Dieter Oesterhelt

Dieter Oesterhelt
Born(1940-11-10)10 November 1940
Munich, Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria, Germany
Died28 November 2022(2022-11-28) (aged 82)
Munich, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Munich
AwardsLiebig Medal (1983)
Otto Warburg Medal (1991)
Werner von Siemens Ring (1999)
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (2021)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Francisco
University of Würzburg
Max Planck Society
ThesisZur Kenntnis der Fettsäuresynthetase aus Hefe (1967)
Doctoral advisorFeodor Lynen
Doctoral studentsHartmut Michel
Peter Hegemann
Other notable studentsAxel Brunger (postdoc)
Websitewww.biochem.mpg.de/oesterhelt

Dieter Oesterhelt (10 November 1940 – 28 November 2022)[1] was a German biochemist. From 1980 until 2008, he was director of the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried.

  1. ^ Hegemann, Peter; Michel, Hartmut (27 January 2023). "Dieter Oesterhelt (1940–2022)". Science. 379 (6630): 337. Bibcode:2023Sci...379..337H. doi:10.1126/science.adg5458. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 36701443. S2CID 256275449.