Franz-Ulrich Hartl

Franz-Ulrich Hartl (born 10 March 1957) is a German biochemist and Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry. He is known for his pioneering work in the field of protein-mediated protein folding and is a recipient of the 2011 Lasker Award along with Arthur L. Horwich.

Franz-Ulrich Hartl
Born (1957-03-10) 10 March 1957
Essen, Germany
Alma mater
Known forChaperone-assisted protein folding
AwardsGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Prize (2002)
Körber European Science Award (2006)
Heinrich Wieland Prize (2011)
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (2011)
Shaw Prize (2012)
Scientific career
Institutions

Biography

Hartl was born in Essen, Germany on 10 March 1957. He completed his M.D. (1982) and Dr. med. (1985) at the University of Heidelberg. His thesis was entitled The Regulation of Rat Liver Peroxisomal Metabolism by Thyroid Hormones. He then completed his Dr. Med. Habil. from the Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University of Munich in 1990. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Physiological Chemistry at the University of Munich in the lab of Walter Neupert from 1985 to 1986, and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles in the lab of William T. Wickner from 1989 to 1990.[1]

In 1991, he accepted a professorship in cell biology and genetics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell Medical College in New York, until his return to Germany in 1997 to take up his present position as Director of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried.[2][1]

As of 2021, Hartl has an h-index of 140 according to Google Scholar[3] and of 122 according to Scopus.[4]

Honors

Hartl received the following honors:[1]

References
  1. "Ulrich Hartl Curriculum Vitae".
  2. "Professor F.-Ulrich Hartl – Heinrich Wieland Prize – Homepage".
  3. Franz-Ulrich Hartl publications indexed by Google Scholar
  4. "Scopus preview – Hartl, Franz Ulrich – Author details – Scopus". www.scopus.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  5. "Recipients Of 6th Annual Wiley Prize In Biomedical Sciences Announced By Wiley Foundation". Medical News Today. 2 February 2007. Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
  6. "Award Winners 2008". Brandeis University. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
  7. "Schering Stiftung". Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  8. "Breakthrough Prize – Winners Of The 2020 Breakthrough Prize In Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics And Mathematics Announced". breakthroughprize.org. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
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