Nature's blueprint: Biomaterials and their potential medical applications for regenerative implants 

Professor Müller’s Career 

　　1961 – 1967 Study of biology and chemistry, University of Mainz (Ph.D. 1967). 

　　1967 – 1971 Res. Assistant at the Inst. for Physiol. Chemistry, Mainz University. 

　　1971 – 1975 Assoc. Professor, Institute for Physiol. Chemistry, Mainz University. 

　　1975 – 1976 Sabbaticals, Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial International Cancer Study Grant, University of Kentucky 

　　1977 Head of the Department "Applied Molecular Biology", Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University of Mainz. 

　　1977 and 1982 Research visitor at the Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan. 

　　1986 – 1991 Visiting professor at the National Cancer Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan. 

　　1993 – 1999 Visiting professor (JSPS), Graduate 

　　School of Medicine (Prof. H. Ushijima), University of Tokyo. 

　　Professor Müller’s Research Fields 

　　l Deep metazoan phylogeny in order to "reconstruct" and define the genetic repertoire of the Urmetazoa (ancestry of Metazoa) 

　　l Template-directed biomineralization processes, in particular biosilicification in marine and freshwater demosponges and, more recently, formation of the mineral skeletons of deep-sea glass sponges, but also other mineralization processes 

　　l Development of novel applications of the enzymes/proteins involved in natural polymer formation in biotechnology and biomedicine Organic Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Molecular Catalysis Chemistry 

　　Professor Müller’s Publication 

　　Over 1100 publications [Hirsch -index: 73] and 21 granted patents and 15 patent applications.