Hartmut Michel

Hartmut Michel (German pronunciation: [ˈhaʁtmuːt ˈmɪçl̩] ⓘ; born 18 July 1948) is a German biochemist, who received the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determination of the first crystal structure of an integral membrane protein, a membrane-bound complex of proteins and co-factors that is essential to photosynthesis.

Hartmut Michel
Hartmut Michel in 2013
Born (1948-07-18) 18 July 1948
Ludwigsburg, Württemberg-Baden, American Zone, Allied-occupied Germany
(now in Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Tübingen
Known forCrystallisation of membrane proteins
SpouseElena Olkhova
Awards
  • Max Delbruck Prize (1986)
  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1986)
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1988)
  • ForMemRS (2005)
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsMax Planck Institute for Biophysics
Websitewww.biophys.mpg.de/en/michel.html
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