Joseph M. Jacobson

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Joseph M. Jacobson (born June 28, 1965 in Newton , Massachusetts ) is an American physicist, recipient of the Wilhelm Exner Medal and inventor of electronic paper based on an electrophoresis- based technique (known as E Ink ) that is often used in electronic devices such as E-readers is used.

Life

Jacobson studied physics at Brown University and received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). During his time as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University , he set the world record for the shortest pulse laser . In 1997 he founded the start-up E Ink Corporation in Boston together with JD Albert, Barrett Comiskey , Russ Wilcox and Jerome Rubin .

Jacobson was named one of the 100 Most Influential Innovators Under 35 Years Old by Technology Review Magazine in 1999 for his work on microsphere technology . In 2000 the physicist received the Gutenberg Prize from the city of Mainz and the Gutenberg Society for the development of a new form of display. In 2013 Jacobsen was awarded the Wilhelm Exner Medal " for his developments and their impact on society" .

Act

Jacobson heads the Media Lab's Molecular Machines research group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . He has written more than 70 scientific publications and conference papers in the fields of femtosecond lasers , quantum optics , molecular electronics, nanochemistry, and synthetic DNA . In the private sector, Jacobson was the technical founder of E Ink Cooperation Kovio Inc. and Gen9, and was a founding member of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), the organization dedicated to developing a US $ 100 children's laptop.

In addition to E Ink Inc. , Jacobson and his team developed a number of printable, electronically active chemistries, including fully functional semiconductor devices and their logic that can be made by printing.

Furthermore, Jacobson succeeded in developing new research areas, especially in synthetic biology . Here synthetic genes are used to program microorganisms to produce new drugs, as well as renewable materials, polymers and fuels.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Previous winners | 2000 Joseph M. Jacobson. International Gutenberg Society in Mainz eV, accessed on March 28, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Joseph M Jacobson. Wilhelm Exner Medal Foundation, accessed on March 28, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Jacobson, Joseph M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American physicist
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Newton , Massachusetts