Joachim Frank

Joachim Frank is a German-American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2017 for his pioneering work in cryo-electron microscopy. Born in 1935 in Germany, his early life was marked by the destruction of World War II, which shaped his perspective on authoritarian regimes. Frank has been critical of the current political climate in the U.S., drawing parallels between it and the fascism he experienced in his youth, highlighting the dangers posed to scientific integrity and freedom.