Head of Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) & Department Microbial Natural Products (MINS), Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)

Rolf Müller is Full Professor of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany. Since 2009 he is Head of the department Microbial Natural Products (MINS) at the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), which he leads as a Managing Director. Since 2017, Rolf is coordinator of the thematic translational unit “Novel Antibiotics” at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF). He is involved in several national and international research networks and collaborations with the aim to identify novel bioactive natural products, to analyze their biosynthesis and structures and to develop their biological and chemical properties towards novel (pre)clinical candidates.