Friedrich Simmel
# Friedrich Simmel

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 and dynamic DNA-based systems.

Simmel received a PhD in experimental physics from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 1999. From 2000 to 2002 he was a PostDoctoral researcher at Bell Labs. He joined the faculty of the Technical University Munich as a full professor in 2007.

## 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)
