Hans Vliegenthart

Prof. Dr. J.F.G. Vliegenthart Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research Dept. of Bio-Organic Chemistry Padualaan 8 3584 CH Utrecht -------------------------------------------------------- H.R. Kruytgebouw, Room Z701 Tel: +31 30 253 2168/2281 Fax: +31 30 254 0980 Email:j.f.g.vliegenthart@chem.uu.nl

CURRICULUM VITAE HANS VLIEGENTHART

Personal data

Family name: Vliegenthart
Given names: Johannes Frederik Gerardus
Born: 7 april 1936, Zuilen, The Netherlands

Academic Background

1953 - 1960	Study Chemistry at Utrecht University
1967	Ph.D.-Thesis entitled: Neurohypophyseal hormones, a comparative study. Promotor: Prof. Dr J.F. Arens, Utrecht University

Academic Positions

1968 - 1975

Assistant Professor Bio-Organic Chemistry, Utrecht University

1975 - 1980

Associate Professor Bio-Organic Chemistry, Utrecht University

1980 - 2003

Full Professor Bio-Organic Chemistry, Utrecht University

1982-1984

Chairman of the Department Organic Chemistry

1985 - 1989

Dean Faculty of Chemistry

1988 - 2003

Chairman of the Department of Bio-Organic Chemistry

1988 - 2000

Research Director of the Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research (a joint institute of the Netherlands Foundation for Chemical Research and Utrecht University

1992 - 2000

Director of the Bijvoet Graduate School for Biomolecular Chemistry (a joint venture of the Bijvoet Center and the Network of Ph.D.-students in Carbohydrate Chemistry)

2000 - 2003

Dean Faculty of Chemistry

2003 - 

Honorary Professor Utrecht University

2003

Visiting Professor Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (1 month)

2004 

Visiting Professor Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (1 month)

Research Interests

• The primary and three-dimensional structure of carbohydrates, glycoproteins, glycolipids and other glycoconjugates.
• Glycobiology
• Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates
• Biocatalysis, iron- containing enzymes, enzymic oxygenation, poly unsaturated fatty acids

Awards & Distinctions

1978

Hilditch Memorial Lecture Award

1987

Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

1989

Honorary Member of the American Society for Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

1990

Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

1992

Doctor Honoris Causa, L. Kossuth University, Debrecen, Hungary

1993

Doctor Honoris Causa, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

1993

Louis Pasteur Medal of the Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France

1994

Claude S. Hudson Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry from the American Chemical Society

1997

Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

1998

Knight of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands

1999

Fellow of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

2000

Bijvoet Medal of Utrecht University

2001

Medal of Rome University, Tor Vergata, Italy

2002

Highly Cited Researcher, Institute Scientific Information

2003

Silver medal Utrecht University

National Functions

Netherlands Foundation for Chemical Research (SON)

1977 - 1980 1980 - 1983 1981 - 1985 1986 - 1990 1990 - 1998 1995 - 2000

Member and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Working Party for Protein Research Member and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Working Party for Lipids and Biomembranes Member and Chairman of the Discussion Group for Biomolecular Chemistry Member and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Working Party for Bio-Organic Chemistry Member of the General Board Member of the Executive Committee of the Study Team for Structure and Reactivity

Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)

1992-1998

Member of the Council for Natural Sciences

Netherlands Program for Innovation Oriented Carbohydrate Research (IOP-K)

1986-1996

Member of the Program Committee

Netherlands Society for Glycobiology

1988	Chairman of the Board

Academy Committee for Chemistry

1989-1996

Member

Harald Quintus Bos Fund

1990-1994

Member of the Board

Union of Netherlands Universities

1989-1994

Member of the Council for Natural and Technical Sciences

Utrecht University Fund (The organization of alumni)

1975-1981 1990-1997 1997-2004

Member of the Executive Committee Vice-president of the Executive Committee President of the Executive Committee

K.F.Hein Foundation for Study and Individual Needs

2000 -

Member and Chairman of the Board

Provincial Utrecht Society for Arts and Sciences

2004	Member of the Board

Guide Graduate School

1993-

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board

University of Amsterdam

1994-2000

Chairman of the board of the E.C. Slater Institute for Biochemistry

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

1989 - 1996	Member Academy Committee for Chemistry
1990-1996	Member and Chairman of the selection Committee of Academy Fellows in Natural Sciences
1995-1999	Secretary section chemistry
2000 -	Chairman of the Committee for New Members of the Science Division
2003	Deputy Member of the National Committee for Scientific Integrity

