Michael Rossmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michael Rossmann

German-American physicist and microbiologist

Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1930

Place of Birth: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 14-May-2019

Profession: scientist, physicist, university teacher, microbiologist, biophysicist

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Michael G.
Rossmann (30 July 1930 – 14 May 2019) was a German-American physicist, microbiologist, and Hanley Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences at Purdue University who led a team of researchers to be the first to map the structure of a human common cold virus to an atomic level.
He also discovered the Rossmann fold protein motif.
His most well recognised contribution to structural biology is the development of a phasing technique named molecular replacement, which has led to about three quarters of depositions in the Protein Data Bank.