Ari Helenius (born 3 September 1944) is a Finnish emeritus professor of biochemistry who is known for his research in virology.
Helenius was born 3 September 1944 in Oulu, Finland.[1]
He did his PhD with Kai Simons at the University of Helsinki in 1973. From 1975 until 1981 he worked as a staff scientist at the newly-created European Molecular Biology Laboratory. From 1981 to 1997, he was a professor at Yale University, where he was chair of the department of cell biology from 1992 to 1997.[1][2] In 1997, he joined the ETH Zurich as a founding member of the Institute of Biochemistry.[3]
His research has earned him awards for the characterization of how viruses enter cells, and methods of protein folding and assembly.[2] In 1999, he was appointed a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).