Marc Baldus is the head of the NMR spectroscopy group in the Department of Chemistry who is especially known for his work in the field of structural biology using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy. The Baldus group applies ssNMR methods to establish structure-function relationships in complex biomolecular systems including membrane and Amyloid proteins. In addition, his group develops cellular NMR methods to study large molecular transport and insertion systems in bacteria as well as signal transduction mechanisms in eukaryotic cells. Similar principles are applied to determine supramolecular structures in intact (bio)materials including hydrogels, drug carriers and diatom biosilica.