Dr. Don Eigler is one of the world's leading researchers in the field of nanotechnology. In 1989, using a scanning tunnel microscope he had developed himself, he discovered the possibility of shifting individual atoms and arranging them in new structures. In an experiment which has since become renowned, Eigler arranged 35 Xenon atoms into the name of the US company IBM, for which he has worked since 1986. Since the 1989 experiment, IBM has intensified research work in the field of nanotechnology, with the aim of developing new, extremely miniaturized data chips and computing units.
Don Eigler studied at the University of California in San Diego, where in 1975 he took a Bachelor’s degree in physics, followed by a PhD in 1985. After graduating, he worked at the research labs of AT&T Bell before switching to IBM. Eigler is today a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1990 he received the Grand Award for Science and Technology from the magazine Popular Science, in 1993/94, the Newcomb Cleveland Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in 1995, in Göttingen, the Dannie Heinemann Prize from the Academy of Sciences and in 1999, was the first scientist to receive the Nanoscience Prize at the 5th International Conference on Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanostructures [ACSIN] in Aix-en-Provence.
Accompanying program
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- Fri, July 11, 200310 pm
- Rap-Jam
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Concert
Medientheater
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- Fri, July 11, 20034 pm
- Youth (Culture) - between Entertainment and Violence (Symposium)
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Symposium
Medientheater
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- Fri, July 04, 20038 pm
- Wolf Singer: The Observer in the Brain
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Lecture
Medientheater
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- Wed, June 25, 20038.30 pm
- Z_KinoMittwoch. Michael Glawogger: Megacities
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Film Screening
Medientheater
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- Fri, June 13, 20034.30 pm
- Presentation of the European Science Writers Award to Gero von Randow
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Award Ceremony
Medientheater
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- Fri, June 13, 200310 am
- Dialogue Forum Nanotechnology
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Symposium
Medientheater
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- Wed, June 11, 20038.30 pm
- Z_KinoMittwoch. Richard Fleischer: The Fantastic Journey
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Film Screening
Medientheater
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- Fri, May 23, 20037 pm
- Peter Fromherz: Halbleiterchip mit Hirn
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Lecture Series
Medientheater
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- Wed, May 21, 20038.30 pm
- Z_KinoMittwoch. Geoff Murphy: Freejack
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Film Screening
Medientheater
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- Fri, May 09, 20037 pm
- Don Eigler: »Nanotechnology. Shaping the world at the atomic scale«
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Lecture Series
Medientheater
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- Wed, April 30, 20038.30 pm
- Z_KinoMittwoch. David Cronenberg: eXistenZ
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Film Screening
Medientheater
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- Fri, April 25, 20037 pm
- Jean–Marie Lehn: From Matter to Life
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Lecture
ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien
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- Wed, April 23, 20038.30 pm
- Z_KinoMittwoch. Mamoru Oshii: Ghost in the Shell
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Film Screening
Medientheater
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- Fri, April 11, 20037 pm
- science + fiction (Opening)
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Opening
ZKM | Medienmuseum, EG