Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Stefan W. Hell

Education

 

1981 - 1987

Physics studies, University of Heidelberg

1990

Doctorate in Physics, University of Heidelberg

 

 

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

 

 

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)

 

 

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)

 2019

 Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS)

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

 2018

 Doctor honoris causa, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

 

 

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

 2018

 Ellis Island Medal of Honor

Honorary activities in Academics, Society and Politics (selection)

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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