Robert Huber - Curriculum vitae#
Professional education and positions
- 1960 Diploma in Chemistry, Technische Universität München
- 1963 Dr. rer. nat., Technische Universität München
- 1968 Habilitation, Technische Universität München
- 1972-2005 Scientific Member of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft and Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie
- 2005 Director Emeritus
- 1976 Apl. Professor, Technische Universität München
- 2001 Visiting Professor Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
- 2005 Gastprofessor Universität Duisburg-Essen
- 2007 Visiting Professor Cardiff University
- 2007 Visiting Professor KGIT, Korean German Institute of Technology, Seoul, Korea
- Editor: Journal of Molecular Biology.
Societies
- Member of the Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft;
- Member of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie;
- Honorary Member of the American Society of Biological Chemists;
- Honorary Member of the Swedish Society for Biophysics;
- Member of EMBO;
- Honorary Member of the Japanese Biochemical Society;
- Member of the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften;
- Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher, Leopoldina;
- Member of the European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities;
- Corresponding Member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts;
- Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome;
- Member of the 'Orden Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste';
- Associate Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences, Triest;
- Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences, USA;
- Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology;
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society, London;
- Honorary Member of the Sociedad Espanola de Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular
Professional interests
- Structure and function of biological macromolecules, in particular those of large complex aggregates
- Systems studied:
- Proteases and their natural and synthetic inhibitors
- metalloenzymes (iron, nickel, molybdenum, copper)
- proteins of the immune system (antibodies and antibody receptors)
- protein hormones and their receptors; protein kinases
- proteins of amino acid biosynthesis (PLP containing enzymes)
- proteins of cofactor and vitamin biosynthesis; proteins of energy and electron transport
- Methods development:
- Patterson methods in crystallography
- methods of structure determination of proteins and protein ligand complexes by NMR
- synthesis and use of electron rich metal clusters
- crystal annealing and improvement, methods and instruments
- analysis and evaluation of targets for research and application in pharmacology and crop science
- Co-founder and advisor of two Biotech Companies, Proteros (since 1997) and SuppreMol (since 2005)
- Scientific advisor of International Pharma and Crop Science Companies
