Petra Fromme is a German-American chemist who is Director of the Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery and Regents Professor at the Arizona State University.

Her research considers the structure-to-function relationship of the membrane proteins involved with infectious diseases and bio-energy conversion.

[12][13][14][15] Nanocrystallography will allow for the development of more safe and effective drugs,[16][17][18] as well as accelerating our understanding of material design for renewable energy sources.

[8][19] In an effort to design new drugs, Fromme has studied the structure of disease-linked enzymes in the human body including Taspase I.

[22] She also has published and co published many scientific papers in many journals, like; Three-Dimensional structure of Cyanobacterial photosystem I at 2.5 Å resolution, Crystal Structure of photosystem II from Synechococcus elongatus at 3.8 Å resolution, Femtosecond X-ray protein nano-crystallography, Single mimivirus particulars intercepted and imaged with an X-Ray Laser, and so much more.