Prof. Dr. Peter Güntert

Name Peter Güntert Date of birth March 29, 1964 Place of birth Schaffhausen, Switzerland Citizenships Switzerland, Germany Marital status Married Languages German, English, French (Spanish, Japanese) Work address Institute of Biophysical Chemistry J. W. Goethe-University Frankfurt Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, Room N220/105 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Phone: +49-69-798 29621 Fax: +49-69-798 29632 Email: guentert@em.uni-frankfurt.de WWW: http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/

Education

• 1998 Habilitation, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
• 1993 Ph.D., ETH Zürich, Switzerland, advisors: K. Wüthrich, W. F. van Gunsteren
• 1987 M.Sc. (diploma in physics), ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Professional positions

2007– Professor, Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 2007– Senior Fellow, Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies (FIAS), Frankfurt am Main, Germany 2007– Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan 2006–2007 Team Leader, NMR Structure Analysis Methodology Team, RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Japan 2005–2007 Team Leader, NMR Structure Analysis Methodology Research Team, RIKEN Structural Genomics/Proteomics Initiative, Japan 2002–2007 Principal Investigator, Tatsuo Miyazawa Memorial Program, RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Japan 2002–2006 Senior Research Scientist, RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Japan 1998–2002 Lecturer (Privatdozent), Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland 1996–1998 Senior researcher (Oberassistent), Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland 1993–1995 Postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland 1988–1993 Predoctoral researcher, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland 1986 High-school teacher for mathematics and computer science, Kantonsschule Schaffhausen, Switzerland Major research interest Computation methods to study biomolecular systems, in particular by NMR.

Honors

• 2007 Lichtenberg Professorship, Volkswagen Foundation
• 1997 ETH-Tokyo Institute of Technology Award
• 1993 Medal and Prize for Ph.D. thesis, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
• 1987 Medal and Prize for M.Sc. (Diploma) thesis, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Peter Güntert

Institute of Biophysical Chemistry and

Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies Goethe-University Frankfurt

Max-von-Laue-Str. 9

60438 Frankfurt am Main

Germany

Phone: +49-69-798 29621

Fax: +49-69-798-29632

PERSONAL DATA

Date of birth: March 29, 1964 Place of birth: Schaffhausen, Switzerland

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Computation methods to study biomolecular systems, in particular by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

EDUCATION

Habilitation in Biophysics ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 1998

Ph.D. in Physics (Prof. Kurt Wüthrich & Prof. Wilfred F. van Gunsteren) ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 1993

Diploma in Physics ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 1987

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal Investigator of the Tatsuo Miyazawa Memorial Program RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Japan, 2002 to date

Team Leader NMR Structure Analysis Methodology Team Protein Research Group RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Japan, 2006 to date

Team Leader NMR Structure Analysis Methodology Research Team RIKEN Structural Genomics/Proteomics Initiative RIKEN, Japan, 2005 to date

Senior Research Scientist Protein Research Group RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Japan, 2002-2006

Privatdozent, Lecturer Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 1998-2002

Oberassistent, Senior Researcher Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 1996-1998

Post-Doctoral Researcher Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 1993-1995

Ph.D. student, Assistant Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 1988-1993

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Informatikkommission ETH Zürich, 1998-2002

HONORS & AWARDS

ETH-Tokyo Institute of Technology Award, 1997 ETH Medal and Prize for Ph.D. Thesis, 1993 ETH Medal and Prize for Diploma Thesis, 1987

PUBLICATIONS

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Last update: 17-Apr-2006