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Rudolf K. Thauer

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German biologist

GermanyAcademicsBorn 1939 · age 86
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Rudolf K. Thauer is a biologist and a retired professor of microbiology and heads the Emeritus group at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg.

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Awards 9

2021Cothenius Medal
2008Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal
2007honorary doctor of the University of Freiburg
2007honorary doctorate from the University of Waterloo
2001honorary doctor of ETH Zürich
1993Carus medal
1987Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
1986Dannie Heineman Prize
1984Otto Warburg Medal

Connected to Rudolf 6

Gerald JoyceAlso won Dannie Heineman PrizeKurt MehlhornAlso won honorary doctorate from the University of WaterlooMax VerwornAlso won Carus medalAugust MichaelisAlso won Cothenius MedalPetra SchwilleAlso won Otto Warburg MedalErwin BünningAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Freiburg

About this person

Rudolf K. Thauer is a biologist and a retired professor of microbiology and heads the Emeritus group at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg. Thauer taught in the faculty of Biology at the University of Marburg for about 15 years and is known primarily for his work on the biochemistry of methanogens.

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Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
living
Dates
Born 1939 · age 86
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