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151 <div id="block-corporate-lite-content" class="clearfix block block-system block-system-main-block"> 152 153 154 <div class="content"> 155 156 157<article data-history-node-id="88" role="article" about="/welcome" class="node node--type-frontpage node--view-mode-full clearfix"> 158 <div class="node__container"> 159 <div class="node__main-content clearfix"> 160 <header class="node__header"> 161 162 163 </header> 164 <div class="layout layout--onecol"> 165 <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> 166 <div class="clearfix block block-layout-builder block-extra-field-blocknodefrontpagelinks"> 167 168 169 <div class="content"> 170 171 </div> 172 </div> 173<div class="clearfix block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodefrontpagebody"> 174 175 176 <div class="content"> 177 178 <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="tex2jax_process"><p><strong>Hello and welcome!</strong></p> 179 180<p>I am a nuclear scientist, a science manager, and an innovation researcher with the goal of radically advancing clean, safe, and economical energy technologies. </p> 181 182<p>My formal role is that of a Research Scientist at the <span class="caps">MIT</span> Industrial Performance Center and <span class="caps">MIT</span> Nuclear Science and Engineering Department. I’ve been at <span class="caps">MIT</span> since 2010 where I obtained an <span class="caps">MS</span> in Technology and Policy, an <span class="caps">MS</span> in Nuclear Science and Engineering, and a PhD in Engineering Systems. My graduate studies were followed by postdoctoral appointments at the <span class="caps">MIT</span> Research Laboratory of Electronics and the <span class="caps">MIT</span> Materials Science and Engineering Department.</p> 183 184<p>Over the years, I have consulted with government agencies, investment banks, family offices, global multinational corporations, medium sized companies, and startups. I also co-developed and taught a graduate class in technology management and strategy at Brown University.</p> 185 186<p>My interests and expertise stretch across two main areas: âQuantum and Nuclear Scienceâ and âManagement and Policyâ. Specifically, I have focused on the application potential of quantum science for energy technologies — including solar, battery, and nuclear technologies. I have suggested to consider quantum energy science — as a counter part to the more established quantum information science — as an umbrella term for technologies that depend on the common denominator of coherently controlled energy transfer and conversion pathways at molecular, atomic, and nuclear scales. I have elaborated on these opportunities in a series of articles and presentations. </p> 187 188<p>I also care much about languages and poetry (I speak German and Chinese), psychology, and philosophy. Please find thoughts and writings on these topics under âMiscellaneousâ.</p> 189 190<p>Feel free to get in touch via the link below, or via LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-metzler-60221639/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-metzler-60221639/</a></p></div></div> 191 192 </div> 193 </div> 194 195 </div> 196 </div> 197 198 </div> 199 </div> 200</article> 201 202 </div> 203 </div> 204 205 </div> 206 207 </div> 208 </section> 209 <aside class="col-md-4 fix-sidebar-second"> 210 <section class="sidebar__section sidebar-second clearfix" 211 > 212 <div class="region region-sidebar-second"> 213 <div id="block-bodensee" class="clearfix block block-block-content block-block-contentae576ef8-62e3-40ec-afaa-3da1e118a96e"> 214 215 216 <div class="content"> 217 218 <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="tex2jax_process"><article class="align-center media media--type-image media--view-mode-imagematt"> 219 220 221 <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/imagematt/public/2021-03/asoggetti-9eCDeoD9xLE-unsplash.jpg?itok=DR7LHvid" width="400" height="600" alt="Alps" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-imagematt" /> 222 223 224</div> 225 226 </article> 227 228 229<blockquote> 230<p>âSeht ihr den Mond dort stehen? Er ist nur halb zu sehen - und ist doch rund und schön!â<br /> 231<br /> 232<em>Matthias Claudius</em></p> 233</blockquote></div></div> 234 235 </div> 236 </div> 237 238 </div> 239 240 </section> 241 </aside> 242 </div> 243 </div> 244 </div> 245 </div> 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 <div id="subfooter" class="clearfix subfooter region--dark-typography region--white-background region--separator-border-top "> 258 <div class="container">
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