Werner Kuehlbrandt

Prof. Dr. Werner Kuehlbrandt is a Scientific Member (Director) at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt, Germany, leading the Department of Structural Biology. His research focuses on membrane proteins and their complexes using advanced structural techniques.

• Studied chemistry/crystallography at Free University Berlin
• PhD in biochemistry/biophysics from King’s College London (1981)
• Postdoctoral work at ETH Zürich and Imperial College London
• Research group leader at EMBL Heidelberg (1988-1997)

His expertise spans cryoEM, X-ray crystallography, and membrane biochemistry, with a focus on bioenergetics and structural analysis of membrane systems. Current work emphasizes single-particle cryoEM and electron cryo-tomography.