Bertil Hille

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Biophysics, Rockefeller University, 1967; B.A. in Biology, Yale University, 1962.

Research Interests: Studies ion channels and their role in cellular signaling, with applications to neuroscience and physiology.

Appointments: Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington.

Awards: Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, 1999; Gairdner Foundation International Award, 1996.

Publications: Author of Ion Channels of Excitable Membranes (Sinauer Associates, 2001); numerous articles in Journal of General Physiology.