Helen M. Berman

Helen Miriam Berman is a Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers University and a former director of the RCSB Protein Data Bank (one of the member organizations of the Worldwide Protein Data Bank). A structural biologist, her work includes structural analysis of protein-nucleic acid complexes, and the role of water in molecular interactions. She is also the founder and director of the Nucleic Acid Database, and led the Protein Structure Initiative Structural Genomics Knowledgebase.

Helen Berman
Helen Berman in 2008.
Born
Helen Miriam Berman

1943 (age 8081)
Chicago, Illinois
Alma mater
Spouses
  • Victor Berman
  • Peter Young (1976–1999)
ChildrenJason Asher Young
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsRutgers University
ThesisThe Crystal Structures of Alpha Prime and Beta-D-Mannitol, Galacticol, Methyl Aalpha-D-Glucopyranoside and Hydroxyurea (1967)
Doctoral advisorGeorge A. Jeffrey
Other academic advisorsBarbara Low, Jenny Glusker
Websiterutchem.rutgers.edu/berman-helen-m
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