Wolfram Saenger
Wolfram Saenger (born April 23, 1939 in Frankfurt-Höchst ) is a German biochemist and protein crystallographer .
Life
Wolfram Saenger received his doctorate as a chemist in 1965 at the TU Darmstadt on thermodynamics and kinetics of some alpha-cyclodextrin inclusion compounds in aqueous solution . After a postdoctoral stay with Jack Zanas Gougoutas (* 1939) at Harvard University , he carried out research at the Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine in Göttingen and received his habilitation in 1972 at the University of Göttingen . Since 1981 he has been a professor at the Free University of Berlin .
Awards
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 1988
- Humboldt Research Award 1988
- Gay Lussac Humboldt Prize 1994
- Carl Hermann Medal 2004
- Honorary membership of the German Society for Crystallography 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of the lauréats français / German award winners (PDF; 82 kB)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saenger, Wolfram |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biochemist and protein crystallographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt-Höchst |