Science Celebrities


Charlie meets Dr. Don Eigler [IBM] and Prof. Eric Heller [Harvard University]

While working for IBM, Dr. Don Eigler designed and built the first low-temperature STM and used it to manipulate individual atoms for the first time.

Prof. Heller is well known for his seminal work on time-dependent quantum mechanics and quantum chaos.



Ashleigh Baber meets Prof. Dr. Gerhard Ertl [Nobel Prize Winner 2007].

Prof. Dr. Ertl received the 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering surface science work elucidating the mechanism of the Haber-Bosch process.


Charlie Meets Prof. Harry Gray [Cal. Tech.] at the Beckman Young Investigators Conference

Harry Gray devised Ligand Field Theory, pioneered methods for understanding electron transfer in biological systems and is now focusing on methods for efficient capture of solar energy.