Martin Pilhofer appointed Associate Professor of Cryo-Electron Microscopy
On the recommendation of ETH President Joël Mesot, the ETH Board appointed several new ETH professors in its meeting of last week. One of these is Martin Pilhofer, Associate Professor of Cryo-Electron Microscopy at the D-BIOL Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics.
Professor Martin Pilhofer is currently Assistant Professor at ETH Zurich. He is a highly dedicated scientist in the area of the cellular structural biology of microorganisms. In 2016 he was awarded an ERC Starting Grant. His research field is becoming increasingly important in explaining and revealing the structure of larger protein complexes. The appointment of Martin Pilhofer enables ETH Zurich to offer long-term research prospects to one of the few internationally recognised experts in the forward-looking area of cryo-electron microscopy, thus further expanding the Federal Institute’s leading global position in molecular structural biology.
Link to the website of the Pilhofer lab.