Anna Köhler (scientist)
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Alma mater | University of Cambridge Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
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Institutions | University of Cambridge King’s College London University of Potsdam Bayreuth University |
Doctoral advisor | Richard Friend |
Anna Köhler FRSC is a German physicist who is a Professor of Physics at the University of Bayreuth. Her research considers electronic processes in organic and organometallic molecules. She makes use of optical and electrical spectroscopy to better understand photo-physical processes. In 2020 she became the first woman to win the Max Born Medal and Prize.
Early life and education[]
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Köhler is from Germany. She attended the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology for her undergraduate studies, where she specialised mathematics. After graduating with a diploma in 1992, Köhler moved to the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge.
Research and career[]
Köhler was appointed Professor of Physics and Chair of Soft Matter Optoelectronics at the University of Bayreuth in 2007. Her research considers organic semiconducting materials for solar cells and light-emitting diodes.[1] In particular, Köhler has studied the spin states of organic semiconductors.[2] Köhler was made Executive Director of the Bayreuth University Centre of International Excellence in 2019.[citation needed]
She is the lead of a Horizon 2020 international training network on thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) OLEDs.[3][4] She has shown that the sidechains of conjugated polymers can serve to planarise the polymer backbone and tune the colour of emitted light.[5]
Awards and honours[]
- 1989 Fulbright Program Scholarship[6]
- 1999 Royal Society University Research Fellowship[6]
- 2019 Alexander Todd - Hans Krebs lectureship[7]
- 2020 Max Born Medal and Prize[8][9]
Selected publications[]
- Brown, Peter J.; Thomas, D. Steve; Köhler, Anna; Wilson, Joanne S.; Kim, Ji-Seon; Ramsdale, Catherine M.; Sirringhaus, Henning; Friend, Richard H. (2003-02-28). "Effect of interchain interactions on the absorption and emission of poly(3-hexylthiophene)". Physical Review B. 67 (6): 064203. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.67.064203.
- Wilson, J. S.; Dhoot, A. S.; Seeley, A. J. a. B.; Khan, M. S.; Köhler, A.; Friend, R. H. (2001). "Spin-dependent exciton formation in π-conjugated compounds". Nature. 413 (6858): 828–831. doi:10.1038/35101565. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 11677602. S2CID 4424118.
- Köhler, A.; Bässler, H. (2009-11-30). "Triplet states in organic semiconductors". Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports. 66 (4): 71–109. doi:10.1016/j.mser.2009.09.001. ISSN 0927-796X.
Books[]
- Köhler, Anna (2015). Electronic processes in organic semiconductors : an introduction. Bässler, Heinz. Weinheim, Germany. ISBN 978-3-527-68517-2. OCLC 905348805.
References[]
- ^ Bayreuth, Universität. "Prof. Dr. Anna Köhler, Physicist at the University of Bayreuth, receives Anglo-German Research Prize for Chemistry". www.physik.uni-bayreuth.de. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ Köhler, Anna; Bässler, Heinz (2011-03-08). "What controls triplet exciton transfer in organic semiconductors?". Journal of Materials Chemistry. 21 (12): 4003–4011. doi:10.1039/C0JM02886J. ISSN 1364-5501.
- ^ "Lehrstuhl EP2 Uni Bayreuth – AG Köhler | Kategorien | Publikationen" (in German). Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "Shining a Light on the Next Generation of OLEDs". Electrical Engineering News and Products. 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "Making monitors brighter: Controlling the color of OLEDs". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Prof. Dr. Anna Köhler". www.bpi-polymere.com. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "Alexander Todd-Hans Krebs Lectureship in Chemical Sciences". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "Anna Köhler receives Max Born Prize 2020". ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ Bayreuth, Universität. "Physikerin der Universität Bayreuth erhält Max-Born-Preis 2020". www.physik.uni-bayreuth.de. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- Living people
- Women physicists
- University of Bayreuth alumni
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- Experimental physicists
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry