Ruedi Aebersold is a Professor of Molecular Systems Biology at ETH Zurich (Federal Institute of Technology) and the University of Zurich, in Zurich, Switzerland. Before moving to ETH he was a co-founder and faculty member at the Institute for Systems Biology, in Seattle, WA and a Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. 

Recognizing that systems biology research is starved for high quality datasets that describe biological systems, the he focus on his research is on the development and the application of new proteomics technologies. These technologies aim at detecting and quantifying the proteins and their interactions at the level of the complete proteome. Specific applications of the technology are directed towards the understanding  of biological processes and the detection and validation of protein biomarkers for the early  detection, diagnosis and classification of disease.