Joachim Frank

Who is this?

Joachim Frank (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːaxɪm ˈfʁaŋk] ) ; born September 12, 1940) is a German-American biophysicist at Columbia University and a Nobel laureate. He is regarded as the founder of single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2017 with Jacques Dubochet and Richard Henderson. He also made significant contributions to structure and function of the ribosome from bacteria and eukaryotes.

Career

1. 1940
   Born
2. 2014
   Won Benjamin Franklin Medal
3. 2017
   Won Nobel Prize in Chemistry
4. 2020
   Won Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
5. Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
6. Member of National Academy of Sciences

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Siegen
• •Citizenship: United States, Germany
• •Known as: chemist, biophysicist