Fotis Kafatos

Fotis Kafatos
Fotis Kafatos in 2008
Born
Φώτης Κωνσταντίνος Καφάτος
Fotis Constantine Kafatos

(1940-04-16)16 April 1940
Died18 November 2017(2017-11-18) (aged 77)
Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Alma materCornell University (BS)
Harvard University (PhD)
Awards
Scientific career
InstitutionsImperial College London
European Research Council
Cornell University
Harvard University
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
University of Crete
Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas
ThesisThe escape of moths from the cocoon: biochemical, physiological, morphological, and developmental studies (1965)
Doctoral advisorCarroll Williams
Other academic advisorsThomas Eisner
Websiteopenwetware.org/wiki/Kafatos:Fotis_C._Kafatos

Fotis Constantine Kafatos (Greek: Φώτης Κ. Καφάτος; 16 April 1940 – 18 November 2017) was a Greek biologist. Between 2007 and 2010 he was the founding president of the European Research Council (ERC). He chaired the ERC Scientific Council from 2006 to 2010. Thereafter, he was appointed Honorary President of the ERC.