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 School of Medicine and Health, the TUM University Hospital and the German Heart Centre Munich.
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
Dieter Schwarz Fellowship
three years for renowned international scientists from outside TUM who intend to explore innovative, high-risk topics in the key research areas researched at the TUM Campus Heilbronn.
Dieter Schwarz Courageous Research Grant
three years for outstanding international scientists from outside TUM who intend to use groundbreaking technology to propose a radical solution to a major challenge in the area of “Digitalization and Sustainability.”
Philosopher in Residence Fellowship
one year for internationally leading and emerging representatives of the fi eld of philosophy from outside TUM.
Carl von Linde Fellowship
two years for excellent TUM faculty members
Dr. Lisa Adams (Clinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology | TUM School of Medicine and Health)
Fellowship
Albrecht Struppler Clinician Scientist Fellowship
Focus Group
Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers for Predictive Healthcare
Research Area
Advanced Computation and Modeling
Prof. Kevin Brindle (University of Cambridge | Cancer Research UK – Cambridge Institute
Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship
Hosts
Prof. Franz Schilling, Prof. Wolfgang Weber (TUM School of Medicine and Health)
Focus Group
Imaging Cancer Metabolism Using Magnetic Resonance
Research Area
Bioengineering and Imaging
Prof. Fikile Brushett (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Fellowship
Dieter Schwarz Courageous Research Grant (funded by the Dieter Schwarz Foundation)
Host
Prof. Jennifer L. M. Rupp (TUM School of Natural Sciences)
Focus Group
Unlocking Transformative Electrochemical Systems Through Solid-State Ceramic Conductors
Research Area
Surface, Interface, Nano- and Quantum Science
Dr. Jieshan Chen (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO))
Fellowship
Dieter Schwarz Fellowship (funded by the Dieter Schwarz Foundation)
Host
Prof. Chunyang Chen (TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology)
Focus Group
Responsible AI for Trustworthy Technology and Automation
Research Area
Advanced Computation and Modeling
Dr. Dennis Valbjørn Christensen (Technical University of Denmark)
Fellowship
Hans Fischer Fellowship
Hosts
Prof. Jennifer L. M. Rupp, Prof. Dominik Bucher (TUM School of Natural Sciences)
Focus Group
Seeing batteries from a new perspective
Research Area
Surface, Interface, Nano- and Quantum Science
Prof. Johanna Eichhorn (TUM School of Natural Sciences
Fellowship
Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship
Focus Group
Nanoscale Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Energy Materials
Research Area
Surface, Interface, Nano- and Quantum Science
Prof. Ghang Lee (Yonsei University)
Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship (funded by the TUM Georg Nemetschek Institute)
Host
Prof. André Borrmann (TUM School of Engineering and Design)
Focus Group
AI-Based Design Compliance Checking (ADCC)
Research Area
Advanced Computation and Modeling
Prof. Sossina Haile (Northwestern University)
Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship
Hosts
Prof. Jennifer L. M. Rupp, Prof. Dominik Bucher (TUM School of Natural Sciences)
Focus Group
Unprecedented Visualization of Interfacial Phenomena and Carrier dynamics in Energy Materials
Research Area
Surface, Interface, Nano- and Quantum Science
Prof. Max J. Hülsey (TUM School of Natural Sciences)
Fellowship
Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship
Focus Group
Catalytic Interfaces for Sustainable Chemical Energy Carriers
Research Area
Surface, Interface, Nano- and Quantum Science
Prof. Kejia Hu (University of Oxford)
Fellowship
Dieter Schwarz Fellowship (funded by the Dieter Schwarz Foundation)
Hosts
Prof. Stefan Minner, Prof. Gudrun Kiesmüller, Prof. Stefan Wuttke (TUM School of Management)
Focus Group
Human-AI Collaboration for Decision-Making
Research Area
Advanced Computation and Modeling
Prof. Zhen Li (Shandong University)
Fellowship
Hans Fischer Fellowship (funded by the Siemens AG)
Host
Prof. Carlo L. Bottasso (TUM School of Engineering and Design)
Focus Group
Data-Based Maintenance of Offshore Wind Energy Conversion
Research Area
Advanced Computation and Modeling
Prof. Anke Meyer-Baese (Florida State University)
Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship
Hosts
Prof. Jan Kirschke, Prof. Benedikt Wiestler, Prof. Claus Zimmer (TUM School of Medicine and Health)
Focus Group
Next Generation Deep Learning in Therapy Monitoring
Research Area
Advanced Computation and Modeling
Prof. Cornelius Senf (TUM School of Life Sciences)
Fellowship
Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship
Focus Group
Earth Observation for Ecosystem Management
Research Area
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Building Technology
Prof. Raziye Tekín (ROKETSAN Inc.)
Fellowship
Rudolf Diesel Industry Fellowship
Host
Prof. Florian Holzapfel (TUM School of Engineering and Design)
Focus Group
Smart GNC for Advanced Air Mobility
Research Area
Control Theory, Systems Engineering and Robotics
Prof. Yelda Turkan (Oregon State University)
Fellowship
Hans Fischer Fellowship
Host
Prof. André Borrmann (TUM School of Engineering and Design)
Focus Group
Digital Twins for the Built Environment
Research Area
Advanced Computation and Modeling
Prof. Violetta Weger (TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology)
Fellowship
Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship
Focus Group
Applied Algebra
Research Area
Communication and Information
Dr. Zhenchang Xing (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO))
Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship (funded by the Siemens AG)
Host
Prof. Chunyang Chen (TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology)
Focus Group
Software Engineering for AI
Research Area
Advanced Computation and Modeling
Prof. Zhenbin Zhang (Shandong University)
Fellowship
Hans Fischer Fellowship
Host
Prof. Carlo L. Bottasso (TUM School of Engineering and Design)
Focus Group
Efficient and Reliable Energy Conversion Technique for 20MW-level Offshore Wind Energy
Research Area
Control Theory, Systems Engineering and Robotics
Prof. Tao Zhang (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Fellowship
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship
Host
Prof. Fritz E. Kühn (TUM School of Natural Sciences)
Focus Group
Single-Atom Catalysis
Research Area
Surface, Interface, Nano- and Quantum Science
Prof. Walther Ch. Zimmerli (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin)
Fellowship
Philosopher in Residence (funded by the TÜV SÜD Foundation and as part of the Excellence Strategy of the federal and state governments)
Hosts
Prof. Claudia Eckert (TUM School of Computation, Information, and Technology), Prof. Urs Gasser (TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology), Prof. Michael Zäh (TUM School of Engineering and Design)
Research Area
Political, Social, and Technological Change