Fotis Kafatos

Fotis Kafatos

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Fotis Kafatos; FRS
	Fotis Kafatos in 2008
Born	Φώτης Κωνσταντίνος Καφάτος; Fotis Constantine Kafatos; 16 April 1940; Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Died	18 November 2017 (aged 77); Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Alma mater	Cornell University (BS); Harvard University (PhD)
Awards	EMBO Member (1977); Robert Koch Prize (2010);
	Scientific career
Institutions	Imperial College London; European Research Council; Cornell University; Harvard University; European Molecular Biology Laboratory; University of Crete; Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas
Thesis	The escape of moths from the cocoon: biochemical, physiological, morphological, and developmental studies (1965)
Doctoral advisor	Carroll Williams
Other academic advisors	Thomas Eisner
Website	openwetware.org/wiki/Kafatos:Fotis_C._Kafatos

Fotis Constantine Kafatos (Greek: Φώτης Κ. Καφάτος; 16 April 1940 – 18 November 2017) was a Greek biologist. Between 2007-2010 he was the founding president of the European Research Council (ERC). He chaired the ERC Scientific Council from 2006-2010. Thereafter, he was appointed Honorary President of the ERC.

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