Stephan Irle
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“My favorite molecule is buckminsterfullerene. When I was eighteen I wanted to be a musician ...” This and more about Stephan Irle can be found on page 6732.
Stephan Irle
The author presented on this page has recently published his 10th article in Angewandte Chemie in the last 10 years:
“Electrically Activated Conductivity and White Light Emission of a Hydrocarbon Nanoring–Iodine Assembly”: N. Ozaki, H. Sakamoto, T. Nishihara, T. Fujimori, Y. Hijikata, R. Kimura, S. Irle, K. Itami, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 11196; Angew. Chem. 2017, 129, 11348.
“Electrical Switching Behavior of a [60]Fullerene-Based Molecular Wire Encapsulated in a Syndiotactic Poly(methyl methacrylate) Helical Cavity”: S. Qi, H. Iida, L. Liu, S. Irle, W. Hu, E. Yashima, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 1049; Angew. Chem. 2013, 125, 1083.
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Date of birth:
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July 13, 1967
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Position:
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Senior R&D Staff, Computational Sciences and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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E-mail:
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Homepage:
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https://www.ornl.gov/staff-profile/stephan-irle
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ORCID:
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0000-0003-4995-4991
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Education:
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1988-1992 Diploma in Chemistry, University of Siegen
1997 PhD with Prof. Hans Lischka, University of Vienna
1997–1998 Postdoctoral research with Prof. Keiji Morokuma, Emory University
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Awards:
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2006 Fukui Research Fellowship, Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University
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Current research
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Interests: Computational method development and studies of soft matter and nanomaterials, excited-state dynamics, catalysis, and theoretical spectroscopy
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Hobbies:
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Playing piano, driving cars, meditation, philosophy, and literature
My favorite molecule is buckminsterfullerene.
When I was eighteen I wanted to be a musician.
The secret of being a successful scientist is knowledge of the literature, creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and excellent communication skills.
My science “heroes” are Darwin, Einstein, Bohr, Planck, Dirac, Turing, Prigogine, Sagan, and many more.
The most important thing I learned from my students is acceptance of our individualities.
What I appreciate most about my friends is their patience with my way of working.
My favorite book is The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Carl Sagan).
My favorite drinks are coffee and cola.
The most significant scientific discovery of the past 100 years was the formulation of quantum mechanics.
If I were a car I would be driving.
My favorite quote is “Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once” (John A. Wheeler).
My biggest inspiration is nature.
My favorite times of day are dawn and dusk.
I admire gifted artists and musicians.
