Rolf Müller

Prof. Müller is W3 Professor for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology at Saarland University and Managing Director of the Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Saarbrücken. Having received his training from the University of Bonn, he held research positions at University of Washington and Braunschweig University of Technology, prior to being appointed as professor to Saarland University. He has authored >620 peer reviewed papers (which have been cited over 48.000 times) and his h-index is 99. Prof. Müller has received several awards, including the prestigious Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, the PHOENIX Pharmacy Research Award, the DECHEMA Prize, and the Inhoffen Medal, is elected member of acatech, Leopoldina, and the German Academy of Sciences and Literature, and acts as editorial board member for several scientific journals. His laboratory has dedicated itself to the exploration of bacterial natural product biosynthetic pathways for over 20 years and has extensive experience in working with myxobacteria and other microbial producer strains. Starting from the isolation and characterization of new microorganisms, the scope of work includes microbiology-, biotechnology-, bioinformatics-, and chemistry-based methods to exploit these isolates as sources of new drugs. A variety of analytical methods (e.g., NMR, HPLC, GC, hr-MS) and subsequent biological assays are used to perform biological and chemical characterization of these compounds.