CV van Martijn B. Katan

Contact Information
Dept of Health Sciences
VU University
De Boelelaan 1085
1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands

Education

Date	Degree	Institution	Subject
1977	Ph.D.	University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Molecular Biology
1972	M.Sc. Cum Laude	University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Chemistry, Biochemistry

Appointments/Affiliations

Dates	Title	Organization	City, State/Province	Country
2011-Present	Emeritus Professor of Nutrition	VU University Amsterdam, Dept of Health Sciences	Amsterdam	Netherlands
2006-2011	Professor of Nutrition	VU University Amsterdam, Dept of Health Sciences	Amsterdam	Netherlands
2006-2011	Royal Academy of Sciences Professor	Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences	Amsterdam	Netherlands
2004-2005	Distinguished Scientist	Wageningen Centre for Food Sciences	Wageningen	Netherlands
1998-2005	Professor, Department of Human Nutrition	Wageningen University	Wageningen	Netherlands
1998-2004	Scientific Director of Research Programme on Nutrition and Health	Wageningen Centre for Food Sciences	Wageningen	Netherlands
1986-1998	Associate Professor of Human Nutrition	Wageningen Agricultural University	Wageningen	Netherlands
1985-1998	Nutrition Foundation Professor of Human Nutrition	Nijmegen University School of Medicine and Dentistry	Nijmegen	Netherlands
1976-1986	Assistant Professor of Human Nutrition	Wageningen Agricultural University	Wageningen	Netherlands

Honors/Awards

Date	Name	Awarded by
2008	'Media Magnet' Award	VU University Amsterdam
2008	Stare-Hegsted Lecture	Harvard University
2008	David Kritchevsky Award	American Heart Association
2008	Societal Impact Award	VU University Amsterdam
2005	ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Agricultural Sciences	Institute for Scientific Information
2004	European Lipid Science Award	European Federation for the Science and Technology of Lipids
2003	European Nutrition Award	Federation of European Nutrition Sciences
2001	Epstein Lecturer and Award	American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology
1990	Walker-Ames Visiting Professor	University of Washington, Seattle
1989	Liga Nutrition Award	Netherlands Nutrition Foundation and General Biscuits
1981-1985	Established Investigator	Netherlands Heart Foundation

Memberships

Dates	Organization	Position
2022-Present	Academia Europaea, the pan-European Academy of Sciences	Member
2006	Health Council committee on Biotechnology	Member
2005-2010	Jury for the Heineken Prize for Medicine, KNAW	Member and Honorary Secretary
2004-Present	Netherlands Medical Journal Association (Vereniging Het Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde)	Member
2004-2005	Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, Committee on Contract Research and Scientific Independence	Member
2003-Present	Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen)	Member
1991-1997	Netherlands Heart Foundation Scientific Advisory Council	Member
1990-2009	Government Health Council (Gezondheidsraad)	Member
1988-1991	Food Law Advisory Committee (Warenwetcommissie)	Member
1987-1995	Netherlands Postgraduate Programme in Human Nutrition	Secretary / Chairman
1987	Dutch Cholesterol Consensus Preparatory Committee	Member
1982-1986	ZWO-werkgemeenschap Voeding (Netherlands Science Foundation, Study Section on Nutrition)	Co-founder / Secretary / Chairman
1981-1985	Netherlands Heart Foundation Scientific Advisory Council	Member