Olav Schiemann

The Medicine/Biology Award for 2025 of the International ESR (EPR) Society is awarded to Professor Olav Schiemann for his seminal contributions advancing the field of EPR in Biology via his pioneering efforts to resolve structural aspects of spin labelled nucleic acids and proteins.  He has advanced nucleic acid spin labelling methodology, the use of pulse dipolar EPR spectroscopy to provide detailed structural information of biomolecules, and determine paramagnetic metal binding sites in key nucleic acid and protein constructs. This includes time resolved measurements elucidating the pathways of conformational changes with high time resolution. Professor Schiemann has also been a tireless servant to the broad international EPR community. The IES is therefore proud to honor Professor Schiemann for his distinguished contributions to the society.