Stefan Hell
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014
| Year of election: | 2013 |
| Section: | Physics |
| City: | Göttingen |
| Country: | Germany |
CV Stefan Hell - english (pdf)
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Prof. Dr.
CV Stefan Hell - deutsch (pdf)
CV Stefan Hell - english (pdf)
CV Stefan Hell - english (pdf)
Research
Main research interests: STED microscopy and related concepts
Stefan Hell is a physicist. He pioneered breaking the diffraction barrier in a light microscope using conventional lenses. In 2014, he was honoured by the Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy” together with Eric Betzig and William E. Moerner.
Pioneered breaking the diffraction barrier in a light microscope using conventional lenses
Invention and development of STED microscopy and related concepts
Discovered and demonstrated on-off switching of (fluorescence) signal as key mechanism for overcoming the diffraction resolution barrier.
Career
- Director, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry; Member of Chem-Phys-Tech & Biomedical Section of Max Planck Society; Head, Optical Nanoscopy Division; German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
- 2004 Hon. Prof., Faculty of Physics, University of Göttingen
- 2003 Adj. Prof., Faculty of Physics, University of Heidelberg
- 1997-2002 Group leader, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Göttingen, Germany
- 1996 Habilitation in Physics, Univ. Heidelberg
- 1994 Visiting Scientist, Dept. Engineering Science, Oxford University, UK
- 1993-1996 Principal Scientist, Laser Microscopy Group; University of Turku, Finland
- 1991-1993 Postdoctoral Researcher, EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory)
- 1990 Doctorate in Physics, University of Heidelberg
- 1981-1987 Physics studies, University of Heidelberg
Functions
- since 2009 Spokesperson, DFG Center Molecular Physiology of the Brain Göttingen
- since 2007 Board of trustees, X-LAB, Göttingen
- 2007-2010 Board of trustees, Niedersachsen Foundation for Innovation
- since 2005 Secretary of the International Society on Optics Within Life Sciences (OWLS)
- since 2003 Associate Member, European Neuroscience Institute (ENI), Göttingen
- since 2003 Board of directors, Laser Laboratorium Göttingen e.V.
- since 2002 Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society, Biomed. and Chem.-Phys.-Techn. Section
Honours and Memberships
- 2015 Verdienstorden des Landes Baden-Württemberg
- 2015 Glenn T. Seaborg Medal of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
- 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 2014 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience
- 2014 Carus-Preis, City of Schweinfurt
- 2013 Carus Medal of Leopoldina, German National Academy
- 2013 Doctor honoris causa, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
- 2012 Romanian Academy, member of honor
- 2012 Science Prize of the Fritz Behrens Foundation
- 2011 Doctor honoris causa, Vasile Goldis University, Arad, Romania
- 2011 Hansen Family Award
- 2011 Körber European Science Prize (Physical Sciences)
- 2011 Gothenburg Lise Meitner Prize 2010/2011
- 2011 Meyenburg Prize for Cancer Research
- 2010 Ernst-Hellmut-Vits-Prize
- 2009 Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, external member
- 2009 Doctor honoris causa, University of Turku, Finland
- 2009 Otto Hahn Prize in Physics
- 2008 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Research Council (DFG)
- 2008 Lower Saxony State Award (Niedersächsischer Staatspreis)
- 2007 Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities, regular member
- 2007 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics
- 2007 Cozzarelli Prize awarded by the Proc. Natl. Acad. Sc. USA
- 2006 Innovation Award of the German President (Zukunftspreis des Bundespräsidenten)
- 2004 Gottlieb Daimler- and Karl Benz Prize, Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
- 2002 Karl-Heinz Beckurts-Prize
- 2002 Carl-Zeiss Research Award of Ernst-Abbe-Fonds
- 2002 Innovation Award of Leibinger-Foundation
- 2001 Helmholtz-Prize for metrology (co-recipient)
- 2000 ICO Prize, International Commission for Optics (ICO)
