Dr. Friedrich Simmel

Professor

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Biography

Professor Friedrich Simmel's research focuses on bionanotechnology and the physics of synthetic biological systems. His interests encompass areas such as artificial molecular machines and nanostructures formed from DNA molecules, as well as the design of artificial biochemical circuits. Prof. Simmel completed his doctorate in physics in 1999 at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and undertook research at Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA, before returning to LMU in 2002. There, he worked in a junior research group funded by the German Research Foundation’s Emmy Noether program. In 2005, he qualified as an experimental physics lecturer at LMU. He took the chair of Experimental Physics for Physics of Synthetic Biological Systems at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in 2007, and in 2013 he became a member of the acatech - National Academy of Science and Engineering.

Research Interests

Experience

Chair of Experimental Physics

2007-01-01 — Present

Technical University of Munich • Munich, Germany

Holding the position of Chair of Experimental Physics with a focus on Synthetic Biological Systems.

Awards

#2015

ERC Advanced Grant

2015-01-01
#2006

Human Frontier Science Program Young Investigator Award

2006-01-01
#2002

DFG Emmy Noether Early Career Researcher

2002-01-01