I imagined there would be a way to crack the diffraction barrier. But of course I didn't know exactly how it would work, but I had a gut feeling that there must be something, and so I tried to think about it, to be creative.
Descriptiondirector at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany
AliasesStefan Walter Hell; Stefan W. Hell; S. W. Hell; S. Hell
BornDecember 23, 1962
CountryGermany
ProfessionPhysicist
AwardsNobel Prize In Chemistry; Kavli Prize In Neuroscience; Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis; Körber European Science Prize; German Future Prize; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize; Otto Hahn Prize; Carl Zeiss Research Award; Ernst Hellmut Vits Award; Hansen Family Prize; Helmholtz Prize; Meyenburg Prize; State Award Of Lower Saxony; Carus Medal