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Ole Holger Petersen

Ole Holger Petersen

Danish-born professor

Ole Holger Petersen CBE, FMedSci, FRS, MAE, FLSW (born 3 March 1943) is a research professor at Cardiff University where he studies physiology, especially calcium signalling and the pancreas.[1] He was born in 1943 in Copenhagen, the first son of Joergen Petersen, an officer in the Danish navy, and Elisabeth née Klein, a pianist.

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Prior to this he was Symers Professor of Physiology at the University of Dundee, and then George Holt Professor of Physiology at the University of Liverpool.

Petersen was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1988.[2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2000 "for his major contributions to the understanding of the cell physiology of calcium signalling",[3] and appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours, "for services to Science".[4]

Petersen was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2011.[5] He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci).[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Ole Petersen, The Royal Society, 2017
  2. [2]
    "Professor Ole Petersen CBE MD FRCP FMedSci FLSW MAE ML FRS". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
  3. [3]
    "The Royal Society". Cardiff University. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  4. [4]
    "No. 58557". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2007. p. 8. (UK)
  5. [5]
    Wales, The Learned Society of. "Ole Petersen". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 31 August 2023.


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