My word that was a shock to read. Farewell Raimond, what an amazing
scientist and person. Frank
On 05/07/2023 19:54, a.perra...@nki.nl wrote:
Dear all,
It is with profound sadness I announce the passing of Raimond Ravelli,
one of most remarkable and beloved members of our scientific community.
Raimond first became widely known to the crystallographic community
with his brilliant “strategy” program in the 90’s, which he developed
as part of his PhD thesis. Later on, at the EMBL Grenoble and the
ESRF, Raimond has been instrumental in the development of the ID14-EH4
beamline, having helped numerous colleagues to collect diffraction
data and participating in many exciting scientific projects. At that
time, Raimond also developed his keen interest in radiation damage,
that influenced the ways that we collect and process X-ray diffraction
data even today. Raimond came back to his home country, the
Netherlands, first as an assistant professor at Leiden University, and
then as associate professor at Maastricht University. During that
transition he become an expert in cryo-electron microscopy. He made
numerous contributions also to his new field, in such a broad spectrum
of techniques, that it would be embarrassing to attempt to enumerate
them here. I will only mention that one piece of his work even became
a museum exhibit at the Leiden museum of natural history.
Raimond has been recently appointed Full Professor of Structural
Biology, at Maastricht University, last November. His inauguration
speech (Oratie) was simply remarkable. I warmly recommend to anyone to
watch it at https://youtu.be/Gv3pKRp5S2Y?t=667 . It radiates his
enthusiasm for science and is inspiring for all, in a way that only he
himself knew how to do.
Raimond was an accomplished rowing athlete, a formidable cyclist, and
a hiking enthusiast.
For the many of us who have been his friends it has a been a privilege
and an inspiration. Raimond, just 55, leaves behind him Maaike, an
excellent scientist and colleague herself, and their kids Seppe and Noé.
I have no words that could possibly explain how much he will be missed.
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