Richard Neutze
New Zealand biophysicist (1969–2026)
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Richard John Neutze (5 July 1969 – 28 April 2026) was a biophysicist from New Zealand, and a professor of biochemistry in the Department of Chemistry & Molecular Biology at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.[1] He has contributed to the X-ray crystallography of biomolecules, including proposing the idea of diffract before destroy with Janos Hajdu and others,[2] which contributed to the invention of serial femtosecond crystallography.[3]
5 July 1969
University of Gothenburg
Richard Neutze | |
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| Born | Richard John Neutze 5 July 1969 Mid Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Died | 28 April 2026 (aged 56) |
| Education | University of Canterbury |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Uppsala University University of Gothenburg |
| Thesis | Acceleration and optical interferometry (1995) |
| Geoff Stedman William Moreau | |
Other academic advisors | Janos Hajdu |
Education and career
Neutze graduated with a BSc in physics in 1991 and a PhD in biophysics in 1995 from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, where his supervisor was Geoff Stedman.[4] He later conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford, the University of Tübingen, and Uppsala University.[5]
Honors and awards
Neutze received the Young Scientist Award at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in 2000,[6] and the Hugo Theorell Prize from the Swedish Biophysics Society in 2012.[7]