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Curriculum vitae of Frits Kamp
Date of Birth: 31 May 1958
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Sex: Male
Nationality: Dutch
Marital Status: Married, 3 Children
topProfessional Experience
1985-1988 | Visiting Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bestheda, Maryland, USA |
1986-1990 |
Research Associate, E.C. Slater Insitute, University of Amsterdam,
The Netherlands |
1991-1995 | Research Associate, Department of Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusettes, USA |
1995 | Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University Medical College, New York City, USA |
1996-1997 | Visiting Associate Professor, Centro de Estudios Científicos de Santiago, University of Chile |
1998-1999 | Research Associate, Department of Biophysics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusettes, USA |
1998-1999 | Consultant: Adipogenix, Obesity Drugs Company, Boston, USA |
1999-2000 | Instructor, School of Medicine, Boston University, Mass., USA |
2000-2008 | “Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter” (Bat II), University of Munich, Germany |
Education
1982 |
Doctoraal (M.S.): Biophysics, cum laude, University of Groningen,
The Netherlands |
1984 | Biochemical Engineering, University of Groningen |
1990 | Ph.D. Biochemistry, University of Amsterdam. 'Protons in Bioenergetics, Why, how and where they go', Thesis. Prof. Karel van Dam, promotor; Prof. H.V. Westerhoff, adviser |
Research Experience
1983-1984 | Biochemical engineering. Physical transport phenomena in pilot plant reactors |
1985-1990 | Bio-energetics. Non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Reconstitution of cytochrome oxidase into model membranes |
1991-1995 |
Membrane biophysics. Development of a new assay of measurement
of transbilayer movement (flip-flop) of fatty acids across membranes |
1996-1997 | Stopped-flow fluorimetry. Calcium transport |
1998-2000 | Obesity research: Fatty acid transport and uncoupling proteins |
2000-2003 | Reconstitution and functional assays of uncoupling proteins |
2003-now | Interaction of alpha-synuclein with membranes |