Prof. em. Dr. Hauke Hennecke
Prof. em. Dr. Hauke Hennecke
Professor Emeritus at the Department of Biology
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Research area
The main topics of Hauke Hennecke's research were the study of symbiotic interaction between bacteria and plants, biological nitrogen fixation, the biogenesis of complex membrane-bound enzymes, and molecular mechanisms of bacterial gene regulation.
Hauke Hennecke was Professor of Microbiology at the Institute of Microbiology at the ETH Zurich from April 1983 to January 2013.
He was born in Trier, Germany, in 1947.
He studied biology and chemistry at the University of Munich and obtained his PhD degree at the University of Regensburg under the supervision of Professor A. Böck. After a two-year postdoctoral position at the University of California, Davis, he returned to Munich and completed his habilitation in 1981 in the area of microbiology. In 1982, Hauke Hennecke obtained a C2-professorship of microbiology.
On April 1st, 1983 he was appointed Associate Professor at ETH Zurich, and promoted to Full Professor on October 1, 1985.
From 2005 to 2007, Hauke Hennecke was Head of the Department of Biology. Between 1998 and 2002 he was president of ETH Zurich's research committee.
After a 30-year period of activity at ETH Zurich, Professor Hennecke retired on January 31st, 2013.
For a complete list of Hennecke's publications click here.
Membership
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| Hennecke is an elected member of several international scientific societies (e.g. the Leopoldina). |