astronomy

Jana Zaumseil

Jana Zaumseil is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jana Zaumseil rather than just read about it. In short: Jana Zaumseil (born 1977) is a German chemist who is a professor of physical chemistry at Heidelberg University. She serves as dean of the faculty of chemistry and earth sciences.

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Reference excerpt

Jana Zaumseil (born 1977) is a German chemist who is a professor of physical chemistry at Heidelberg University. She serves as dean of the faculty of chemistry and earth sciences. Her research considers organic electronic materials for optoelectronics.

Early life and education Zaumseil was born in Jena and studied chemistry at Leipzig University. After earning her undergraduate degree, she joined Bell Labs and spent a year in Murray Hill, Manhattan, before moving to the Cavendish Laboratory. Zaumseil earned her doctorate at the University of Cambridge, where she worked with Henning Sirringhaus on ambipolar organic field effect transistors. She held a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Argonne National Laboratory, based in the Center for Nanoscale Materials.

Research and career In 2009, Zaumseil moved to the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg. Shortly after arriving in Nuremberg she was awarded the Alfried-Krupp-Förderpreis. She started to work on plasmic nano antennas that could enhance the performance of light-emitting diodes. She was made a chair in physical chemistry at Heidelberg University. Zaumseil was awarded a European Research Council Consolidator Grant in 2018.

Selected publications Lay-Lay Chua; Jana Zaumseil; Jui-Fen Chang; Eric C-W Ou; Peter K-H Ho; Henning Sirringhaus; Richard H Friend (1 March 2005). "General observation of n-type field-effect behaviour in organic semiconductors". Nature. 434 (7030): 194–199. doi:10.1038/nature03376. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 15758994. Wikidata Q34401704. Jana Zaumseil; Henning Sirringhaus (April 2007). "Electron and Ambipolar Transport in Organic Field-Effect Transistors". Chemical Reviews. 107 (4): 1296–1323. doi:10.1021/cr0501543. ISSN 0009-2665. PMID 17378616. Wikidata Q30054284. Vikram C Sundar; Jana Zaumseil; Vitaly Podzorov; Etienne Menard; Robert L Willett; Takao Someya; Michael E Gershenson; John A Rogers (1 March 2004). "Elastomeric transistor stamps: reversible probing of charge transport in organic crystals". Science. 303 (5664): 1644–1646. doi:10.1126/science.1094196. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 15016993. Wikidata Q44797110.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jana Zaumseil

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jana Zaumseil ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jana Zaumseil

In research: Jana Zaumseil appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jana Zaumseil in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jana Zaumseil is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1977 births, 21st-century German chemists, 21st-century German women chemists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Jana Zaumseil outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Jana Zaumseil in simple terms?

Jana Zaumseil (born 1977) is a German chemist who is a professor of physical chemistry at Heidelberg University. She serves as dean of the faculty of chemistry and earth sciences.

Why does Jana Zaumseil matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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