Richard Neutze

Neutze’s group uses X-rays generated at synchrotrons and at X-ray free-electron lasers to probe structural changes in membrane proteins. Membrane proteins are a very diverse class of proteins that control energy transduction and signaling processes in living organisms. By observing structural changes in membrane proteins we gain insight into how evolution has optimized them to perform chemical reactions essential for life. We have a strong history of international collaboration and we combine scientific questions with developing new methods to address these questions.

Neutze took his Ph.D. in physics in 1995 from the University of Canterbury (New Zealand). He was introduced to the field of molecular biophysics by Janos Hajdu at Oxford University (England). Neutze accepted a Humboldt Fellowship in physics with Franz Hasselbäch at Tübingen University (Germany) before returning to molecular biophysics as a postdoc with Janos Hajdu at Uppsala University. In 1998 Neutze received an Assistant Professor grant from the Swedish Research Council. With this support, Neutze relocated his group to the Chalmers University of Technology in 2000. Six years later Neutze was appointed Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Gothenburg.