Ilona Stengel: The role of human emotions in science and research
イロナ・シュテンゲル: 科学と研究における人間の感情の役割
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,
冒険をする間
of Mr. Spock's emotions.
振り回されます
and suppress their feelings
半分だけヴァルカン人なので
in between logic and emotions,
自分でも分かっています
彼の葛藤と格闘したり
watch with amusement
彼の矛盾して見える振舞いを
この作品の大きな魅力です
and movies from the '60s until today.
映画を繋ぐ重要なテーマです
what I want to talk about today:
お話しします
is all about facts and logic
と私達は思いがちで
or considered an obstacle to get rid of.
あるいは取り除くべき障害とみなされます
are as important in science
感情が私達の生活の様々な場面で重要なように
of our lives.
同様に重要だということです
we cannot get rid of our emotions.
we should make use of our feelings,
感情を利用するべきだと考えます
as facts and logic.
重要だからです
また後にすることにして
on the role of emotions and science,
私の体験を先にお話しします
kept me thinking about it
考え続けてきた
on organic light-emitting diodes,
いわゆるOLEDの研究をしています
OLEDは
in smartphone displays and TV screens.
最近ますます利用されています
truly colorful and bendable.
ディスプレイを曲げることもできます
OLEDの画像です
of my physicist colleagues.
I started to work on it.
夢中になって取り組んできました
との告知があった時は―
勤め先ですが―
to stop OLED research.
had reasons for this decision,
この決断を下す正当な理由がありましたし
very well, actually.
とても上手く実行に移しました
for their performed work.
with my scientist colleagues and me
研究プロジェクト最終日までの期間に
the announcement
on emotions in science.
ささやかな事例研究と考えてください
had grown to more than 80 people,
80人を超す陣容に成長していて
that our project was discontinued,
from one day to another.
to bring all activities to a sound end
全員分の新たな職を社内に見つけるのに
within the company for everyone.
that we were working on a project
our output hit the roof.
とても大きな成果を残しました
on two different OLED projects:
取り組んでいました
for blue-shining OLEDs,
which had started in 2014.
2014年に開始しました
concern the green OLED project.
緑色OLEDに関する成果です
how the lifetime,
耐用期間が
for the durability of our devices,
into the project,
プロジェクトの開始からわずか半年で
as soon as possible
そのプロジェクトを中止して
言われました
colleagues started leaving the team,
足早にチームを去り始め
少数だけが残されました
the same attitude of,
leaving the ship."
working on the project was decreasing,
減ったけれど
grew dramatically.
飛躍的に増したことです
team spirit formed.
passion for our work,
研究に対する情熱を等しく抱き
that we could turn our ideas into reality.
to something bigger.
私達は感じていました
in the focus of the management,
ますます経営陣から注目されなくなっていました
to think about new projects,
a few things into our own hands.
進められるようになりました
also means more responsibility,
それだけ責任も増えますが
because we believed in our work.
自分達の研究に自信があったからです
of self-reinforcing cycle,
うまく組み合わさって機能し
with such personal engagement
取り組みました
to something meaningful.
感じていたからです
and sometimes frustrating time,
時にもどかしさを伴う期間でもありましたが
about the end of our project
プロジェクトが終わる悲しみを
and mesmerizingly exciting time.
魅惑的なほどワクワクした時間でした
for our materials
私達の素材は
commercialized materials
緑色OLEDと
会社は
売ることができました
and a slightly different operation.
who haven't seen the movies,
申し訳ないですが
to save the starship Enterprise
スポックが自分を顧みずに
through the universe to search for Spock,
宇宙を捜索する決意をしました
only very little chance
スポックの生存の見込みは
did not give them permission
他の宇宙船にも
into their own hands
自分たちの裁量で
they eventually found Spock,
ようやくスポックを発見し
joined the team again.
チームに戻りました
and the connection of his team
献身と結束力を感じました
which was to save him
over the episodes of the saga,
of both logic and emotions
論理と感情の両方の組み合わせが
and exploring new worlds,
for both our OLED story and Star Trek
この2つの筋書きは実のところ
for a lot of breakthrough stories,
多くの画期的な成功物語の
are all part of a great team.
towards reaching their goal.
非常に熱心に取り組みます
all the freedom they can get,
掴もうと奮闘し
they need to take.
was nearing the end,
終焉を迎えていた頃
several times.
several depressed evenings
何度も涙を流したりせずに
in personal development and happiness.
多くを手に入れる機会を逃していたことでしょう
for my colleagues and our whole project,
プロジェクト全体にも言えるので
should be based on facts and logic.
事実と論理に基づくべきものです
our emotions in science,
feelings instead of facts.
ということではありません
of using our feelings
またそれを触媒するために
fact-based science and innovation.
と言いたいのです
do not oppose each other.
相対立するものではありません
to something meaningful,
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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