Cornelis P. Hollenberg is former Head of the Institute of Microbiology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf and founder of Rhein Biotech GmbH. Prof. Hollenberg has an international reputation in the field of molecular genetics of yeast, in particular gene expression and protein secretion. He is scientific advisor for a number of biotechnology companies and board member of Artes Biotechnology GmbH. He has implemented Hansenula as a production system for recombinant proteins.

Along with his longtime collaborator Dr. Janowicz, Professor Hollenberg has received the European Inventor of the Year Award in 2006.

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1971	PhD with Prof. Piet Borst, Dept. Biochemistry, University of Amsterdam
1971-1973	Post-doc Dept. of Genetics (Prof. Ben Hall), University of Washington, Seattle, and Dept. of Biochemistry (Prof. Michael Smith), UBC, Vancouver
1973-1979	Group leader Max-Planck-Institute of Biology, Tuebingen
1979-2006	Chairman Dept. of Microbiology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf
1985	Founder of Rhein Biotech AG, 1985-1995: General Manager; 1995-2006: Member Board of Directors
1985-1998	Congress President BIOTEC, International Congress and Exposition, NOWEA, Duesseldorf
1992	Reinhard- und Emmi-Heynen-Research Prize der Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf
1997-2000	Coordinator of the Biomedical Research Centre of the Heinrich-Heine- University Duesseldorf
1998-2005	Managing Editor: Molecular Genetics and Genomics
2003	Endowment of a Chair in Microbiology: Functional Genom Research in Microorganisms
2006	European Inventor of the year 2006 in the Category Industry
2006-	Emeritus Prof. Microbiology at the Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf
2008-	Scientific Director/Board Member Artes Biotechnology GmbH

Visiting Professor: Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro / Brazil, Montreal / Canada, Rome / Italy, Faisalabad and Islamabad / Pakistan, Canton und Shanghai / China, Cairo / Egypt