Autor/-in: Thomas Heimburg

Thomas Heimburg is Professor for Biophysics at the Niels Bohr Institute of the University of Copenhagen (Denmark), where he is the head of the Membrane Biophysics Group. He studied Physics in Stuttgart and Göttingen and obtained his PhD in 1989 at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen. His research focuses on theoretical and experimental thermodynamics of biological systems, including biomembranes, artificial lipid membranes and proteins. Thomas Heimburg is the author of the book 'Thermal Biophysics of Membranes' (Wiley-VCH, 2007) and an Editorial Board member of the journal 'Biophysical Chemistry'.