Prof. Dr. Timothy Keiderling

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSpectroscopy,Biophysical Chemistry,Analytical Chemistry
KeywordsVibrational spectroscopy, Circular dichroism, Protein and peptide folding, Quantum mechanical spectral simulation, Membrane-protein interaction
Honours and awards

2011: Humboldt Forschungpreis, Konstanz

2011: Mentor of the Year, UIC

2010: Fellow, Society Applied Spectroscopy

2003: Guggenheim Fellow, Freiburg and Padova

1984: Fulbright Fellow, Max Planck Inst.

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityChicago
InstitutionUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry
Homepagehttp://www.chem.uic.edu/takgroup/

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Karin HauserFachbereich Chemie, Biophysikalische Chemie, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2011

Programme(s)

2011Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Keiderling is well known internationally as one of the developers of vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy, and its application to structural studies of biopolymers. He has made significant contributions in the molecular understanding of protein folding, an area of high bio-medical and pharmaceutical interest, since misfolded proteins lead to a variety of diseases. In Germany, Professor Keiderling intends to analyze folding dynamics of model peptides in collaboration with research groups providing spectroscopic techniques with high time-resolution.