Leonid Sazanov Wins Schrödinger Award

Sixth ISTA scientist to receive this highest award by the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Schrödinger Prize winner Leonid Sazanov © Land NÖ, Abt. Wissenschaft & Forschung, Jasmina Dzanic - At school, he was inspired by Schrödinger's book 'What is Life'' Now, several decades later, Leonid Sazanov is awarded the Erwin Schrödinger Prize by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW). The scientist heads a research group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) and is honored "for his outstanding achievements in the field of structural biology of membrane protein complexes." Sazanov is the sixth ISTA scientist to receive the prestigious Schrödinger Award. "I am especially honored to receive this price, because it was reading Erwin Schrödinger ' s book 'What is Life'' back in school which encouraged me to pursue biophysics later at the university," reminisces ISTA Professor Leonid Sazanov. Born in 1960, his academic path led him through renowned institutions such as the Belarusian State University in Minsk and Moscow State University, where he received his doctorate in biophysics in 1990. He has worked internationally with renowned researchers and mentors, including Chemistry Nobel Prize winner John E. Walker.