Gerard Jacob Kleywegt (born 5 June 1962, in

Rozenburg Rozenburg () is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of 13,173 in 2004, and covers an area of 6.50 km2 (of which 1.99 km2 water). It was the se ...

) is a Dutch X-ray crystallographer and the former team leader of the

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in Europe at the EBI; a member of the Worldwide Protein Data Bank.

Education

Kleywegt obtained his PhD from the

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in 1991.

Career

After his PhD, Kleywegt did

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with Alwyn Jones at

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. before moving to the EBI.

Research

Kleywegt's research focuses on protein crystallography and the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kleywegt, Gerard 1962 births Living people Dutch biochemists Crystallographers Leiden University alumni Utrecht University alumni People from Rozenburg