Curriculum Vitae Dr. Winfried Denk

1978-1981:

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich

1981-1984:

Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland

1984-1989:

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

1989:

PhD in physics (1990)

1989-1991:

IBM Research Lab in Rueschlikon, Switzerland, postdoctoral fellow

1991-1999:

Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ, independent research

1999 – :

Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Department of Biomedical Optics; (since 2011 acting) Director

2002– :

Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Physics, University of Heidelberg

2009 –

Senior Fellow, HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus

2011 –

Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried near Munich, Director of the Department Electrons – Photons – Neurons

1986-1989:

IBM Graduate Research Fellowship

1998:

Young Investigator Award of the Biophysical Society

2000:

Rank Prize for Opto-Electronics

2003:

Leibniz prize of the DFG (German Research Council)

2005:

Heller Lecture (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)

2006:

Kavli Lecture (Society for Neuroscience)

2008:

Henri Sack Lecture (Cornell University, Ithaca)

2012:

Kavli Prize in Neuroscience

2013:

Elected Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Science (USA)

2014:

Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)