Tim Richmond

Biographical Sketch

• Professor of the ETH Zürich Faculty (1987- )
• Staff Scientist of the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (1980-87)
• Postdoc with Dr. A. Klug, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (1978-80)
• Postdoc with Dr. F.M. Richards, Dept. of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale U. (1975-78)
• Ph.D. with Drs. F.M. Richards and T.A. Steitz, MB&B, Yale University (1970-75)
• B.Sc. Dept. of Biochemistry, Purdue University (1966-70)

Awards and Distinctions

• 1984 Max Perutz Major Award
• 1994 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• 1995 Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization
• 1997 Johnson Foundation Award and Lecture of the University of Pennsylvania
• 1998 Carter-Wallace Lectures, Princeton University
• 1998 Fifth Fred Richards Lecture, Yale University
• 2000 Beach Lectures, Purdue University
• 2000 Member of the Academia Europae
• 2001 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, Purdue University
• 2002 Louis-Jeantet Prize
• 2003 Signer Lecture, University of Bern
• 2004 Member of the German Academy of Science
• 2006 Jerry A. Weisbach Distinguished Lecture, Rockefeller University
• 2006 Marcel Benoist Prize
• 2007 Fritz Lipmann Award Lecture, Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie
• 2007 Member of the U.S. National Academy of Science
• 2008 Chatt Lecture, John Innes Centre
• 2010 Wilbur Cross Medal, Yale University Graduate School Alumni Association

Hobbies ...

trekking