Peter Jonas (physiologist)
Peter Jonas (born May 10, 1961 in Darmstadt ) is a German physician and professor of neurophysiology . In 2006 he received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize .
Career
After graduating from high school in 1980, Peter Jonas began studying medicine at the University of Giessen . He then did his community service in 1987 and 1988, before becoming a research assistant at the Physiological Institute of the University of Giessen for a year. In 1990 he moved to the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg . In 1992 he completed his habilitation at the university there.
In 1994 he became professor of physiology at the Technical University of Munich and was director of the physiological institute at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg from 1995 to 2010 . He has been a professor at IST Austria since 2010 .
Peter Jonas is married and has two children.
research
Peter Jonas works in brain research and deals with the communication of brain cells. His work is essentially based on the findings of Erwin Neher . Jonas hopes that his research will give him a better understanding of the higher functions of the brain, such as thinking .
The main research areas of Jonas and his colleagues were and / or are:
- the functioning of central synapses
- Investigation of synaptic connections of GABAergic cells
- Neural Networks
- the functioning of presynaptic elements
Awards and honors
- 1991: Franz Vogt Prize from the University of Giessen
- 1994: Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize from the Federal Ministry for Education and Research
- 1997: Medinfar European Prize in Physiology of the Portuguese Republic
- 1998: Max Planck Research Prize for International Cooperation
- 2001: Member of the Leopoldina
- 2006: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- 2007: Tsungming Tu Prize from the National Science Council, Taiwan
- 2008: Corresponding member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences
- 2009: Adolf Fick Prize
- 2015: Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2016: Wittgenstein Prize
- 2018: Erwin Schrödinger Prize
- 2019: Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization
Web links
- Short biography
- Information about Peter Jonas and links to biography and research ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d The Freiburg scientist Professor Dr. Peter Jonas receives the Tsungming Tu Prize. Science Information Service, December 14, 2007, accessed on July 13, 2012 .
- ↑ a b Professor Peter Jonas receives the Adolf Fick Prize 2009. (No longer available online.) FRIAS, archived from the original on March 8, 2009 ; Retrieved July 13, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Member entry by Peter Jonas at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 7, 2016.
- ↑ derStandard.at - Neuroscientist Peter Jonas receives Wittgenstein Prize 2016 . Article dated June 13, 2016, accessed June 13, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jonas, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician and neurophysiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |