Andreas studied physics at Imperial College in London and earned his MS and PhD in physics from Texas A&M University. As a Sr. Postdoctoral Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) he is researching biophotovoltaics and biochemical sensors. With a strong interest in popularizing science, he is a serial entrepreneur and a business idea competition winner, a multiple participant in the MIT 100K competition and a founding member and lead organizer of the "HBN Big Idea Competition". Andreas is now Lead Organizer of the Molecular Frontiers Inquiry Prize.
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Youth Win Prizes and Participate in Scientific Symposium Jun 04 2008
The 2008 Molecular Frontiers symposium, "Energy and Nano: Emerging Molecular Science and Technology," featured not only first-rate lectures on this theme, but also a day dedicated to youth. Members of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) responded to questions from the young participants.
Molecular Frontiers at 2008 Gothenburg Science Festival Apr 28 2008
Molecular Frontiers again hosted an activity called "The Chemistry of Love" at the Science Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden. Some two hundred teenagers aged 13 to 15 visited the event.
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