Feodor Lynen (1911-1979)

Awarded the Prize “for the discoveries concerning the mechanism regulation of the cholesterol fatty acid metabolism.”

German biochemist. Lynen was born in Munich on April 6, 1911. He graduated in 1937 became a chemistry lecturer in 1942, assistant professor in 1947, biochemistry professor in 1953. In addition, in 1954 he became head of the Max-Planck-Institut für Zellchemie, then President of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur F?rderung der Wissenschaften. In 1972, he was appointed President of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker. Lynen died on August 6, 1979 in Munich.