Theo Wallimann (born 13 October 1946 in Alpnach, Obwalden, Switzerland) is a Swiss biologist who was research group leader and Adjunct-Professor at the Institute of Cell Biology ETH Zurich and later at the Institute of Molecular Health Science https://mhs.biol.ethz.ch/about-us/emeriti-formermembers/wallimann.html at the ETH Zurich[1] at the Biology Department https://biol.ethz.ch/en/, of the ETH Zurich,[2] Switzerland.
In 1975, Theo Wallimann completed his Ph.D. Dissertation on “M-line-bound Creatine Kinase and Myofibrillar Structure”[3] in the laboratory of Prof. Hans M. Eppenberger at the Institute of Cell Biology at ETH Zurich with distinction and received the ETH prize and medal.[4]
From 1975 - 1981, Wallimann worked as a post-doctoral research associate with Andrew G. Szent-Györgyi ,[5] at the Biology Department of Brandeis University on the subject of "Myosin-linked calcium regulation of muscle contraction".[6] After rejoining the Biology Dept of the ETH-Zurich in 1981, Wallimann became a Lecturer in 1984 with his Habilitation on: "Localization and function of M-line-bound creatine kinase: M-band model and Phospho-Creatine Shuttle"[7]). In 1994, Wallimann was awarded the title of Professor and in the next two years he became Head and Deputy Head of the Institute of Cell Biology. Wallimann resigned from his post in June 2008 and is now Emeritus and member of the ETH Alumni organisation.[8]
Wallimann was awarded with the Alfred-Vogt-Prize in 2005[9] and received the Research.com Recognition Leader Award for Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland in 2023.[10]
Wallimann's main areas of interest are: