Manfred Eigen

MANFRED EIGEN d2019. German biophysical chemist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on measuring fast chemical reactions. His research helped solve major problems in physical chemistry and aided in the understanding of chemical processes that occur in living organisms. In later years, he explored the biochemical roots of life and evolution. He worked to install a multidisciplinary program at the Max Planck Institute to study the underpinnings of life at the molecular level. His work was hailed for creating a new scientific and technological discipline : evolutionary biotechnology. He died in Germany aged 91 on February 6th 2019