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