Press release of the Landsmannschaft der Banater Schwaben (Association of the Banat Swabians): Banat Swabians all over the world are pleased that a scientist from their ranks has received this prestigious award. The Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2014 was awarded to Stefan Hell for his pioneering work in the field of light research, that enables the transition from the microscopy to the nanoscopy. Stefan Hell comes from the municipality of Sanktanna in the Banat. He was born on December 23, 1962 in the city of Arad. He went to the German school in Sanktanna, where he was a star pupil. Before leaving Romania in 1978 he attended the Nikolaus Lenau Lyceum in Temeswar /Timişoara. This is the same school attended by Banater Herta Müller, the Nobel Prize winner for literature. In Germany, Stefan Hell completed his Abitur (high school diploma) in only twelve years of schooling. He studied physics in Heidelberg and pursued a scientific career after his graduation. He has spent the last twelve years as Director at the Max Planck Institute in Göttingen. He is the winner of numerous high scientific honors and awards. Despite a very intense life of research and many international obligations, Stefan Hell never broke off contacts with his former community. Only two years ago, he visited the Banat with his wife and his three children, to show them the places of his childhood and youth. The Landsmannschaft der Banater Schwaben (Association of the Banat Swabians) congratulates Stefan Hell for receiving the Nobel price for Chemistry 2014. With his person, the biography of another immigrant has received the highest public recognition. Peter-Dietmar Leber Federal Chairman Translated by Nick Tullius In German at http://www.banater-schwaben.org/index.php?id=59&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1611&tx_t tnews[backPid]=53&cHash=7f1b046055190a1f0ab59accda2f6cac ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message