Peter Propping

German geneticist (1942–2016) Peter ProppingBorn1 December 1942Berlin, GermanyDied26 April 2016(2016-04-26) (aged 73)EducationFree University of Berlin (M.D. 1970)Known forAlcoholism, manic depressive disorders, schizophrenia, epilepsy, and hereditary cancer predispositionsAwardsMendel-Medal of the Leopoldina, German Cancer Aid AwardScientific careerFieldsGeneticsWorkplacesUniversity of Heidelberg, German Research Council, University of Bonn Peter Propping (21 December 1942 – 26 April 2016) was a German human geneticist. The scientific work of Propping spans genetically complex diseases, especially affecting brain function such as alcoholism, manic depressive disorders, schizophrenia, epilepsy, and in addition hereditary cancer predispositions. He also studied the history of human genetics and eugenics. From 1984 to 2008 he was director of the Institute of Human Genetics of the University of Bonn. Biography Propping studied medicine at the Free University of Berlin from 1962 to 1968, receiving his MD degree in 1970 based on experimental work in pharmacology. After having received his license to practise medicine, he became a research assistant at the Institute of Anthropology a