Han Sun

Han Sun is a Professor at the Leibniz Research Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) in Berlin, Germany, leading the Sun Group within the School of Chemical Biology. His research integrates computational and experimental approaches, focusing on membrane transport mechanisms and pharmacological interventions.

• Research Interests: Biophysical studies of ion channels, rhodopsins, drug delivery, structural elucidation of small molecules, virtual screening, and cell painting analysis.
• Funding: Supported by DFG/CAPES (2019-2021), DFG follow-up funding (2025), Leibniz-Kooperative Exzellenz (2021-2023), and SFB1078 (2021-2024).
• Collaborations: Prof. Adam Lange (FMP), Prof. Bert de Groot (MPI Göttingen), Prof. Michael Reggelin (TU Darmstadt), and Prof. Xinxiang Lei (South-Central University for Nationalities, China).

Scientific Awards:

• Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Foundation Stipend (2018-2019)

The group has developed innovative methods for residual chemical shift anisotropy analysis using AAKLVFF oligopeptides and pioneered structural studies of natural products through anisotropic NMR and MD simulations. They also manage the Database of Available Chemical Substances (DACS), a resource with over 100 million structures.