Robert Huber is a German biochemist and Nobel laureate. Biochemistry is the chemistry of life. ... The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. ...

He was born 20 February 1937 in Munich where his father, Sebastian, was a bank cashier. He was educated at the Humanistische Karls-Gymnasium from 1947 to 1956 and then studied chemistry at the Technische Hochschule, receiving his diploma in 1960. He stayed, and did research into using crystallography to elucidate the structure of organic compounds. February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the 2005 Steven Spielberg film, see Munich (film). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Introduction The fundamental component of chemistry is that it involves matter in some way (this explains its broad reach). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Crystallography (from the Greek words crystallon = cold drop / frozen drop, with its meaning extending to all solids with some degree of transparency, and graphein = write) is the experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in solids. ... An organic compound is any of a large class of chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon, with exception of carbides, carbonates and carbon oxides. ...

In 1971 he became a director at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry where his team developed methods for the crystallography of proteins. 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry is a research institute of the Max Planck Society located in Martinsried, a suburb of Munich. ... A representation of the 3D structure of myoglobin, showing coloured alpha helices. ...

In 1988 he received the Nobel Prize jointly with Johann Deisenhofer and Hartmut Michel. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... Johann Deisenhofer (born September 30, 1943) is a German biochemist who, along with Hartmut Michel and Robert Huber, received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1988 for their determination of the structure of a membrane-bound complex of proteins and co-factors that is essential to photosynthesis. ... Hartmut Michel is a German biochemist and Nobel Laureate. ...

He is married with four children.