Dr. Beat Fierz

Beat Fierz studied at the University of Basel, Switzerland and performed his PhD in biophysical chemistry in the laboratory of Prof. Thomas Kiefhaber lab at the Biozentrum (2002-2006), where he investigated the dynamics of synthetic polypeptides and protein secondary structure elements using ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy.

In 2007 he joined the laboratory of Prof. Tom W Muir at the Rockefeller University, New York, and Princeton University, New Jersey. There, he studied the folding behavior of chromatin fibers as well as the stability of nucleosome particles, depending on histone post-translational modifications.

In 2012, Beat Fierz was appointed Tenure Track Assistant Professor for the newly created Foundation Sandoz Chair in Biophysical Chemistry of Macromolecules at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2019, he was promoted to Associate Professor at EPFL.