Martin Gruebele (born January 10, 1964 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a German-born American physical chemist and biophysicist who is currently James R. Eiszner Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Physics, Professor of Biophysics and Computational Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he is the principal investigator of the Gruebele Group. Early life and education He was born in Stuttgart, Germany, son of Helmut Grübele and E. A. Victoria Grübele with two younger siblings Andrea and Philip. He attended the Lycée Français in Vienna, Austria, the Colegio ECOS in Marbella, Spain, and Drew School in San Francisco, USA. He completed his B.S in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley in 1984, with the University Certificate of Distinction and Department Citation for Highest Honors. He was advised by Ken Sauer (biophysics), Wilhelm Maier (organic synthesis), and Richard J. Saykally (laser spectroscopy). He did his graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley in the laboratory of Richard J. Saykally, where he was a University Fellow (1984–1986), IBM Predoctoral Fellow, (1986–1987), and a Dow Chemical Graduate Fellow (1987–1988). Subsequently he held a postdoctoral position with Ahmed Zewail at California Institute of Technology, after which he joined the faculty of the University of Illinois in 1992. Current positions Gruebele was Head of Chemistry (2017–2020) and currently James R. Eiszner Endowed Chair (2008–present) in Chemistry, Professor of Physics, Professor of Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, Professor in the Center for Advanced Study, and Professor in the Carle-Illinois College of Medicine. He also is a faculty member of the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois, and was an Adjunct Professor of Physics at Michigan State University to support biological physics faculty mentoring. Research His research covers a wide range of areas in chemical physics and biological physics, including the kinetics of biological systems, quantum dynamics of energy flow within molecules, and optically assisted scanning tunneling microscopy. A common theme of his research is the implementation of state-of-the-art laser and microscopy techniques to interrogate and manipulate complex systems, coupled with quantum or classical simulations. He has published over 300 articles, books and patents on topics ranging from quantum computing, to RNA and protein folding in the test tube and inside cells, to fish swimming behavioral studies, and ultra-distance cycling. Recent work Dynamics of fast-folding proteins to make the connection between experiment and physics-based computer simulations of protein folding. FreI (Fast Relaxation Imaging) that combines