Roland Benz (born 1943 in Singen, Baden-Württemberg) is a German biophysicist.
Benz studied mathematics, chemistry, and physics at the University of Würzburg. In 1972, he obtained his Ph.D. in biology, with Peter Läuger at University of Konstanz as his supervisor; and, in 1977, he obtained his Habilitation in Biophysics.
A Heisenberg Fellow of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (German Science Foundation), Benz was a visiting professor at State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNYSB) in 1980 and 1982. In 1984, he was a visiting professor at University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
In 1986, Benz became a full professor of biotechnology at the University of Würzburg, his alma mater.
Since 2003, Benz has been a Member of the European Graduate College;[ citation needed ] and, since 2005, a Member in the French–German Graduate College, both sponsored by the DFG.[ citation needed ]
Since 2009, Benz has held the Wisdom Professorship at the Jacobs University Bremen [1] and has been a research fellow at the Rudolf Virchow Center and the DFG Research Center for Experimental Biomedicine. He remains a professor at the University of Würzburg.
Benz's research interests include the periplastic structure and organization of cell membranes and other biological membranes; biophysical processes and the molecular basis of membrane proteins in microorganisms and higher organisms; and, pore-forming peptides and proteins.
Benz is the leader of several research projects, including:
In 2002, Benz was recognised with the Gay-Lussac/Humboldt Award de la Ministère de recherche français for his role in the development of a Franco–German collaboration.[ citation needed ]
In 2007, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Barcelona. [2]
In 2011, he was honoured, with another honorary doctorate, by the Umeå University's Faculty of Medicine [3]
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