Josef Penninger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Josef Penninger

Austrian geneticist

Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1964

Place of Birth: Gurten, Upper Austria, Upper Austria, Austria

Profession: geneticist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Josef Penninger (born 5 September 1964) is an Austrian biomedical researcher specialising in molecular immunology.
He is the scientific director of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology located at the Vienna Biocenter.
In February 2018, he announced his decision to leave Vienna and become the head of the Life Sciences Institute of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.The asteroid 48801 Penninger is named in his honour.