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Kardinal-Innitzer-Würdigungspreis an Rudolf Zechner Foto:Lunghammer

Kardinal-Innitzer-Würdigungspreis an Biochemiker Rudolf Zechner verliehen

Er zählt zu Österreichs anerkanntesten Biowissenschaftern und ist mit dem Wittgenstein-Preis auch Träger des „Österreichischen Nobelpreises“. In den Reigen der Auszeichnungen reiht sich nun der Kardinal-Innitzer-Würdigungspreis im Bereich Naturwissenschaft. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rudolf Zechner erhielt am 15. Dezember 2012 in Wien die Anerkennung, überreicht von Kardinal Christoph Schönborn.
Rudolf Zechner lehrte nach Auslandsjahren an der renommierten Rockefeller Universität in New York und ist seit 1998 an der Karl-Franzens-Universität in Graz. Sein Hauptforschungsgebiet sind die molekularen Vorgänge und Zusammenhänge des Fettstoffwechsels.

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