Ilona Stengel: The role of human emotions in science and research
伊蘿娜史丹吉爾: 在科學和研究中,人類的情緒扮演的是什麼角色?
Ilona Stengel focuses her work on the synthesis of new organic molecules, stemming from her passion for organic chemistry. Full bio
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he's the first [officer]
of the Enterprise crew,
of Mr. Spock's emotions.
and suppress their feelings
in between logic and emotions,
邏輯和情緒之間產生矛盾,
watch with amusement
是抱著娛樂的心態
and movies from the '60s until today.
影集和電影的故事線。
what I want to talk about today:
is all about facts and logic
重點就是事實和邏輯,
or considered an obstacle to get rid of.
或被視為是障礙而被擺脫掉。
are as important in science
情緒在科學中的重要性,
of our lives.
其他部分的重要性。
we cannot get rid of our emotions.
我們都無法擺脫我們的情緒。
we should make use of our feelings,
也應該要擅用我們的感受,
as facts and logic.
on the role of emotions and science,
在科學中所扮演角色的經驗,
kept me thinking about it
不斷思考這一點。
on organic light-emitting diodes,
in smartphone displays and TV screens.
電視螢幕開始採用 OLED。
truly colorful and bendable.
顏色更豐富,還可以彎曲。
研究實驗室中,
of my physicist colleagues.
I started to work on it.
to stop OLED research.
had reasons for this decision,
這個決策是有理由的,
very well, actually.
for their performed work.
得到該有的獎勵。
with my scientist colleagues and me
the announcement
on emotions in science.
研究關於科學中的情緒。
had grown to more than 80 people,
研究團隊擴展到八十人,
that our project was discontinued,
專案計畫不會再繼續下去,
from one day to another.
to bring all activities to a sound end
都畫下美好的句點,
within the company for everyone.
that we were working on a project
our output hit the roof.
我們的產出達到了頂峰。
on two different OLED projects:
不同的 OLED 專案計畫:
for blue-shining OLEDs,
which had started in 2014.
這個計畫始於 2014 年。
concern the green OLED project.
是綠光 OLED 專案計畫的。
how the lifetime,
for the durability of our devices,
它是耐用度的重要測量指標,
into the project,
這個專案計畫開始才半年,
as soon as possible
colleagues started leaving the team,
很快同事就開始離開團隊,
the same attitude of,
leaving the ship."
working on the project was decreasing,
科學家人數減少,
grew dramatically.
team spirit formed.
更強的新團隊精神。
passion for our work,
都有著相同的熱忱,
that we could turn our ideas into reality.
我們能把我們的想法實現。
to something bigger.
in the focus of the management,
在我們的專案計畫上,
to think about new projects,
a few things into our own hands.
also means more responsibility,
也意味著更多的責任,
because we believed in our work.
因為我們對我們的工作有信心。
of self-reinforcing cycle,
形式共同運作,
with such personal engagement
對這個已被判死刑的
to something meaningful.
and sometimes frustrating time,
有時很讓人灰心,
about the end of our project
即將終止的悲傷,
and mesmerizingly exciting time.
非常緊繃又有著迷人刺激感的時光。
for our materials
commercialized materials
一個同樣的故事,
and a slightly different operation.
且營運有些微差異。
who haven't seen the movies,
to save the starship Enterprise
來拯救企業號之後,
through the universe to search for Spock,
全宇宙,找到史巴克,
only very little chance
他還活著的機率是微乎其微。
did not give them permission
into their own hands
自己接手這件事,
they eventually found Spock,
他們最終找到了史巴克,
joined the team again.
再次加入了團隊。
and the connection of his team
就是拯救他並團結組員,
which was to save him
對專案計畫有多麼
over the episodes of the saga,
很多集的冒險故事,
of both logic and emotions
and exploring new worlds,
新世界而言都是很重要的,
for both our OLED story and Star Trek
和《星際爭霸戰》的劇情,
for a lot of breakthrough stories,
are all part of a great team.
towards reaching their goal.
願為其目標做出極大的奉獻。
all the freedom they can get,
they need to take.
was nearing the end,
快要結束的時期,
several times.
且不只一個人這麼跟我說:
several depressed evenings
好幾個沮喪的夜晚
in personal development and happiness.
個人進步和成功的喜悅。
for my colleagues and our whole project,
專案計畫而言亦是如此,
should be based on facts and logic.
以事實和邏輯為根據。
our emotions in science,
feelings instead of facts.
of using our feelings
害怕使用我們的感覺,
fact-based science and innovation.
為根據的科學及創新。
do not oppose each other.
to something meaningful,
有意義的事情投入心血,
as much as you like.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ilona Stengel - Material researcherIlona Stengel focuses her work on the synthesis of new organic molecules, stemming from her passion for organic chemistry.
Why you should listen
As Lab Head for Research and Development of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLED), Ilona Stengel designs specific molecules which transport electrical charges or emit light for display applications. She studied chemistry at the University of Konstanz and graduated with her diploma thesis about natural product synthesis in 2007, and she received her PhD at the University of Ulm in organic electronics. Over the past ten years, she's been part of several international academic and industrial research groups, which has given her insights into people's motivation in a scientific and research context.
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