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• Kiel University's priority research area KiNSIS honours professor from Trinity College Dublin and the best dissertations from the nanosciences in Kiel.
• Award ceremony took place during the KiNSIS symposium "Health Meets Energy", which applies current results from materials and nano research to health and energy issues.
Valeria Nicolosi, Professor of Nanomaterials at Trinity College Dublin, is awarded the Diels Planck Medal of KiNSIS for her pioneering work in energy storage. This is the tenth time that the interdisciplinary network "Kiel Nano, Surface and Interface Science" at Kiel University has honoured internationally outstanding researchers in the nanosciences and surface research who have significantly shaped their field. Valeria Nicolosi has developed innovative nanomaterials and 3D printing processes that enable batteries with particularly high energy densities. The prize was awarded during KiNSIS Symposium "Health Meets Energy" that took place in Kiel on October 9 and 10. At the same event, the best doctoral theses of the past year in the field of nanoscience and surface research in Kiel were honoured.
Enabling real innovation through interdisciplinary research
"We see interdisciplinary research in particular, as driven by our priority research areas at Kiel University such as KiNSIS, as particularly important for developing innovative solutions to major challenges such as health or energy," said Simone Fulda, President of Kiel University, in her welcoming address. "Prizes for excellent research such as the Diels Planck Medal are also important for the visibility of science in society". Fulda also encouraged the awardees to continue their academic careers. "We need such highly motivated young scientists in view of the global challenges we face."
Materials scientist Valeria Nicolosi is internationally recognised as a leading expert in the field of ultra-thin 2D nanomaterials. Her research focuses on novel materials such as graphene. Composed of a layer of carbon just one atom thick, graphene is extremely light, yet 20 times stronger than steel and electrically conductive. With these unique properties, it could enable the next generation of semiconductors and energy storage devices, such as faster and lighter batteries, smartphones or other electronic devices. Their recent research into 3D printed electronics could enable batteries that can be embedded in any type of material, from smart watches to clothing to implanted heart devices.
Young researchers honoured for high-calibre dissertations
On the same evening, the KiNSIS research programme also honoured the best dissertations from various fields of nano and surface research in Kiel. Dr Nicholas Bungert, a pharmacist, was honoured in the field of life sciences for his dissertation on interactions between particles in powder mixtures for inhalation. The Physics prize went to Dr Luka Hansen for his work on plasma surface processes that can be used to control the properties of nanomaterials. Two prizes were awarded in the engineering sciences category: Materials scientist Dr Haoyi Qiu was honoured for his research into environmentally friendly antifouling coatings for maritime applications. Dr.-Ing. Mevlüt Yalaz did his doctorate in the field of biomedical engineering in the Collaborative Research Centre 1261 "Magnetoelectric Sensors" on deep brain stimulation using magnetic field sensors. The KiNSIS spokespersons presented the awards, each worth €1,000, and congratulated the winners on their promising work, which has significantly advanced their respective fields of research.
Also at the symposium, Dr Fatemeh Davoodi from the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics received the 5,000 euro KiNSIS Early Career Award for her research on the development of electron-driven photon sources using artificial intelligence.
"With events like this award ceremony or the symposium, we aim to bring together excellent scientists across disciplines, institutions and career stages," said Professor Jeffrey McCord, member of the KiNSIS Board. "Meeting outside one's own circle inspires new ideas and collaborations that enable real innovation. This not only advances international materials research and nanotechnology, but also our society," adds Professor Kai Rossnagel from the KiNSIS Board.
Symposium combines materials research on health and energy issues
The prizes were awarded during the KiNSIS symposium "Health Meets Energy", which took place from 9 to 10 October at the Wissenschaftszentrum Kiel. Around 50 scientists from interdisciplinary research networks at CAU and the University of Rostock, as well as international experts, discussed synergies between the research fields of health and energy. The 28 lectures covered topics such as materials and concepts for new diagnostic and therapeutic methods, sensors, batteries and the generation of renewable energy. Other topics include data processing, computational methods, network approaches and the use of 3D printing in medical and energy research.
