Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Stefan W. Hell
Education |
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1981 - 1987 |
Physics studies, University of Heidelberg |
1990 |
Doctorate in Physics, University of Heidelberg |
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Positions held |
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1991 - 1993 |
Postdoctoral Researcher, EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory) |
1993 - 1996 |
Principal Scientist, Laser Microscopy Group; University of Turku, Finland |
1993 - 1994 |
Visiting Scientist, Dept. Engineering Science, Oxford University, UK |
1997 - 2002 |
Group leader, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Göttingen, Germany |
2003 - 2017 |
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Head of Optical Nanoscopy Division |
present |
Director, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Head of the Department of NanoBiophotonics; |
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Director, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany |
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Head of the Department of Optical Nanoscopy; |
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Hon. Prof. of Experimental Physics, University of Göttingen |
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Hon. Prof., Department of Physics and Astronomy, Heidelberg University |
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Editorial Boards |
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1995 - |
Journal of Biomedical Optics |
1997 - 1998 |
Bioimaging |
1999 - 2002 |
Review of Scientific Instruments |
2000 - |
Journal of Microscopy |
2002 - 2003 |
Single Molecules |
2002 - |
Journal of Fluorescence |
2002 – 2007 |
Optics Express |
2005 - |
Journal of Structural Biology |
2007 - |
Journal of Biophotonics |
2009 - |
Journal of Biomedical Optics |
2010 - |
Biomedical Optics Express |
2010 - |
ChemPhysChem |
2011 - |
Optical Nanoscopy (Editor-in-Chief) |
2012 - |
Annalen der Physik |
2016 - |
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, PCCP (Honorary Board Member) |
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Memberships in Academies |
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2007 |
Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities, ordinary member |
2009 |
Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, corresponding member |
2012 |
Romanian Academy, honorary member |
2013 |
Leopoldina German National Academy, regular member |
2014 |
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, ordinary member |
2016 |
National Academy of Sciences (NAS), USA |
2016 |
German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) |
2019 |
Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS) |
Honorary Doctorates |
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2009 |
University of Turku, Finland |
2011 |
Vasile Goldis University, Arad, Romania |
2013 |
Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania |
2015 |
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden |
2016 |
King’s College London, United Kingdom |
2016 |
University of Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
2018 |
Doctor honoris causa, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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Honors and Scientific Awards |
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2000 |
ICO Prize, International Commission for Optics (ICO) |
2001 |
Helmholtz Prize for Metrology (co-recipient) |
2002 |
Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis, third prize (co-recipient) |
2002 |
Carl Zeiss Research Award |
2002 |
Karl Heinz Beckurts Prize |
2004 |
Gottlieb Daimler- and Karl Benz Prize, Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences |
2006 |
Deutscher Zukunftspreis, the Federal President’s Award for Technology and Innovation |
2007 |
Cozzarelli Prize awarded by PNAS |
2007 |
Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics |
2008 |
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
2008 |
Lower Saxony State Award (Niedersächsischer Staatspreis) |
2009 |
Otto Hahn Prize in Physics |
2010 |
Ernst-Hellmut-Vits-Prize |
2011 |
Hansen Family Award |
2011 |
Körber European Science Prize (Physical Sciences) |
2011 |
Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award 2010/2011 |
2011 |
Meyenburg Cancer Research Award |
2012 |
Science Prize of the Fritz Behrens Foundation |
2013 |
Paul Karrer Medal |
2013 |
Carus Medal of the Leopoldina Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften |
2014 |
Hall of Fame of German Research |
2014 |
Kavli Prize in Nanoscience, with Thomas W. Ebbesen and Sir John B. Pendry |
2014 |
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, with William E. Moerner and Eric Betzig |
2015 |
Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg |
2015 |
Glenn T. Seaborg Medal |
2015 |
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2015 (Start-up), with Abberior Instruments GmbH |
2016 |
Premio Capo d’Orlando 2016 |
2016 |
Semmelweis Budapest Award, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary |
2016 |
Wilhelm Exner Medal, Austrian Industry Association (Österreichischer Gewerbeverein, ÖGV), Vienna, Austria |
2018 |
Ellis Island Medal of Honor |
Honorary activities in Academics, Society and Politics (selection) |
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Since 2003 Board of directors, Institut für Nanophotonik Göttingen e.V. Since 2003 European Neuroscience Institute (ENI), Göttingen, Associate Member Since 2005 Secretary of the International Society on Optics Within Life Sciences (OWLS) 2007 – 2009 Board of trustees, Niedersachsen Foundation for Innovation Since 2009 Spokesperson of CNMPB (Cluster of Excellence “Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain”) 2014 – 2019 Board of trustees Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) Since 2014 Membership of honor of the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry Since 2014 Optical Society of America (OSA), Lifetime Membership Since 2014 Honorary Member of the European Physical Society (EPS) Since 2014 Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Since 2015 Hector Fellow Academy jury member Since 2015 Member of the International Jury of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): START Programme and Wittgenstein Prize Since 2016 Honorary Member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für angewandte Optik (DgaO) Since 2017 Member of the Solvay International Scientific Committee for Chemistry Since 2017 Kavli Oversight Committee (KOS) Since 2017 Honorary Fellow of the Royal Microscopy Society (RMS) Since 2018 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
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