What is Joachim Frank?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Joachim Frank |image = Joachim Frank.jpg |caption = Joachim Frank under Nobel Prize press conference in Stockholm, December 2017 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|9|12}} |birth_place = [[Siegen]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] |death_date = |death_place = |citizenship = United States, Germany<ref>Frank, Joachim (2017), [http://franklab.cpmc.columbia.edu/franklab/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Joachim-Frank-Long-CV-Sep-2016_complete1.pdf Curriculum Vitae] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009143354/http://franklab.cpmc.columbia.edu/franklab/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Joachim-Frank-Long-CV-Sep-2016_complete1.pdf |date=2017-10-09 }}. Retrieved October 4, 2017.</ref> |education = [[University of Freiburg]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])}}<br>[[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich|University of Munich]] {{small|([[Master of Science|MS]])}}<br>[[Max Planck Society]]<br>[[Technical University of Munich]] {{small|([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])}} |known_for = Single-particle [[cryo-electron microscopy]]<br>[[Ribosome]] [[Molecular dynamics|structure and dynamics]] |spouse = {{marriage|Carol Saginaw|1983}} |children = [[Ze Frank]] & Mariel Frank |awards = [[Franklin Institute Awards|Benjamin Franklin Medal]] in Life Science {{small|(2014)}}<br>[[Wiley Prize]] in Biomedical Sciences {{small|(2017)}}<br>[[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] {{small|(2017)}} |doctoral_advisor = [[Walter Hoppe]] |thesis_title = Untersuchungen von elektronenmikroskopischen Aufnahmen hoher Auflösung mit Bilddifferenz- und Rekonstruktionsverfahren |thesis_year = 1970 |academic_advisors = [[Robert M. Glaeser]], Robert Nathan |fields = [[Structural biology]]<br>[[Cryo-electron microscopy]] |workplaces = University at Albany, Department of Biomedical Sciences <br> [[Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons]], Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics }} {{nobelprize|Chemistry}}'''Joachim Frank''' (born September 12, 1940) is a German-born Ame