Welcoming Our New Fellows

Meet our new Fellows and get inspired by their research projects.

Prof. Ib Chorkendorff (Technical University of Denmark)

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship

Hosts
Prof. Ulrich Heiz (TUM Department of Chemistry),
Prof. Ian Sharp (TUM Department of Physics)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Light-Induced Molecular Transformations on Cluster-Assembled Materials

TUM-IAS Research Area
Surface, Interface, Nano- and Quantum Science

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Prof. Pierluigi D’Acunto (TUM Department of Architecture)

Fellowship
Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship

Host
Structural Design

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Structural Design

TUM-IAS Research Area
Advanced Computation and Modeling

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Prof. Michel Géradin (University of Liège)

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship (funded by the Siemens AG)

Host
Prof. Daniel Rixen (TUM Department of Mechanical Engineering)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Multibody Systems (joint focus group with Prof. Nachbagauer)

TUM-IAS Research Area
Advanced Computation and Modeling

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Prof. Reinhard Heckel (TUM Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Fellowship
Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship

Host
Machine Learning

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Machine Learning

TUM-IAS Research Area
Advanced Computation and Modeling

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Prof. Ron Heeren (University of Maastricht)

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship

Hosts
Prof. Thomas Hofmann (TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan), Prof. Percy A. Knolle (TUM School of Medicine)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Molecular Imaging of Cellular Metabolism

TUM-IAS Research Area
Fundamental Natural and Life Sciences

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Prof. Lothar Hennighausen (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - NIH / NIDDK)

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship

Host
Prof. Bernhard Küster (TUM School of Life Sciences)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Gene-Regulatory Mechanisms

TUM-IAS Research Area
Medical Natural Sciences

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Prof. Laura Herz (University of Oxford)

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship

Hosts
Prof. David Egger (TUM Department of Physics), Prof. Thomas Bein (Physical Chemistry, LMU)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Optoelectronic Properties of Perovskite Semiconductors

TUM-IAS Research Area
Fundamental Natural and Life Sciences

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Prof. Barbara A. J. Lechner (TUM Department of Chemistry)

Fellowship
Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship

Host
Functional Nanomaterials

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Functional Nanomaterials

TUM-IAS Research Area
Surface, Interface, Nano- and Quantum Science

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Prof. Karin Nachbagauer (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Fellowship (funded by the Siemens AG)

Host
Prof. Daniel Rixen (TUM Department of Mechanical Engineering)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Multibody Systems (joint focus group with Prof. Géradin)

TUM-IAS Research Area
Advanced Computation and Modeling

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Prof. Shobhana Narasimhan (Jawaharial Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research)

Fellowship
Anna Boyksen Fellowship

Hosts
Prof. Johannes Barth (TUM Department of Physics), Dr. Eva Sandmann (TUM Gender Equality Office) 

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Building Bridges to Promote Gender Inclusivity in Science

TUM-IAS Research Area
Gender and Diversity in Science and Engineering

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Dr. Sani Nassif (Radyalis LLC)

Fellowship
Rudolf Diesel Industry Fellowship

Host
Prof. Ulf Schlichtmann (TUM Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Machine Learning for Energy Analysis

TUM-IAS Research Area
Advanced Computation and Modeling

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Prof. Frank Ortmann (TUM Department of Chemistry)

Fellowship
Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship

Host
Theoretical Methods in Spectroscopy

TUM-IAS Focus Group
T
heoretical Methods in Spectroscopy

TUM-IAS Research Area
Advanced Computation and Modeling

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Prof. Ruben Portugues (TUM School of Medicine)

Fellowship
Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship

Host
Brain Circuit Function and ­Dysfunction

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Brain Circuit Function and Dysfunction

TUM-IAS Research Area
Fundamental Natural and Life Sciences

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Prof. Meike Schalk (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

Fellowship
Anna Boyksen Fellowship

Host
Prof. Benedikt Boucsein (TUM Department of Architecture) 

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Rethinking Patterns of (In)equity and Diversity in Architecture

TUM-IAS Research Area
Gender and Diversity in Science and Engineering

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Prof. Franz Schilling (TUM School of Medicine)

Fellowship
Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship

Host
Biomedical Magnetic Resonance

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Biomedical Magnetic Resonance

TUM-IAS Research Area
Bio-Engineering & Imaging

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Prof. Mathias Senge (Trinity College Dublin)

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship

Hosts
Prof. Willi Auwärter (TUM Department of Physics), Prof. Johannes Barth (TUM Department of Physics)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Molecular and Interfacial Engineering of Organic Nanosystems

TUM-IAS Research Area
Surface, Interface, Nano- and Quantum Science

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Prof. Natalia Shustova (University of South Carolina)

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Fellowship

Host
Prof. ­Roland A. Fischer (TUM Department of Chemistry)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Photophysics and Electronic Structure of Metal-Organic Frameworks

TUM-IAS Research Area
Fundamental Natural and Life Sciences

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Prof. Thaddeus Stappenbeck (Cleveland Clinic)

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship

Host
Prof. Dirk Haller (TUM School of Life Sciences ) 

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Cell Stress in Intestinal Tissue Repair and Microbiome Homeostasis

TUM-IAS Research Area
Fundamental Natural and Life Sciences

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Prof. Kathleen Thelen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship

Host
Prof. Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt (TUM School of Governance)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Comparative-Historical Perspectives on Platform Capitalism

TUM-IAS Research Area
Political, Social and Technological Change

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Prof. Luisa Verdoliva (University Federico II of Naples)

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship

Host
Prof. Matthias Nießner (TUM Department of Informatics)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Visual Computing

TUM-IAS Research Area
Advanced Computation and Modeling

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