M. Zouhair Atassi is the emeritus Robert A. Welch chair of chemistry, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, and professor of pathology and immunology at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Previously, he was professor of biochemistry and immunology at Mayo Medical School and Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. He was president of the International Symposium of the Immunobiology of Proteins and the Institute of Immunology; founding editor and editor-in-chief of Critical Reviews in Immunology, Protein Journal, and Protein Reviews; and served on the editorial boards of nine other peer-reviewed journals. Professor Atassi is the editor or co-editor of 33 books; author or co-author of over 470 articles in peer-reviewed journals on protein structure, biological function, and molecular and cellular immune recognition; and has received several distinguished awards, medals, and prizes in these fields.