Title: Prof. Dr.
6G-life Position: Principal Investigator
University: TU Munich – Chair of Physics of Synthetic Biological Systems
Email: simmel@tum.de
Phone: +49 89 289 – 11610
Work Packages involved: WP1.8 Molecular Communication and Storage
The research conducted by Prof. Simmel revolves around bionanotechnology and the physics of synthetic biological systems. His particular areas of interest include artificial molecular machines and nanostructures composed of DNA molecules and the design of artificial biochemical circuits.
After studying physics and completing his doctorate (1999) at Munich’s Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU), he did research work at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ, USA. He returned to LMU in 2002 to work in a junior research group sponsored by the German Research Foundation’s Emmy Noether program. In 2005, Prof. Simmel qualified as a lecturer in experimental physics at LMU. He has been Chair of Experimental Physics (Physics of Synthetic Biological Systems) at TUM since 2007. Since 2013, Prof. Simmel has been a member of acatech – the National Academy of Science and Engineering.
