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Andreas Kreusch is a structural biologist whose research sits at the intersection of protein crystallography, computational biology, and structural genomics. His most recognized contribution is the development of the Crystal Experiment Evaluation Program, a pioneering automated image analysis system designed to categorize and interpret results from robotic crystallization screening trials. Published in 2002 and garnering 67 citations, this work represented a significant advance in high-throughput structural biology, enabling researchers to process the large volumes of crystallization data generated by robotic platforms with greater speed and consistency than traditional manual inspection allowed. Beyond instrumentation and methodology, Kreusch has contributed meaningfully to the structural characterization of proteins from the thermophilic bacterium *Thermotoga maritima*, a model organism prized for its biochemical stability. His crystallographic studies include the determination of high-resolution structures of γ-glutamyl phosphate reductase, a key enzyme in proline biosynthesis, and uronate isomerase, involved in sugar metabolism. These structural snapshots provide foundational insights into enzyme mechanism and metabolic pathways in extremophiles. Together, Kreusch's body of work reflects a career dedicated to building the experimental and computational infrastructure that underpins modern structural genomics.