International Functions

International Carbohydrate Organization
1977 - 2004 1984 - 1986 2004 -	Netherlands Representative President Member as Past President
European Committee of Carbohydrate Chemists
1977-1981	Member
European Carbohydrate Organization
1981 1997-1999 2004-	Netherlands Representative President International Glycoconjugate Organization Member as Past President
Nomenclature Committee of the International Union for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB)
1980-1988 1989-1995 1996-2003 2004-	Member Chairman Associate Member Member
Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
1980-1988 1989-1995 2004-	Member Chairman Member
IUBMB
1985 1985-1991 1991	Member of the Board of Interest Groups Chairman of the Interest Group of Carbohydrates and Glycoconjugates Chairman of the Interest Group of Bio-Organic Chemistry
Topterm
1991-1994	Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
International Council of Scientific Unions
1992	Member of the ICSU team to evaluate the Central Institute for Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
Science Frontier Program of the Riken Institute
1994-2000	Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Science Frontier Program at the Riken Institute, Wako, Japan

University of Lille, France
2004 -	Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee

Congresses & Symposia

1977-1979

Member of the Organizing Committee of the Vth International Symposium on Glycoconjugates, Kiel, W.-Germany

1982-1984

Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 12th International Carbohydrate Symposium, Utrecht, The Netherlands

1985-1987

Vice-chairman of the National Organizing Committee of the 3rd International Conference on Bio-Inorganic Chemistry, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands

1988-1989

Vice-chairman of the Jacques Monod Conference on Structure, Metabolism and Genetics of Glycoconjugates, Aussois, France

1989-1990

Chairman of the Jacques Monod Conference on Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Glycoconjugates, Aussois, France,

1988

Member of the Organizing Committee of the Annual Joint Meeting of Glycoconjugate Interest Groups from The Netherlands, Germany and Northern France

1991-1992

Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee of Anabiotec '92, Wageningen, The Netherlands

1995-1997

Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 9th European Carbohydrate Symposium (Eurocarb9), Utrecht, The Netherlands.

1999–2001

Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the XVIth International Symposium on Glycoconjugates in The Hague, The Netherlands

2000

President of the Netherlands - Japan Glycoconjugate Meeting in Tokyo, Japan in the framework of 400 years of relation between the Netherlands-Japan

2004

Organizer of the Symposium on NMR spectroscopy of Carbohydrates in the framework of the National Meeting of The American Chemical Society in Anaheim, USA

Training Courses

1976 - 2000

Teacher at the Biennial Course on Glycoconjugates, at the University of Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
Sponsored by FEBS or EMBO.

1990 -1980 - 199

Journals

1980 - 1990
     Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the European Journal of Biochemistry
1990 - 2000
     Editor of the European Journal of Biochemistry
1983 - 2002

1984 - 1994

Member of the Editorial Board of the Glycoconjugate Journal

1994 - 2001

Associate Editor of the Glycoconjugate Journal

2001 - 

Editor in Chief of the Glycoconjugate Journal

1986 - 1993

Member of Editorial Board of the Receuil des Traveaux Chimiques des Pays Bas

1987 - 1989

Member of the Editorial Board of the ISI Atlas of Science, section Biochemistry

1990 -

Member of the Editorial Panel of the Biochemical Journal (London)

1990 -

Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Biomolecular NMR

1994 -

Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry

1994 - 2004

Member of the Editorial Board of Carbohydrate Letters

1995 -

Member of the Editorial Board of Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry

1997 -

Member of the Editorial Board of Liebigs Annalen/ Recueil - Organic and BioOrganic Chemistry: A European Journal

1999 -

Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Starch

2002 -

Member of the Editorial Board of Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Professional Organizations

1960

Member of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society

1960

Member of the Netherlands Biochemical Society

1963

Member of the Biochemical Society (Great Britain)

1977

Member of the Netherlands Society for Glycobiology

1989

Member of the American Chemical Society

1989

Member of the Carbohydrate Division of the American Chemical
Society

1990

Member of the American Chemical Society for Glycobiology

1992

International Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Grants

1968	Research supported by: - Utrecht University - The Netherlands  Organization for Scientific Research - The Netherlands  Foundation for Chemical Research - The Netherlands  Foundation for Cancer Research - The Netherlands  Foundation for Astma Research - The Netherlands  Innovation Directed Research Program on Carbohydrates - The Netherlands  Innovation Directed Research Program on Biotechnology - The Netherlands  Innovation Directed Research Program on Catalysis
1975/1987/1993	NATO grant
1989	European Community BAP Program
1989	JSPS Fellowship for Research in Japan
1990	European Community Science Program
1991	European Community Bridge Program
1993	Coordinator for the European Union withing the 4th, 5th and 6th framework of network focused on Glycoscience: - Science Program - Biotechnology Program - Human, Capital and Mobility Program - Training and Mobility Research Program
1996	Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience Research Grant
	Regocnition by the European Community of the Bijvoet Center as Host Institute

Publications

Author or Co-author of about 650 scientific publications

1964 - 1969
1970 - 1979
1980 - 1985
1985 - 1989
1990 - 1994
1995 - 1997
1998 - 1999
2000 - 2003
2004