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Engel Jürgen, Prof. em. Dr.

Nationality		Born 15.3.1935 in Berlin, Swiss citizen

Positions	2004-now	Visiting Scientist, Research Department, Shriners Hospital for Children, Portland, OR, USA with Lynn Sakai and Hans Peter Bächinger

	April 2004-now	Professor Emeritus, University of Basel

	2000 and 2002	Sabbatical leaves, Shriners Hospital for Children, Portland, OR, USA with Hans Peter Bächinger

	1986	Guest Research Fellow of the Royal Society, London, England

	1974-1975	Visiting Professor, Rutgers Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

	1972-March 2004	Full Professor of Biophysical Chemistry, University of Basel,

	1965-1971	Group leader, Max-Planck Institut für Eiweiss- und Lederforschung, Munich,

	1967	Lecturer, University of Munich, Germany

	1965	Max-Planck-Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Göttingen with Manfred Eigen

	1963-1964	Postdoctoral position, Dept. of Biophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel with Ephraim Katchalski

	1962	Ph.D. in Biophysical Chemistry, University of Munich, Germany

	1959	Diploma in Chemistry, University of Munich, Germany

Temporary positions		Head of the Department of Biophysical Chemistry (6 years)
		Chairman of the Biozentrum (2 years)

		Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, Basel University

	1992, 1994	Vicechair and Chair of Gordon Conference on Basement Membranes

		Editorial board member: EMBO Journal, Matrix Biology

		Advisory board member: European J. of Biochemistry, Biophysical Chemistry, J. Biological Chemistry, FEBS Journal, European J. of Biochemistry