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2024

Jack Pronk

Professor Jack Pronk receives the 2024 Novozymes Prize for revolutionary advances in the industrial production of biofuels and chemicals

The Novo Nordisk Foundation proudly announces Professor Jack Pronk as the recipient of the 2024 Novozymes Prize for his groundbreaking contributions to industrial biotechnology. His transformative research in yeast physiology and metabolic engineering has not only revolutionised biofuel and chemical production but has also provided critical solutions to longstanding challenges in sustainable bioprocesses.

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About Jack Pronk

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Jack Pronk

Professor

  • 1986 MSc in biology (cum laude), Leiden University
  • 1991 PhD in microbial physiology, TU Delft
  • 1991–1999 Assistant Professor, TU Delft
  • 1999– Professor of Industrial Microbiology, TU Delft
  • 2002–2013 Co-founder and Scientific Director, Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation
  • 2015 Fellow of the American Society of Microbiology
  • 2015 Professor of Excellence Award, TU Delft
  • 2018 International Metabolic Engineering Award
  • 2019– Head of the Department of Biotechnology, TU Delft
  • 2020 Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences
  • 2021 Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion