Biography

Prof. Franz Hillenkamp

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Personal

Born:

March 18, 1936; Essen, Germany

Married:  

Since 1963, three children


Education

1961

M.S.E.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

1962

Diploma (Dipl. Ing., Communications), Technische Universität München

1966  

PhD (Dr.-Ing.), Technische Universität, München
Thesis: An Absolutely Calibrated Calorimeter for the                                                     Measurement of Pulsed Laser Radiation


Academic Positions

1963-1976 

Part-time lecturer of Physics, University of Maryland, Munich Campus

1976-1986 

Professor of Biophysics, J. W. Goethe Universität, Frankfurt

1982-1986

Professor, Medical Faculty, J. W. Goethe Universität, Frankfurt

1986-2001

Professor of Biophysics and Medical Physics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster

1985-

Visiting Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, U.S.A

1986   

Visiting Professor, Secondá Facoltá di Medicina, Universitá di Napoli, Italia

1999

Visiting Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

2000

Visiting Professor, Universität Innsbruck, Austria

2001-

Professor emeritus, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität, Münster


Professional Appointments

1962-1963

Research Assistant, Institut für Stahlenbiologie (Institute for Radiation Biology), Universität München

1963-1968 

Research Scientist, Gesellschaft für Strahlen- und Umweltforschung München, (German National Laboratory for Radiation and Environmental Research)

1968-1976 

Deputy Head, Department of Coherent Optics, Gesellschaft für Stahlen- und Umweltforschung München

1976-1986

Research Consultant, Gesellschaft für Strahlen- und Umweltforschung, München

1985-   

Research Physicist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

2001-         

Chief Consultant Mass Spectrometry, Sequenom Inc., San Diego, CA


Other Scientific Appointments

1970-1976

Scientific Coordinator of Research Project "Lasers in Medicine and Biology" of the German Federal Department of Research and Technology

1972         

Chairman, Symposium "Laser in der Medizin", Munich

1977

Chairman, Symposium "Laser in Medizin und Biologie", Munich

1978        

Vice Chairman, Gordon Res. Conf. on Lasers in Medicine and Biology, U.S.A.

1979

Scientific Director, NATO Adv. Study Inst. on Lasers in Biology and Medicine

1980         

Chairman, Gordon Res. Conf. on Lasers in Medicine and Biology, U.S.A.


Honors

1997     

Award for Distinguished Contributions in Mass Spectrometry of the
American Society for Mass Spectrometry

2000        

Award for “Molecular Bioanalytics” of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, jointly with Prof. Michael Karas, Frankfurt

2001

Wolfgang Paul Lecture, German Society for Mass Spectrometry

2001-

Member, Academy of Sciences of the State of North Rhine Westphalia, Germany

2003         

Award f. "Outstanding contributions to biomolecular technologies and applications" of the Association of Bioanalytical Research Facilities (ABRF)

2003         

Thompson Medal of the Int. Mass Spectrometry Society

2003

Fresenius Award of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)

2003

Beckurts Preis of the German Helmholtz Association

2006            

Torbern Bergman Medal of the Swedish Chemical Society


Editorial Boards

1983-    

Member, editorial board, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

1984-

Regional Editor (Western Europe), Laser in the Life Sciences

1990-       

Member, editorial board, Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik

1992-1995

Member, editorial board, Analytical Chemistry

1993-        

Member, editorial board, Acta Laser Biology Sinica

1995-        

Member, editorial board, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

1996-

Member, editorial board, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

1997-2000   

Member, editorial board, Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Last update: October 4, 2005.