Piet Gros

Quick Facts

Full Name	Piet Gros
Occupation	Chemist
Date Of Birth	Jul 31, 1962(1962-07-31)
Age	62
Birthplace	Dokkum
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	Friesland
Horoscope	Leo

Piet Gros Biography

Piet Gros is one of the most popular and richest Chemist who was born on July 31, 1962 in Dokkum, Friesland, Netherlands. Piet Gros (born July 31, 1962 in Dokkum) is a Dutch chemist and professor biomacromolecular crystallography at Utrecht University. In 2010 he received the NWO Spinoza Prize for the elucidation of the three-dimensional structure of the C3 protein, which plays a central role in the complement system and contributes to innate immunity.

Piet Gros Net Worth

Piet Gros is one of the richest Chemist from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Piet Gros 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Gros was born in Dokkum, Netherlands. He studied chemistry at the University of Groningen, where he graduated cum laude with a master’s degree. Five years later Gros received his PhD degree cum laude at the same university, with a thesis on protein crystallography. Subsequently he became a postdoctoral researcher at the ETH Zurich and later at Yale University. In 1994 Gros was given a position at Utrecht University to conduct experimental research towards new applications for protein crystallography. In 2002 he was given the position of full professor. From 2007 until 2010 Gros was head of the department of chemistry and from 2012 to 2016 he was scientific director of the Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research. Gros received an ERC Advanced grant of the European Research Council in 2008, is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) since 2010 and in April 2013, Gros became Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion, when he received a Royal Decoration for his scientific achievements.

In 2010, Gros received the NWO Spinoza Prize for the elucidation of the three- dimensional structure of the C3 protein. This protein is part of the oldest part of the immune system that is present in the human body, the complement system. Using structural biology techniques such as protein crystallography, the research group of Gros studies structures and chemical interactions that are at the basis of immunological processes such as the complement system. He is the recipient of the 2018 Gregori Aminoff Prize, an international prize awarded since 1979 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in the field of crystallography.

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Jane Ranked on the list of most popular Chemist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Piet Gros celebrates birthday on July 31 of every year.