Welcoming Our New Fellows

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

Fellowship Programs

Anna Boyksen Fellowship

two years for oustanding top-level female professors who intend to explore gender- and diversity-­relevant themes in the context ­of the TUM subject portfolio

Rudolf Mößbauer
Tenure Track Assistant Professorship

six years for outstanding, high-­potential early-career scientists

Rudolf Diesel
Industry Fellowship

three years for highly qualified researchers from industry

Albrecht Struppler Clinician Scientist Fellowship

three years for excellent senior physicians working at the TUM University Hospital rechts der Isar

Hans Fischer Fellowship

three years for outstanding ­early-career scientists from ­outside TUM

Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship

three years for renowned international scientists from outside TUM

Carl von Linde Fellowship

two years for excellent TUM ­faculty members



Prof. Mats Alvesson (Lund University | University of Queensland)

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship

Host
Prof. Claudia Peus (TUM School of Management)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Training in companies: sensemaking of obligatory courses

TUM-IAS ­Research Area
Organizations, Management, and Leadership

Fellow-Profile

Prof. Johannes Betz (TUM School of Engineering and Design)

Fellowship
Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Autonomous ­Vehicles Systems (AVS)

TUM-IAS Research Area
­Control Theory, Systems Engineering and Robotics



Prof. Dominik B. Bucher (TUM School of Natural Science)

Fellowship
Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Quantum Sensing

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

Prof. Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt (TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology)

Fellowship
Carl von Linde Fellowship

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Disruptions in Politics and Technology

TUM-IAS Research Area
Political, Social and Technological Change

Fellow-Profile



Prof. Andrea Erhardt (University of Kentucky)

Fellowship
Anna Boyksen Fellowship

Hosts
Prof. Martin Elsner (TUM School of Natural Sciences), Prof. Rolf Moeckel (TUM School of Engineering and Design)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Removing Institutional Roadblocks for Inclusion in Science

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

Fellow-Profile

Prof. Gregory D. Erhardt (University of Kentucky)

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship

Host
Prof. Rolf Moeckel (TUM School of Engineering and Design)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Travel Behavior

TUM-IAS Research Area
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Building Technology

Fellow-Profile



Prof. Julian Grünewald (TUM School of Medicine and Health)

Fellowship
Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Gene Editing

TUM-IAS Research Area
Bio-Engineering & Imaging

Prof. Ronit Kark (Bar-Ilan University | Exeter University)

Fellowship
Anna Boyksen Fellowship

Host
Prof. Claudia Peus (TUM School of Management)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
He for She: Understaning men’s allyship to promote gender equality

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

Fellow-Profile



Dr. Dr. Kim Melanie Kraus (TUM University Hospital rechts der Isar)

Fellowship
Albrecht Struppler Clinical Scientist Fellowship

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Clinical Translation of Microbeam Radiotherapy (MRT)

TUM-IAS Research Area
Medical Natural Sciences

Fellow-Profile

PD Dr. Philipp- Alexander Neumann (TUM University Hospital rechts der Isar)

Fellowship
Albrecht Struppler Clinician Scientist Fellowship

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Intestinal inflammation, anastomotic healing and fibrosis

TUM-IAS Research Area
Medical Natural Sciences

Fellow-Profile



Prof. Natalia Perkins (University of Minnesota)

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship

Host
Prof. Johannes Knolle (TUM School of Natural Sciences)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Topology and Frustration in Spin-Orbit Coupled Quantum Magnets

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

Fellow-Profile

Prof. Andreas Reiserer (TUM School of Natural Sciences)

Fellowship
Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Quantum Networks

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



Dr. Felix Rempe (BMW Group, Autonomous Driving Division)

Fellowship
Rudolf Diesel Industry Fellowship

Host
Prof. Klaus Bogenberger (TUM School of Engineering and Design)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Artificial Intelligence in Traffic Engineering and Control

TUM-IAS Research Area
Advanced Computation and Modeling

Fellow-Profile

Prof. Siobhan Rockcastle (University of Oregon)

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Fellowship (funded by the TUM Georg Nemetschek Institute)

Host
Prof. Thomas Auer (TUM School of Engineering and Design)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Human-Centric Building Performance

TUM-IAS Research Area
Environmental and Earth Science, Building Technology

Fellow-Profile



Prof. Simon Thomas Schäfer (TUM School of Medicine and Health)

Fellowship
Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistent Professorship

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Advanced Organoid Technologies for Mental Health Research

TUM-IAS Research Area
Medical Natural Sciences

Prof. Yang Shao-Horn (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship

Host
Prof. Aliaksandr Bandarenka, Prof. Roland A. Fischer (TUM School of Natural Sciences)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Electrocatalysts based on or derived from crystalline coordination networks such as metal-organic frameworks and related materials

TUM-IAS Research Area
Fundamental Natural and Life Sciences



Prof. Piotr ­Tryjanowski (Poznań University of Life Sciences)

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship

Host
Prof. Annette Menzel (TUM School of Life Sciences)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Citizen Science Nature Watch

TUM-IAS Research Area
Fundamental Natural and Life Sciences

Fellow-Profile

Prof. Andreas Winter (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship

Host
Prof. Holger Boche (TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology), Prof. Gerhard Kramer (TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology)

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Quantum Information Theory

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

Fellow-Profile



Prof. Manuel Spitschan (TUM Department of Sport and Health Sciences)

Fellowship
Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship

TUM-IAS Focus Group
Chronobiology & Health

TUM-IAS Research Area
Medical Natural Sciences

Fellow-Profile