Johann Deisenhofer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Johann Deisenhofer

German scientist

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1943

Place of Birth: Zusamaltheim, Bavaria, Germany

Profession: physicist, chemist, university teacher, biochemist, biophysicist

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Johann Deisenhofer (born September 30, 1943) is a German biochemist who, along with Hartmut Michel and Robert Huber, received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1988 for their 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.