Peter K. Vogt
PeterK.VogtProfessorofTheScrippsResearchInstitute,LaJolla,U.S.A.HeisanAmericanmolecularbiologist,virologistandgeneticist.Hisresearchfocusesonretrovirusesandviralandcellularoncogenes.VogtreceivedhisundergraduateeducationinbiologyattheUniversityofWürzburgandin1959wasawardedhisPh.D.attheUniversityofTübingenforworkdoneattheMaxPlanckInstituteforVirologyinTübingen.From1959to1962hewasDamonRunyonCancerResearchFellowinthelaboratoryofHarryRubinattheUniversityofCaliforniainBerkeleyandstartedworkonRoussarcomavirus.HetaughtmicrobiologyandmolecularbiologytomedicalandgraduatestudentsattheUniversityofColoradoinDenver(1962–1967)andtheUniversityofWashingtoninSeattle(1967–1971).In1971,hejoinedtheUniversityofSouthernCaliforniaasHastingsProfessorofMicrobiologyandin1980assumedthechairmanshipoftheDepartmentofMicrobiologyattheSchoolofMedicine.Since1993,hehasbeenaProfessoratTheScrippsResearchInstituteinLaJolla.HebecameExecutiveVicePresidentandChiefScientificOfficeratScrippsin2012.Atthebeginningofhisscientificc