Piet Gros

Piet Gros
Piet Gros (2010)
Born (1962-07-31) July 31, 1962 (age 62)
Dokkum, The Netherlands
NationalityDutch
OccupationProfessor of Biomacromolecular Crystallography
EmployerUtrecht University
Known forProtein crystallography, complement system
Awards2010 Spinoza Prize

Piet Gros (born July 31, 1962 in Dokkum) is a Dutch chemist and professor biomacromolecular crystallography at Utrecht University. In 2010 he received the NWO Spinoza Prize for the elucidation of the three-dimensional structure of the C3 protein, which plays a central role in the complement system and contributes to innate immunity.