August Krogh Institute, University of Copenhagen Staff information

Peter Leth Jørgensen

Curriculum vitae

Professor of molecular physiology
Biomembrane Research Center
August Krogh Institute, Universitetsparken 13, University of Copenhagen
2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Tel: (45) 35 32 16 70 Fax (45) 35 32 15 67 E-mail: pljorgensen@aki.ku.dk

Education

MD (cand. med.) Aarhus University 1964
Dr. med. sci. Aarhus University 1976

Positions held

1964-65 Intern and resident in medicine and surgery
1965-66 Medical doctor and lieutenant in the Danish army
1967-73 Assistant professor, Institute of Physiology, Aarhus University
1973-89 Associate professor of physiology, Aarhus University
1980 Visiting professor, Department of Physiology, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
1989-present Professor of molecular physiology, August Krogh Institute, Copenhagen University

Academic work

Member of Editorial Board for Biochimica et Biophysica Acta and BBA Reviews of Biomembranes (1982-1988), Membrane Biochemistry (1978-1986), Subcellular Biochemistry (1986-1996), Journal of Membrane Biology (1993-), Reviewer and referee for a large number of journals and foundations.

Honors and awards

1986 Aarhus University Science Prize
1988 J. Vissing award, Danish Research Council
1991 NOVO-Nordic Prize

Elected memberships

Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters (1990-) and the Danish Academy of Natural Sciences (1983-). Member of the Board of the Danish Biological Society. Member of the Society of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, USA.

Biomembrane Research Center

Member of the board and leader of Group I of the Biomembrane Research Center at its foundation in 1987 as part of the Danish Biotechnology Program (Biotek I). The purpose of the research is the structure and function of membrane proteins involved in active ion transport and identification and cloning of new membrane proteins. Funding of the center was continued in Biotek II (1990-1995) and Biotek III (1995-1999).

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