 1976, 1985
Distinguished Teaching Awards, University of Washington, 1970, 1971
Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, 1955
SERVICE
Editorial Boards
Virology (1966 - 2008)
Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology (1967 - 2017)
Intervirology (1972 - 1978)
Comprehensive Virology (1973)
Virus Research (1984 - 1992)
Cell Growth and Differentiation (1991 - 1995)
Cancer Research (1993 - 2007)
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics (1994 - 1999)
Blood Cells, Molecules & Diseases (1995 – 2014)
Journal of Virology (1996 - 2008)
Journal of Molecular Medicine (2000 - 2001)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, USA (2000 - 2019)
Cell Cycle (2005 - present)
Oncogene (2008 - 2010)
Genes and Cancer (2009 - present)
OncoTarget (2010 - present)
Frontiers in Molecular and Cellular Oncology (2010 - 2015)
Molecular & Cellular Oncology (2014 – present)
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy (2015 – present)
NIH/NCI
Virology Study Section (1967 - 1971)
Leukemia Etiology Segment Review, Special Virus Cancer Program (1968- 1971)
Solid Tumor Segment Review, Special Virus Cancer Program (1971 - 1972)
Virology Task Force, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare (1976 - 1977)
Cancer Special Program Review Committee (1981 - 1985)
NCI Board of Scientific Advisors (1996 - 2002)
International Committee on the Nomenclature of Viruses
Chairman, Study Group on RNA Tumor Viruses (1971 - 1981)
American Cancer Society
Dernham Fellowship Selection Committee California Division (1972 - 1977), Chairman (1978 - 1980)
Advisory Committee on Virology and Cell Biology (1971 - 1975)
Council for Research and Clinical Investigation (1979 - 1982)
Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
Board of Scientific Consultants (1972 - 1980), Chairman (1980 - 1981)
General Motors Cancer Research Foundation
Member, Sloan Selection Committee (1984)
Vice Chairman, Sloan Selection Committee (1985)
Awards Assembly (1987 - 1991)
Life and Health Insurance Medical Research Fund
Review Committee (1984 - 1992)
Council for Tobacco Research, U.S.A.
Scientific Advisory Board (1988 - 1998)
German Cancer Center, Heidelberg
Committee of Scientific Advisors (1989 - 1995)
Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research
Scientific Committee (1990 - 1996)
Foundation for Advanced Cancer Studies
Board of Directors (1995 - 2014)
Robert Koch Foundation
Scientific Advisory Board (1999 - 2008)
Oncology Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board (2003 – 2006)
Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research
Scientific Advisory Board (2005 – 2017)
The Hormel Institute, Austin, MN
Scientific Advisory Board (2014 – 2019)
UCSD Moores Cancer Center
External Advisory Board (2014 – 2021)
National Foundation for Cancer Research
Scientific Advisory Board (since 2015)
ELECTED OFFICES
Vice Chairman, Virology Division, American Society of Microbiology, 1973, 1974
Chairman, Virology Division, American Society of Microbiology, 1975
Councilor, American Society of Microbiology, 1976, 1977
Chair, Class of Medical Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, USA, 2001 - 2004
American Academy of Microbiology, Board of Governors, 2009 - 2012
ACADEMIES
AACR Academy (elected Fellow), 2013
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2004
Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine), 2003
Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (now the German Academy of Sciences), 1998
American Academy of Microbiology, 1992
American Philosphcal Society, 1991
National Academy of Sciences, USA, 1980
SOCIETIES
American Society for Microbiology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society of Virology
American Association for Cancer Research
American Chemical Society
International Society of Differentiation
Gesellschaft für Virologie (Honorary Member)
Japanese Association for Cancer Research (Foreign Member)
Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (Honorary Member)