Richard Villems

Biophysics, elected 1987

Professor of Archaeogenetics, University of Tartu (since 2005)
Lead. Researcher, Estonian Biocentre, UT (since 2014)

Born on November 28, 1944 in Pärnu
1962 Pärnu Koidula Gymnasium
1968 University of Tartu
1972 Cand.Sc. (PhD) in medicine
1984 D.Sc. in biology
1987 Professor
1989 Foreign Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
1994 Member, Erfurt Academy of Sciences
1994–1999 Vice-President and Head of the Division of Astronomy and Physics, Estonian Academy of Sciences
2000 Academician, Academy of Finland
2004–2014 President, Estonian Academy of Sciences
2005 Foreign Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences
2006 Foreign Member, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences