Biology, structure and function of proteins and nucleic
acids; development of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
techniques for macromolecular structure determination in
solution and for studies of intermolecular interactions;
applications in structural genomics, proteomics and
biomedical research.

1967 - 69 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J.,
USA: Member Technical Staff, Biophysics
Department (Dr. R.G.Shulman).
1969 - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich,
Switzerland: Privatdozent (70); Assistant
Professor (72); Associate Professor (76); Professor of
Biophysics (80); Chairman
Biology Department (95-2000).
2001 - 04 The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA,
USA: Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Visiting
Professor of Structural Biology.
2004 - The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA,
USA: Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Professor of
Structural Biology.

1974 Friedrich Miescher-Preis, Schweizerische Biochemische
Gesellschaft.
1983 Shield of the Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo University,
Japan.
1986 Médaille P. Bruylants, Université Catholique de
Louvain, Belgium.
1990 Stein and Moore Award of the Protein Society, USA.
1991 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University, New
York, USA.
1991 Gilbert Newton Lewis Medal, University of California,
Berkeley, USA.
1992 Marcel Benoist Prize, awarded by the Swiss
Confederation.
1993 Distinguished Service Award, The Miami Bio/Technology
Winter Symposia, USA.
1993 Prix Louis Jeantet de Médecine, Fondation Louis
Jeantet, Geneva, Switzerland.
1996 Kaj Linderstr�m-Lang Prize, Carlsberg Foundation,
Copenhagen, Denmark.
1997 Eminent Scientist of RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan.
1998 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology, Inamori
Foundation, Kyoto, Japan.
1999 Günther Laukien Prize, Experimental NMR Conference
(ENC), USA.
1999 Otto-Warburg-Medaille, Gesellschaft für Biochemie und
Molekularbiologie, Germany.
2001 Médaille d'Honneur en Argent, Société d'Encouragement
au Progrès, Paris, France.
2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
2002 World 'Future' Award, The World Awards, Vienna,
Austria.
2002 Swiss 'Society' Award, The Swiss Awards, Zürich,
Switzerland.
2002 Ehrenpreis 2002, City of Walisellen, Switzerland.
2003 Honorary Citizenship, City of Lyss, Switzerland.