!!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