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Klaus Schulten, a theoretical and computational biophysics professor at the University of Illinois, passed away on October 31, 2016.

Earned a physics degree from the University of Muenster in 1969 and a Ph.D. in chemical physics from Harvard University in 1974; joined the University of Illinois Department of Physics in 1988.

Founded and led the Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group at the Beckman Institute in 1989, developing software including VMD and NAMD that enables scientists worldwide to model and observe molecular behavior at the atomic scale.

Served as Swanlund Professor of Physics and directed the NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling; trained over 77 graduate students while contributing to research on photosynthesis, HIV structure, ribosome assembly, and other biological systems.

Senate Resolution expressing condolences to his surviving family: wife Zan Luthey-Schulten, daughter Charlotte Schulten, brother Christoph Schulten, and sister Karin Balmer.