Jos van der Meer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jos van der Meer

Dutch scientist

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1947

Place of Birth: The Hague, County of Holland, Netherlands

Profession: scientist, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Jos W.M.
van der Meer (born April 15, 1947) is emeritus professor and former chairman at the department of internal medicine of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in Nijmegen, Netherlands.
He is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 2003), of which he was vice president and chairman of the division of natural sciences (2006-2012).
He is a member of Academia Europaea.
Between 2014 and 2016 he was president of European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC).
He performs research on cytokines and host defence, chronic fatigue syndrome and Hyper-IgD syndrome(HIDS).
He is also active in graphic art and makes cartoons, for example for the Dutch science journal Mediator.