Heidi Wunderli-Allenspach

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Heidi Wunderli-Allenspach (born January 1, 1947 in Niederuzwil ; resident in Zurich ) is a Swiss biologist and biopharmaceutical . She was Rector of ETH Zurich between September 1, 2007 and July 31, 2012 .

Life

Heidi Wunderli-Allenspach studied biology at the Department of Natural Sciences at ETH Zurich and with Konrad Akert at the Institute for Brain Research at the University of Zurich in the field of electron microscopy . After graduating, she completed postgraduate studies in experimental medicine and biology at the University of Zurich. She did her doctorate under the supervision of the molecular biologist Eduard Kellenberger and the microbiologist and geneticist Werner Arber at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel . She then spent two years at Duke University in Durham (North Carolina) , three years at the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research ISREC in Epalinges and three years at the Institute for Immunology and Virology at the University of Zurich as a postdoc .

In 1986 she became an assistant professor at the ETH Zurich, and in 1992 Wunderli-Allenspach was appointed associate professor . In 1995 she was appointed full professor for biopharmacy at the Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences at the ETHZ. She was also head of the Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences at ETH Zurich.

Heidi Wunderli-Allenspach was elected Rector of ETH Zurich on July 4, 2007 to succeed Konrad Osterwalder and took office on September 1, 2007. She is the first woman to hold the office of rector at ETH Zurich. Upon her retirement, she resigned from her position on July 31, 2012. Lino Guzzella was appointed as his successor in December 2011 .

From November 2008 to September 2018 she was a member of the University Council of TU Darmstadt . She has chaired this body since 2009.

Act

Heidi Wunderli-Allenspach's research focuses on cell-biological aspects of biopharmacy as well as the development of relevant cell culture models for the transport of substances through epithelia and through the blood-brain barrier as well as the use of lipid membranes for distribution and permeation studies. Confocal light microscopy is central to her work .

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personal data
SURNAME Wunderli-Allenspach, Heidi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss biologist and biopharmaceutical
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Niederuzwil