CURRICULUM VITAE
GEORG KARLAGANIS
Born at 19 December 1944 in Zurich. Married with Verena Karlaganis - Meyer,
Pharmacist. Three adult children. Literargymnasium in Zurich. Chemistry studies at
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich. Ph.D. Thesis with Prof. R.
Schwyzer, Institute of molecular biology and biophysics at ETH Zurich. Research
career at the Institute of clinical pharmacology at University of Berne (1975 – 1987).
Research on cholesterol metabolism at the Department of physiological chemistry of
the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm with Prof. Jan Sjövall (1979 – 1981). Habilitation
at the Medical faculty of the University of Berne (1985). Honorarprofessor of the
University of Berne (2004). Since 1987 head of Substances, soil and biotechnology
division of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN. The division is divided in
four sections, each having specific duties and activities, all related to the protection of
the environment and human beings against potential hazards caused by the use of
chemicals as well as pathogenic and genetically modified organisms. The division is
responsible for biotechnology and for ensuring long-term preservation and
sustainable use of soil.
F166-0007 21 April 2006