Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. Sc. Christian Betzel

Study of Physics at the University of Göttingen (1982); Dissertation (Dr.rer. nat.) at the Freie Universität Berlin (1986), Department of Chemistry, Institute of Crystallography (AG Prof. Dr. W. Saenger); Scientific staff member and group leader at the Outstation of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Hamburg (1986-1995); Habilitation at the Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Chemistry (1993); University lecturer (C2) for Biophysics. Scientific staff member at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf (1995-2004); § 17 Professor at the University of Hamburg (2000), Dr. of Science at the Academy of Sciences Sofia, Bulgaria, Institute of Organic Chemistry (2002); since 2004 C3-Professor at the University of Hamburg; since 2015 Professor Visitante International, University São Paulo, Brazil.

Biophysical Society, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, European Low Gravity Research Association, American Crystallographic Association, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallographie; member of the Advisory Boards of the institute for Molecular Medicine & DrugResearch, Karachi, Pakistan; board member of the International Organization for Biological Crystallization (IOBCr); spokesperson in the SFX User Consortium at XFEL; board member of XFEL Biology Infrastructure (XBI) User Consortium.