Peter Hegemann

Quick Facts

Full Name	Peter Hegemann
Occupation	Professor
Date Of Birth	Dec 11, 1954(1954-12-11)
Age	70
Birthplace	Münster
Country	Germany
Birth City	North Rhine-Westphalia
Horoscope	Aquarius

Peter Hegemann Biography

Peter Hegemann is one of the most popular and richest Professor who was born on December 11, 1954 in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Peter Hegemann (born 11 December 1954 in Münster, West Germany) is Professor and Head of the Department for Biophysics at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. He studied chemistry in Münster and Munich and earned his PhD 1984 in Munich with an investigation into the structure and function of halorhodopsin, a light-driven chloride pump in Halobacterium halobium. As a postdoc, he worked in the research groups of Dieter Oesterhelt (1984 to 1985) and with Kenneth W. Foster at Syracuse University (1985 to 1986). In 1986, he started a research group in the Department of Membrane Biochemistry at the Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry in Frankfurt, Germany. He became professor at the University of Regensburg and was appointed full professor at the Humboldt-University of Berlin in 2004. In 2015, he was awarded a Senior Research Professor position in Neuroscience by the Hertie Foundation.

Peter Hegemann Net Worth

Peter Hegemann is one of the richest Professor from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Peter Hegemann 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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Alfred Ranked on the list of most popular Professor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Peter Hegemann celebrates birthday on December 11 of every year.

Top Facts about Peter Hegemann

1. Peter Hegemann is a German biophysicist born in 1954.
2. He discovered channelrhodopsin, a light-sensitive protein used in optogenetics.
3. Hegemann won the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences in 2020.
4. He is a professor at Humboldt University of Berlin.
5. Hegemann has published over 200 scientific papers.
6. His research focuses on understanding neural circuits and behavior.
7. Channelrhodopsin has revolutionized neuroscience research and treatment possibilities.
8. Hegemann received his PhD from the University of Regensburg in 1986.
9. He was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 2013.
10. Hegemann is a member of several prestigious scientific academies, including the National Academy of Sciences USA and the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.