Joachim Frank

Joachim Frank
Joachim Frank under Nobel Prize press conference in Stockholm, December 2017
Born	(1940-09-12) September 12, 1940 Siegen, Germany
Citizenship	United States, Germany
Fields	Structural biology Cryo-electron microscopy
Institutions	University at Albany, Department of Biomedical Sciences Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Doctoral advisor	Walter Hoppe
Other academic advisors	Robert M. Glaeser, Robert Nathan
Known for	Single-particle cryo-electron microscopy Ribosome structure and dynamics
Notable awards	Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science (2014) Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences (2017) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2017)

Joachim Frank (born September 12, 1940) is a German-born American biophysicist at Columbia University. He is thought to be as the founder of single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2017 with Jacques Dubochet and Richard Henderson. He also made major works to structure and function of the ribosome from bacteria and eukaryotes.