Nano, surface and interface research at the Kiel-based KiNSIS and the Rostock-based Department of Life, Light and Matter (LLM) enables technological innovations such as novel materials and systems that can contribute to solving global challenges such as the spread of diseases or sustainable energy supply in both the energy and health sectors. The challenges in these areas tend to be complex and dynamic, and the materials and systems used therefore need to be considered in their interaction with their environment. Based on the concept of Networked Matter, the members of a joint research initiative from Kiel and Rostock are investigating materials, concepts and methods that are used in both energy and health research. They hope that the synergy effects discussed at the symposium will lead to innovative solutions.
About the Diels Planck Laureate Valeria Nicolosi:
Professor Valeria Nicolosi holds the Chair in Nanomaterials and High Resolution Microscopy in the School of Chemistry at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centres AMBER and I-Form. Born in Italy, she studied Technical Chemistry at the University of Catania and obtained her PhD in Physics from Trinity College Dublin. In 2008, she moved to the University of Oxford as a Marie Curie Fellow to carry out research in the field of high-resolution electron microscopy. In the same year she was awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering/EPSRC Fellowship. In 2012, she returned to Trinity College Dublin as a research professor. Nicolosi is the only scientist to have received six European Research Council (ERC) grants, including three proof-of-concept grants, to translate her research into industrial applications. In recent years, her research has received more than €25 million in funding. She has published more than 200 scientific papers in journals such as Science, Nature, Nature Energy, Nature Nanotechnology and Nature Materials.
About the Diels-Planck-Lecture:
Since 2014, the members of the priority research area KiNSIS at Kiel University have awarded the Diels Planck Medal annually to internationally renowned researchers in the field of nano and surface sciences. In a keynote lecture, the Diels Planck Lecture, the awardees give an insight into their research and exchange ideas with young researchers from Kiel. The name of the lecture series commemorates the founders of nanoscience in Kiel, Nobel laureates Max Planck and Otto Diels. The Diels-Planck Medal consists of a silicon wafer with a 100-nanometre-thin gold layer and the faces of Otto Diels and Max Planck applied in an elaborate process at the Kiel Nano Laboratory of the CAU.
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Caption: Award winner Valeria Nicolosi, Professor of Nanomaterials at Trinity College Dublin, gave a talk on her research on extremely thin 2D nanomaterials at the award ceremony.
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Caption: Professor Jeffrey McCord from the KiNSIS speaker group presents the Diels-Planck Medal to award winner Professor Valeria Nicolosi. It consists of a silicon wafer that has been given a 100 nanometre thin layer of gold and the faces of Otto Diels and Max Planck in a complex process in the Kiel Nano Laboratory at the CAU. The two Nobel Prize winners are considered the founders of nanoscience in Kiel.
Photo: Julia Siekmann, Kiel University
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Caption: In his laudation, Marco Liserre, Professor of Power Electronics, called Valeria Nicolosi one of the outstanding scientists of our time.
Photo: Julia Siekmann, Kiel University
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Caption: Junior professor Huayna Terraschke (far left) and Dr Alexander Vahl (far right), members of the KiNSIS Board for Young Scientists, presented the doctoral awards to Dr Haoyi Qiu (from left), Dr Luka Hansen, Dr Mevlüt Yalaz and Dr Nicholas Bungert.
Photo: Julia Siekmann, Kiel University
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Caption: Prof. Kai Rossnagel from the KiNSIS speaker group congratulates Dr.-Ing. Fatemeh Davoodi, Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, on the KiNSIS Early Career Award 2023. She is researching the development of electron-driven photon sources with the help of artificial intelligence.
Photo: Julia Siekmann, Kiel University
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Around 50 participants from Kiel and Rostock discussed commonalities between the research fields of health and energy with international researchers at the KiNSIS symposium "Health Meets Energy" at the Kiel Science Centre.
Photo: Julia Siekmann, Kiel University
https://www.uni-kiel.de/de/detailansicht/news/245-dpl-2023 Link to the press release and photos
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