Louise Johnson

Dame Louise Napier Johnson, DBE FRS (26 September 1940 – 25 September 2012), was a British biochemist and protein crystallographer. She was David Phillips Professor of Molecular Biophysics at the University of Oxford from 1990 to 2007, and later an emeritus professor.

This article is about the biochemist and crystallographer. For the American Delta blues singer and pianist, see Louise Johnson (blues).

Dame Louise Johnson

DBE FRS
Born
Louise Napier Johnson

(1940-09-26)26 September 1940
Died25 September 2012(2012-09-25) (aged 71)
EducationWimbledon High School for Girls
Alma materUniversity College London (BSc, PhD)
Known forDiscovering the structure of lysozyme and N-Acetylglucosamine
Spouse
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(m. 1968; died 1996)​
AwardsDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
ThesisAn X-ray crystallographic study of N-acetylglucosamine and its relation to lysozyme. (1965)
Doctoral advisorDavid Chilton Phillips
Other academic advisorsFrederic M. Richards
Doctoral studentsDavid Barford
Jenny Martin
David J. Owen
Other notable studentsJanos Hajdu
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