Background
She was born in Kiel and studied biology and physics at the University of Heidelberg.
She was born in Kiel and studied biology and physics at the University of Heidelberg.
She earned a Doctor of Philosophy in biology there in 1990.
Schlichting pursued post-doctoral studies at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research and at Brandeis University in the United States. In 1994, she became head of a working group at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology in Dortmund. Schlichting has studied the structure and operation of biomolecules using protein crystallography.
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts.