Niels VolkmannProfessor Niels Volkmann received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Hamburg, Germany, conducting his doctoral research at the Max Planck Institute under the mentorship of Ada Yonath, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009. Folowing his doctoral studies, Dr. Volkmann trained as a postdoctoral fellow at Brandeis University with David DeRosier, a pioneer in three-dimensional image reconstruction techniques. He is currently a Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Professor Volkmann’s research group focuses on advancing computational, artificial intelligence, and data science approaches to bridge the gap between atomic and cellular scales, spanning over six orders of magnitude from Ångstroms to tens of microns. His lab has introduced groundbreaking algorithms in cryogenic electron microscopy and tomography, including automated correlation-based docking and the watershed transform, significantly enhancing structural analysis and interpretation. Read More Read Less