S. Samar Hasnain FInstP, FRSC, is the inaugural Max Perutz professor of Molecular Biophysics at the University of Liverpool.
In 1979, Professor Hasnain joined the Daresbury Laboratory as a member of the team establishing the world’s first dedicated X-Ray synchrotron radiation source (the SRS).
He has been engaged with the SESAME synchrotron project in Jordan, launched under the umbrella of UNESCO, since its inception in 2004 and has been the UK Government’s representative on its council since its foundation.
The integration of spectroscopic methods with crystallography and the use of XFEL radiation for providing damage-free structures for redox proteins.
[26] In 2019, Hasnain and Prof. Richard Catlow co-authored an article[27] giving personal accounts of how their work in the fields of structural molecular biology, materials and catalytic science developed and evolved using synchrotron techniques.