Stefan Hell
Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany
Also known as Stefan Walter Hell · Stefan W. Hell · S. W. Hell · S. Hell · Stefan W Hell · S W Hell
- Born
- December 23, 1962
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-24
- 2.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Munzinger PersonenRetrieved 2017-10-09
- December 23, 1962
- Birthplace
- Arad
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- Arad
- Occupation
- physicist
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-06-25
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
- , university teacher
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- , chemist
- physicist
- Positions held
- Employer
- Languages spoken, written or signed
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- Awards
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order(2022)
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science(2018)
- honorary doctor of ETH Zürich(2018)
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Sources- 1.ethz.ch/de/die-eth-zuerich/portraet/auszeichnungen/ehrenraete-und-ehrendoktoren.htmlRetrieved 2022-11-11
- Onsager Medal(2016)
- Wilhelm Exner Medal(2016)
- Markgräfler Gutedelpreis(2016)
- IET Kelvin Lecture(2016)
- Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg(2015)
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- Glenn T. Seaborg Medal(2015)
- honorary doctor of Royal Institute of Technology(2015)
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Sources- 1.kth.se/om/upptack/priser/hedersdoktorer/hedersdoktorer-1.3974Retrieved 2026-10-15
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry(2014) together with: Eric Betzig, William E. Moerner · prize money: 2.67M SEK · award rationale: för utveckling av superupplöst fluorescensmikroskopi, for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy
- Kavli Prize in Nanoscience(2014) together with: Thomas Ebbesen, John Pendry · award rationale: for transformative contributions to the field of nano-optics that have broken long-held beliefs about the limitations of the resolution limits of optical microscopy and imaging · affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
- Hall of Fame of German Research(2014)
- Carus medal(2013)
- Wissenschaftspreis der Fritz-Behrens-Stiftung(2012)
- Körber European Science Prize(2011)
- Hansen Family Prize(2011)
- Meyenburg Prize(2011)
- Ernst Hellmut Vits Award(2010)
- Otto Hahn Prize(2009)
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize(2008)
- Lower Saxony State Prize(2008)
- German Future Prize(2006)
- Zeiss Research Award(2002)
- Karl Heinz Beckurts Award(2002)
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Sources- 1.beckurts-stiftung.de/karl-heinz-beckurts-preis-2002/Retrieved 2024-01-31
- Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis(2002)
- Helmholtz Prize(2001)
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania
- Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Order of the Star of Romania
- Member of
- German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony(since 2007) subject has role: full member
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Sources- 1.“Mitglieder: Niedersächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (NAWG)”adw-goe.de/mitglieder/personendetails/person/stefan-w-hell/Retrieved 2026-09-04
- Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities(since 2009) subject has role: corresponding member
- Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities(since 2015) subject has role: extraordinary member
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Sources- 1.“Mitglied – Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften”bbaw.de/die-akademie/bbaw-mitglieder/mitglied-stefan-w-hellRetrieved 2026-09-04
- National Academy of Sciences(since 2016) subject has role: International Member of the National Academy of Sciences
- Romanian Academy(since 2012) subject has role: honorary member
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Sources- 1.“Academia Romana (membri)”acad.ro/bdar/armembri.phpRetrieved 2026-09-04
- 2.acad.ro/bdar/rapInt2012/RapoarteActivitate2012/Darea-de-seamaAR1-2012-vers110513.pdfRetrieved 2026-09-04
- Name in native language
- Stefan Hell
- Website
- nanobiophotonics.mpibpc.mpg.de language: English
On other databases
40 identifiers linking Stefan Hell across the web's reference databases
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- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)4664059
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