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Petra Fromme is a Regents Professor and Director of the Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery at Arizona State University (ASU). She holds the Paul V Galvin Professorship and is affiliated with the School of Molecular Sciences and the Department of Physics. Her research focuses on structural biochemistry of membrane proteins, photosynthesis, and applications of X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFEL) for studying biomolecular dynamics.
Fromme earned her B.S. (Vordiplom) and M.S. (Diplom) in biochemistry from the Free University of Berlin and her Ph.D. in chemistry from the Technical University of Berlin. She completed her habilitation in physical chemistry at the same institution. She has pioneered methods like serial femtosecond nanocrystallography, enabling time-resolved studies of photosynthetic proteins and viral membrane proteins.
Her research spans photosystem structure-function relationships, XFEL-based structural biology, and membrane proteins in infectious diseases. She leads the ASU Center for Membrane Proteins in Infectious Diseases and has contributed to over 200 publications. Awards include the Distinguished Global Futures Scientist designation.
- Education:
- B.S. (Vordiplom) in Biochemistry, Free University of Berlin (1983)
- M.S. (Diplom) in Biochemistry, Free University of Berlin (1985)
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, Technical University Berlin (1988)
- Affiliations:
- Center Director, Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery
- Regents Professor, Arizona State University
- Member, Global Futures Scientists and Scholars Program
- Grants & Projects:
- Funding for XFEL studies and microbial electro-photosynthesis
- Leadership in ASU's Biodesign Beus CXFEL Lab
