Johannes Carolus (hans) Clevers MD, PhD

Hans Clevers obtained his MD degree in 1984 and his Ph.D. degree in 1985 from the University Utrecht, the Netherlands. His postdoctoral work (1986-1989) was done with Cox Terhorst at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute of the Harvard University, Boston, USA. From 1991-2002 Hans Clevers was Professor in Immunology at the University Utrecht and, since 2002, Professor in Molecular Genetics. From 2002-2012 he was the director of the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht and from 2012-2015 he was President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). His research group is part of the Hubrecht Institute. He is Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur since 2005 and Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion since 2012.