Peter Hegemann
Stories
Eight Nobel Laureates Step Into Instant Scrutiny
German biophysicist at Humboldt University of Berlin who studied light-sensitive proteins that enabled optogenetics
How Pond Algae Gave Medicine a Light Switch
German biophysicist at Humboldt University of Berlin who studied how microscopic algae sense light
Why the Nobels Made Science Wait Decades
German biophysicist who co-discovered light-sensitive proteins in green algae and shared the 2026 medicine prize
Nobel Medicine Prize awards light switches for living brain cells
a German biophysicist at Humboldt University of Berlin who studied how single-celled algae detect light