Friedrich Simmel
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Friedrich C. Simmel (born 1970) is a German biophysicist and professor at the Technical University Munich. He is a researcher in the field of DNA nanotechnology and is best known for his work on DNA nanomachines[1] and dynamic DNA-based systems.[2]
Simmel received a PhD in experimental physics from LMU Munich in 1999. From 2000 to 2002 he was a post-doctoral researcher at Bell Labs. He joined the faculty of the Technical University Munich as a full professor in 2007.[3]
Awards and memberships
- 2006 Human frontier science program (HFSP) young investigator award
- 2009 Vice President (2009) of the International Society of Nanoscale Science, Computation and Engineering (ISNSCE)
- 2010 President (2009) of the International Society of Nanoscale Science, Computation and Engineering (ISNSCE)
- 2013 Elected Member of the National Academy of Science and Technology (acatech)