Gerrit van Meer#
| Membership Number: | 4554 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/faculty-of-science |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2011 Dean of the Faculty of Science, Utrecht University
- 2010 Head of the Dept. of Chemistry, Utrecht University
- 2001 – 2010 Professor of Membrane Enzymology, Membrane Enzymology, Science Faculty, Utrecht University
- 1997 – 2001 Professor of Cell Biology and Histology, Dept. of Cell Biology and Histology, Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam
- 1993 – 1997 Associate professor, Dept. of Cell Biology, Medical School, Utrecht University
- 1988 – 1993 Senior Investigator of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, at Utrecht University
- 1987 – 1988 Assistant professor, Dept. of Cell Biology, Medical School, Utrecht University
- 1983 – 1986 Staff Scientist, Cell Biology Program, EMBL, Heidelberg
- 1981 – 1983 Postdoc with Kai Simons, Cell Biology Program (EMBO Fellowship), EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Lipid cell biology
- Cellular lipidomics
- Membrane lipid transport and sorting
- Lipid domains, lipid rafts
- Lipid metabolism
Honours and Awards
- 2016 Honorary van Deenen medal, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University
- 2008 Elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
- 2004 Elected Chair for Gordon Conference on "Sphingolipid and Glycolipid Biology", 2008
- 2003 Elected EMBO member
