Wolfgang Helfrich
Award Name : Charles Stark Draper Prize
Year of Award : 2012
Award for : Science and Engineering
Location : Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Wolfgang Helfrich (born March 25, 1932) is a German physicist and inventor recognized for his contributions to twisted-nematic liquid crystal technology, which is used to produce a variety of modern LCD electronic displays.He won Charles Stark Draper Prize in 2012 for his contributions to the development of liquid crystal display (LCD) technologies.