Program

Monday, May 19, 2025 All times are in CEST.
12:00 – 14:00	Registration and Lunch (Entrance Hall & Faculty Club, 4th floor)
I Director’s Welcome  Auditorium, ground floor
14:00 – 14:15		Michael Molls | TUM-IAS Director
II Talks Auditorium, ground floor
Chair: Miriam Schulte | University of Stuttgart | Alumna Carl von Linde Junior Fellow
14:15 – 14:45		Interfacial Properties of Ceria: Grain Boundaries and Surfaces Sossina Haile | Northwestern University  Hans Fischer Senior Fellow
14:45 – 15:15		Probing Quantum Reality: From Theory to Hardware Roberto Giuntini | University of Cagliari  Alumnus Philosopher in Residence
15:15 – 15:45		Fear and Beer: Linking Bird Behavior, Citizen Science, and Ecology of Hop Plantations Piotr Tryjanowski | Poznań University of Life Sciences Hans Fischer Senior Fellow
15:45 – 16:15		Coffee Break (Entrance Hall, ground floor)
III Linde Lecture Auditorium, ground floor
Chair: Michael Molls | TUM-IAS Director
16:15 – 17:00		20 Years TUM-IAS – Going for Excellence Ernst Rank, Patrick Dewilde, Gerhard Abstreiter, Michael Molls  TUM-IAS Former Directors and Director Round Table
IV Poster Presentation 2nd & 3rd floor
17:00 – 18:00		Poster Session I
18:00		Aperitif (Faculty Club, 4th floor)
18:30		Dinner (Faculty Club, 4th floor)
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 All times are in CEST.
I Director´s Welcome Auditorium, ground floor
08:55 – 09:00		Michael Molls | TUM-IAS Director
II Talks Auditorium, ground floor
Chair: Manuel Spitschan | TUM | Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Fellow
09:00 – 09:30		The Impacts of Light Exposure on Cognitive Performance, Circadian Entrainment, and Thermal Physiology Siobhan Rockcastle | University of Oregon Hans Fischer Fellow funded by the TUM Georg Nemetschek Institute
09:30 – 10:00		High-Fidelity Digital Twins: Detecting and Localizing Weaknesses in Structures Rainald Loehner | George Mason University Hans Fischer Senior Fellow funded by the Siemens AG
10:00 – 10:30		Coffee Break (Entrance Hall, ground floor)
III Poster Presentation 1st floor
10:30 – 11:30		Poster Session II
IV Talks Auditorium, ground floor
Chair: Bjørn Panyella Pedersen | Aarhus University | Hans Fischer Senior Fellow
11:30 – 12:00		New Tools for Tracking Effectiveness of  Diversity Initiatives Andrea Erhardt | University of Kentucky Alumna Anna Boyksen Fellow
12:00 – 12:30		Getting from the Computer to Real World Materials Faster with Machine Learning Heather Kulik | MIT Hans Fischer Senior Fellow
V Closing Remarks Auditorium, ground floor
12:30 –12:45		Michael Molls | TUM-IAS Director
12:45		Lunch (Faculty Club, 4th floor)