Josef Jiricny

Josef Jiricny is a Full Professor (associated) at the Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, and a Full Professor at the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich. His career spans prestigious institutions including ETH Zurich, University of Zurich, and the Institute of Molecular Cancer Research (formerly Institute of Medical Radiobiology).

• Education: B.Sc. (Hons) from University of Aston in Birmingham (1973), Ph.D. from Sir John Cass School of Science and Technology (University of London) (1976).
• Research Interests: Focus on DNA repair mechanisms, particularly base excision repair and mismatch repair, with implications in cancer research and molecular biology.

Honors & Awards:

• EMBO Member (1996)
• Academia Europea Member (2000)
• Swiss Bridge Award (2003)
• Gregor Mendel Medal (2003)
• Ernst-Theophile Jucker Prize (2010)