Student at Argonne earns spot at prestigious Nobel conference

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ARGONNE, Ill. (June 23, 2008)—An Illinois Institute of Technology student working on her doctoral thesis at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National LaboratoryMaterials Science Divisionhas been accepted to participate in the 58thMeeting of Nobel Laureatesin Lindau, Germany.

Cihan Kurter is one of a small number of students from around the world invited to attend the meeting to hear lectures by Nobel laureates and participate in discussions. Since 1953, a mere 500 to 700 top students and young researchers from all over the world attend the event each year, often as a reward for the quality of their performance and research work, according to the Lindau web site.

Kurter's work at Argonne has focused on creating sources of terahertz radiation by patterning high-temperature superconductors formed by intrinsic Josephson junctions. These sources of terahertz radiation may soon find their way into devices that could improve both security screening technology and medical diagnostics.

Born in Turkey, where she received both her bachelor's and master's degrees, Kurter is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in physics at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Kurter said she believes that the Lindau meeting will propel her burgeoning academic life. " I believe this meeting will be a great experience for my scientific career," she said.

Argonne National Laboratory seeks solutions to pressing national problems in science and technology. The nation's first nationallaboratory, Argonne conducts leading-edge basic and applied scientific research in virtually every scientific discipline. Argonneresearchers work closely with researchers from hundreds of companies, universities, and federal, state and municipal agenciesto help them solve their specific problems, advance America 's scientific leadership and prepare the nation for a better future.With employees from more than 60 nations, Argonne is managed byUChicagoArgonne, LLCfor theU.S. Department of Energy'sOfficeof Science.

For more information, please contact Brock Cooper (630/252-5565 orbcooper@anl.gov) at Argonne.

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