Professor Otting is an ARC Laureate Fellow, a former ARC Federation Fellow (2002–2007) and Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance. He is a global leader in spectroscopic methods for determining structure and function of peptides and proteins and has pioneered powerful NMR-based methods. He has >250 career publications that have led to prestigious honours and awards (e.g. Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, Medal of Australian and New Zealand Society for Magnetic Resonance). With extensive leadership experience, he will co-lead the Decode theme.