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