Richard Villems
Biophysics, elected 1987
President of the Estonian Academy of Sciences (since 2004); Director of the Estonian Biocentre, University of Tartu (since 1986)
Born on November 28, 1944 in Pärnu
1962 Pärnu Secondary School No. 2
1968 University of Tartu
1972 Cand.Sc. in medicine
1984 D.Sc. in biology
1987 Professor
1989 Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
1994 Member of the Erfurt Academy of Sciences
1994-1999 Vice-President of the Estonian Academy of Sciences,
Head of Division of Astronomy and Physics
2000 Foreign Member of the Academy of Finland
2005 Foreign Member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences
Contact addresses:
Estonian Academy of Sciences
Kohtu 6
10130 Tallinn, ESTONIA
Tel: +372 644 2129
Fax: +372 645 1805
E-mail:
Richard.Villems@akadeemia.ee
Estonian Biocentre
Riia 23b
51010 Tartu, ESTONIA
Tel: +372 7 375 064
Fax: +372 7 420 194
E-mail:
rvillems@ebc.ee