Antoinette Killian studied chemistry at Utrecht University, where she graduated in 1986 on biophysical studies of model membrane systems (promotor prof. Ben de Kruijff). Supported by an NWO stipend, she performed post-doctoral research with prof. Dan W. Urry (University of Birmingham, Alabama) and with prof. Tim Cross (Florida State University). She then returned to Utrecht University, where she obtained a faculty position at the research group Biochemistry of Membranes. In 2002 she was appointed full professor at Utrecht University, where she now heads the research group Membrane Biochemistry & Biophysics. She spent sabbatical periods at Umeå University in Sweden (1993) and at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris (2015). She received several awards for her work, including the FEBS (Federation of European Biochemical Societies) prize (1995), an honorary doctorate degree at Umeå University (1995) and the EBSA (European Biophysical Societies’Association)/Avanti award (2015). In 2016 she was nominated Fellow of the Biophysical Society (2016). She has (co)-authored over 175 peer-reviewed publications.