Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Stefan W. Hell
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1981 - 1987 | Physics studies, University of Heidelberg |
1990 | Doctorate in Physics, University of Heidelberg |
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Positions held | |
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; |
| Director, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany |
| Head of the Department of Optical Nanoscopy; |
| Hon. Prof. of Experimental Physics, University of Göttingen |
| Hon. Prof., Department of Physics and Astronomy, Heidelberg University |
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Editorial Boards | |
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 | |
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) |
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Honorary Doctorates | |
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 |
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Honors and Scientific Awards | |
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 |
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Honorary activities in Academics, Society and Politics (selection) | |
Since 2003 | Board of directors, Laser Laboratorium 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) |
Since 2009 | Co-Spokesperson of Cluster of Excellence “Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain” |