Sebastian Hiller

Professor for Structural Biology and Biophysics at Biozentrum, University of Basel

Sebastian Hiller employs advanced solution NMR spectroscopy integrated with other structural techniques to unravel biomolecular mechanisms at the atomic level. Key topics are chaperone–client complexes and the biophysical principles underlying their function; the folding mechanisms of outer membrane and its inhibition by novel antibiotics; structural immunology; and dynamic mechanisms of kinase regulation. Sebastian Hiller did his PhD with Kurt Wüthrich at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, in 2006, followed by postdoctoral research with Gerhard Wagner at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. Since 2010, he leads his independent group at Biozentrum, University of Basel. His group has published more than 125 papers in international journals, which have been cited more than 10’000 times. Sebastian Hiller was rewarded with the ERC starting grant, the EMBO young investigator award and the ICMRBS Founders’ medal.