The 2020 Japan Prize

• Field:
  Life Science
• Achievement:
  Pioneering contributions to paleoanthropology through decoding ancient human genome sequences
• Lecture:
  An Ancient DNA View of Human Origins

Award and Honor

1992	Leibniz Prize
1998	Max Delbrück Medal
1999	Carus Medal and Prize
2000	Rudbeck Prize
2003	Leipzig Science Prize, Ernst Schering Prize
2005	Louis-Jeantet Prize
2008	Gorjanovic-Kramberger Medal
2009	Kistler Prize
2010	Theodor Bücher Medal
2011	Newcomb-Cleveland Prize, Biochemical Analysis Prize
2012	H.M. The King's Medal (Kon: sGM12mhb)
2013	Gruber Prize
2014	Learning Ladder Prize
2015	Lomonosov Large Gold Medal, Breakthrough Prize
2016	Keio Medical Science Prize
2017	Dan David Prize, Nomis Distinguished Scientist Award,
2018	Princess of Asturias Awards, Nakasone Award, Körber European Science Prize, Nierenberg Prize
2019	Wiley Prize, Darwin-Wallace Medal

Education

1986	Ph.D. degree at University of Uppsala

Professional History

1986	Postdoctoral research, University of Zürich (-1987)
1987	Short period of work at Imperial Cancer Research Fund
1987	Postdoctoral research, University of California (-1990)
1990	Docent in Medical Genetics, University of Uppsala
1990	Full Professor (C4), University of Munich (-1998)
1997-	Director, Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (-current)
1999-	Honorary Professor, University of Leipzig (-current)
2003	Guest Professor, University of Uppsala (-2015)
2016	Honorary Research Fellow, Natural History Museum (-current)

Key Publications

• Krings M, Stone A, Schmitz RW, Krainitzki H, Stoneking M and Pääbo S., (1997), "Neandertal DNA sequences and the origin of modern humans", Cell, 90 (1), 19-30.
• Green RE, Krause J, Briggs AW, Maricic T, Stenzel U, Kircher M, Patterson N, Li H, Zhai W, Fritz M-H-Y, Hansen NF, Durand EY, Malaspinas A-S, Jensen JD, Marques-Bonet T, Alkan C, Prüfer K, Meyer M, Burbano HA, Good JM, Schultz R, Aximu-Petri A, Butthoff A, Höber B, Höffner B, Siegemund M, Weihmann A, Nusbaum C, Lander ES, Russ C, Novod N, Affourtit J, Egholm M, Verna C, Rudan P, Brajkovic D, Kucan Z, Gusic I, Doronichev VB, Golovanova LV, Lalueza-Fox C, Rasilla Mdl, Fortea, J, Rosas A, Schmitz RW, Johnson PLF, Eichler EE, Falush D, Birney E, Mullikin JC, Slatkin M, Nielsen R, Kelso J, Lachmann M, Reich D, and Pääbo S., (2010), "A draft sequence of the Neandertal genome", Science, 328(5979), 710-722.
• Reich D, Green RE, Kircher M, Krause J, Patterson,N, Durand EY, Viola B, Briggs AW, Stenzel U, Johnson PLF, Maricic T, Good JM, Marques-Bonet T, Alkan C, Fu Q, Mallick S, Li H, Meyer M, Eichler EE, Stoneking M, Richards M, Talamo S, Shunkov MV, Derevianko AP, Hublin J-J, Kelso J, Slatkin M and Pääbo S., (2010),."Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia", Nature, 468(7327), 1053-1060.