Elena Conti

Elena Conti is an Honorary Professor at Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, and Director of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry since 2006. Her work focuses on structural biology, RNA metabolism, and protein-RNA interactions.

• PhD in Protein Crystallography at Imperial College London (1996)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship at The Rockefeller University (1999)

Her research explores the structural and biochemical mechanisms of RNA processing and its interactions with proteins, contributing to molecular biology and computational biology.

• Louis Jeantet Prize for Medicine (2014)
• Hans Krebs Medal (FEBS, 2011)
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (2008)
• ELSO Early Career Award (2005)