Friday, 07 October, 2016

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Prof. Dr. Gregor Cevc joins CeNS as a new extraordinary member

 

Gregor Cevc, PhD, MSci, DiplIng, holds advanced degrees in biophysics and biochemistry.  Born and educated as a physicist in Slovenia, he continued his professional career in Germany, starting at the Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical chemistry in Göttingen and continuing at universities in Essen and Munich.  At the Medical Faculty of TU Munich, he has set-up the Medical Biophysics Laboratory (1988) and served there as a Professor (1988-2000) in the same field.  As one of the national biotechnology pioneers, he founded IDEA AG in Munich, Germany (1993), and spear headed its products design and development, including the first independent German biotech product marketing authorisation in Switzerland in 2006.  At the helm of IDEA (full-time CEO: 1998- 2010) he was also co-responsible for the Company financing, R&D and business development, including negotiating and signing the then biggest biotech deal in Germany.  More recently, Gregor started further ventures, including the R&D oriented Advanced Treatments Institute network.  Gregor Cevc wrote or edited 3 scientific books and over 200 publications (h-index: 53 / g-index: 114).  He was or is an Editorial Board member of several international scientific journals, peer-reviewer for over 30 international professional periodicals, and over half a dozen research-funding organisations. Gregor was moreover an Advisory Board Member of the Tel Aviv University and is a Board Member of the University of Nova Gorica.