Michael Hengartner

Michael Otmar Hengartner (born 5 June 1966 in St. Gallen) is a Swiss-Canadian biochemist and molecular biologist.[1] He is the Rector of the University of Zurich and President of the Swiss Rectors' Conference, swissuniversities.

Michael Otmar Hengartner
Born (1966-06-05) June 5, 1966
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Education
OccupationRector of the University of Zurich and President of the Swiss Rectors' Conference swissuniversities[1]
Spouse(s)Denise Hengartner
Childrensix

Life

Hengartner was born in 1966, the son of a Swiss mathematics professor. The family moved first to Paris, later to Bloomington, Indiana and then to Quebec City, where he grew up.

He studied biochemistry at the Université Laval, graduating in 1988. He received a doctorate in 1994 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under H. Robert Horvitz. He then led a research group at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. In 2001, he was appointed to the newly established Ernst Hadorn Endowed Professorship at the Institute of Molecular Biology of the University of Zurich.[2] From 2009 to 2014, he was Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the University of Zurich; and from 2014 to 2019, rector of the University of Zurich.[3] Since 2019, he has been director of the ETH Board [4] and since 2009, a member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[5]

Hengartner is married to biologist Denise Hengartner. The couple has six children.[3]

Research interests

Hengartner is researching the molecular basis of apoptosis. He uses especially the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as molecular organism. He is also investigating mechanisms of cancer, Alzheimer's and geriatric diseases.[1]

References
  1. "Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Michael O. Hengartner" (PDF). Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  2. Walter Bernet (2 February 2014). "Wir müssen Bologna bildungskompatibler machen". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  3. Mario Stäuble (25 June 2013). "Hi, I'm Michael". Tages Anzeiger. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  4. "UZH - UZH News - Michael Hengartner Resigns as President of UZH". Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  5. "Michael O. Hengartner". Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
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