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Detlef Weigel

Prize recipient: plants need special help to survive climate change

The 2020 Novozymes Prize is being awarded to Professor Detlef Weigel (photo) for his outstanding research contributions that have led to groundbreaking new knowledge of the genetic structure of plants. His work has had major impact on developing innovative biotechnological solutions for crop improvement and understanding how plants adapt to the environment. The Novo Nordisk Foundation awards the Prize, which is accompanied by DKK 3 million.

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About Detlef Weigel

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Detlef Weigel

Professor

  • 2019 Barbara McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies
  • 2016 Genetics Society of America Medal
  • 2015 Mendel Medal of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
  • 2010 Foreign Member, Royal Society of London
  • 2010 Otto Bayer Award of the Bayer Foundations
  • 2009 Member, United States National Academy of Sciences
  • 2001– Director, Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
  • 2003– Adjunct Professor, Plant Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
  • 1994 National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award
  • 1988 PhD in Genetics, Max Planck Institute of Developmental Biology and Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany