Alexander von Humboldt Awardees

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) is one of the most renowned research funding organizations in the world. Its international award winners and fellows are selected scientists and scholars and are among the highest-ranking experts in their fields. Given that both institutions, AvH and the TUM-IAS, promote and support top-level research through awards and fellowships, the TUM-IAS is proud to include Humboldt-Awardees and Humboldt-Professors as Members of TUM-IAS and Honorary Hans Fischer Senior Fellows. Members and Fellows are welcome to use the facilities of the TUM-IAS and will be invited to various events throughout the year.

Humboldt Professors

The TUM-IAS welcomes the Humboldt Professors as members of the TUM-IAS community.

Humboldt Awardees

The TUM-IAS welcomes the Humboldt Awardees as members of the TUM-IAS community.

Prof. Dr. Abigail G. Doyle

Award: Friedrich-Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Date of Award: 2022
Home Institute: University of California, Doyle Group, Saul Winstein Chair in Organic Chemistry
Technische Universität München: Organic Molecular Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry
Host: Prof. Thorsten Bach

Prof. Dr. Polina Bayvel

Award: Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award
Date of Award: 2023
Home Institute: Optical Networks Group, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, UCL and ICCS
Technische Universität München: Institute of Communications Engineering
Hosts: Prof. Gerhard Kramer

Prof. Dr. Kit Hansell Bowen

Award: Humboldt Research Award
Date of Award: 1998
Home Institute: John Hopkins University, Department of Chemistry
Technische Universität München: Chair of Physical Chemistry
Host: Prof. Ulrich Heiz

Prof. Dr. David A. Egger

Award: Sofja Kovalevskaja Award
Date of Award: 2016
Home Institute: Chair of Experimental Physics, Professorship Theory of Functional Energy Materials
Technische Universität München: Chair of Experimental Physics, Professorship Theory of Functional Energy Materials
Host: Prof. Johannes Barth

Prof. Dr. Margaret E. Roberts

Award: Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award
Date of Award: 2022
Home Institute: University of San Diego, Department of Political Science
Technische Universität München: Chair of Digital Governance, School of Politics and Public Policy
Host: Prof. Yannis Theocharis

Prof. Dr. Julian I. Schroeder

Award: Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award
Date of Award: 2021
Home Institute: University of San Diego, School of Biological Sciences, Department of Cells and Developmental Biology
Technische Universität München: Chair of Botanics, School of Life Sciences
Host: Prof. Erwin Grill

Prof. Dr. Andreas Winter

Award: Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award
Date of Award: 2022
Home Institute: Universita Autonoma de Barcelona, Quantum Information Group
Technische Universität München: Chair of Theoretical Information Technology, School of Computation, Information, and Technology
Host: Prof. Holger Boche

Prof. Dr. Hong-Cai Zhou

Award: Humboldt Research Award
Date of Award: 2022
Home Institute: Texas A&M University, Department of Chemistry, Robert A. Welch Foundation Chair
Technische Universität München: Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences
Host: Prof. Roland A. Fischer

Prof. Dr. Natalia Shustova

Award: Friedrich-Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Date of Award: 2023
Home Institute: University of South Carolina, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Technische Universität München: Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences
Host: Prof. Roland A. Fischer

Prof. Dr. Meisong Tong

Award: Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award
Date of Award: 2023
Home Institute: Tongji University, Department of Electronic Science and Technology
Technische Universität München: Chair of High-Frequency Engineering, School of Computation, Information, and Technology
Host: Prof. Thomas Eibert

Prof. Dr. Myung Shik Kim

Award: Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award
Date of Award: 2021
Home Institute: Imperial College London,Chair in Theoretical Quantum Information Sciences Department of Physics - Faculty of Natural Sciences
Technische Universität München: Professorship of Theory of Quantum Materials and Nanophysics
Host: Prof. Johannes Knolle

Prof. Dr. Natalia Perkins

Award: Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award
Date of Award: 2022
Home Institute: University of Minnesota, School of Physics and Astronomy
Technische Universität München: Professorship of Theory of Quantum Materials and Nanophysics
Host: Prof. Johannes Knolle

Prof. Mikhail A. Belkin

Award: Friedrich-Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Date of Award: 2015
Home Institute: University of Texas at Austin, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Technische Universität München: Semiconductor Technology
Host: Prof. Markus-Christian Amann

Prof. Peter Boncz

Award: Humboldt Reasearch Award
Date of Award: 2013
Home Institute: Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU University)
Technische Universität München: Informatics
Hosts: Prof. Alfons Kemper, Prof. Thomas Neumann

Prof. Ahmed Bouajjani

Award: Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award
Date of Award: 2018
Home Institute: Université Paris Diderot, Institut de Recherche en Informatique Fondamental (IRIF)
Technische Universität München: Informatics
Hosts: Prof. Javier Esparza

Prof. Constance Chang-Hasnain

Award: Humboldt Reasearch Award
Date of Award: 2009
Home Institute: University of California, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Berkeley
Technische Universität München: Semiconductor Technology
Host: Prof. Markus-Christian Amann

Prof. Chang Wen Chen

Award: Humboldt Reasearch Award
Date of Award: 2009
Home Institute: University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Technische Universität München: Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Host: Prof. Eckehard Steinbach

Prof. Nigel Cooper

Award: Humboldt Reasearch Award
Date of Award: 2012
Home Institute: University of Cambridge, Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory
Technische Universität München: Physics
Host: Prof. Wilhelm Zwerger

Prof. Eugene Demler

Award: Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award
Date of Award: 2014
Home Institute: Harvard University, Department of Physics
Technische Universität München: Department of Physics
Host: Prof. Wilhelm Zwerger

Prof. William A. Eaton

Home Institute: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, USA
Technische Universität München: Biophysical Chemistry
Host: Prof. Thomas Kiefhaber

Prof. Alexander L. Efros

Award: Humboldt Reasearch Award
Date of Award: 2007
Home Institute: Naval Research Laboratory, Nanostructure Optics Section, Washington, D.C.
Technische Universität München: Physics
Host: Prof. Gerhard Abstreiter

Prof. Estia J. Eichten

Award: Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award
Date of Award: 2018
Home Institute: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Technische Universität München: Munich Instiitute for Astro- and Particle Physics (MIAPP)
Host: Prof. Andrzej J. Buras

Dr. Stefano Fabris

Award: Friedrich-Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Date of Award: 2015
Home Institute: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto officina dei materiali
Technische Universität München: Physical Chemistry
Host: Prof. Ulrich Heiz

Prof. Ben L. Feringa

Home Institute: University of Groningen, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, The Netherlands
Technische Universität München: Organic Chemistry I
Host: Prof. Thorsten Bach

Prof. M.G. Finn

Award: Humboldt Reasearch Award
Date of Award: 2011
Home Institute: School of Chemistry & Biochemistry, School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology
Technische Universität München: Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
Host: Prof. Horst Kessler

Prof. Dieter Fox

Award: Friedrich-Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Date of Award: 2013
Home Institute: University of Washington, Seattle, Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Technische Universität München: Automatic Control Engineering
Host: Prof. Martin Buss

Prof. Brian C. Freeman

Award: Friedrich-Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Date of Award: 2011
Home Institute: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, USA
Technische Universität München: Biotechnology
Host: Prof. Dr. Johannes Buchner

Prof. Michel Géradin

Award: Humboldt Reasearch Award
Date of Award: 2014
Home Institute: Université de Liège, Laboratoire des Techniques Aeronautiques et Spatiales
Technische Universität München: Applied Mechanics
Host: Prof. Daniel Rixen

Prof. Naira Hovakimyan

Award: Humboldt Reasearch Award
Date of Award: 2014
Home Institute: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Technische Universität München: Flight System Dynamics
Host: Prof. Florian Holzapfel

Prof. Yoshihisa Inoue

Award: Humboldt Reasearch Award
Date of Award: 2010
Home Institute: Osaka University, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering
Technische Universität München: Organic Chemistry I
Host: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bach

Prof. Roberta L. Klatzky

Award: Humboldt Reasearch Award
Date of Award: 2010
Home Institute: Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Psychology, Pittsburgh, USA
Technische Universität München: Automatic Control Engineering
Host: Prof. Martin Buss

Prof. George Em Karniadakis

Award: Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award
Date of Award: 2017
Home Institute: Brown University, Division of Applied Mathematics
Technische Universität München: Chair of Aerodynamics and Fluid mechanics
Host: Prof. Nikolaus A. Adams

Prof. Shu Kobayashi

Award: Humboldt Reasearch Award
Date of Award: 2013
Home Institute: The University of Tokyo, Department of Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Technische Universität München: Organic Chemistry I
Host: Prof. Thorsten Bach

Prof. Steffen Lauritzen

Award: Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award
Date of Award: 2016
Home Institute: University of Copenhagen, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Technische Universität München: Mathematical Statistics
Host: Prof. Dr. Claudia Klüppelberg

Prof. André Longtin

Home Institute: University of Ottawa, Department of Physics, Center for Neural Dynamics
Technische Universität München: Theoretical Biophysics
Host: Prof. J. Leo van Hemmen

Prof. Marc Noy

Award: Humboldt Reasearch Award
Date of Award: 2011
Home Institute: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Department of Applied Mathematics, Spain
Technische Universität München: Mathematics M9; Applied Geometry and Discrete Mathematics
Host: Prof. Anusch Taraz

Prof. Gottfried Otting

Award: Humboldt Reasearch Award
Date of Award: 2009
Home Institute: Australian National University, Research School of Chemistry, Canberra
Technische Universität München: Chemistry, Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy (Prof. Sattler), Organic Chemistry (Prof. Glaser)
Hosts: Prof. Steffen Glaser, Prof. Michael Sattler

Prof. Antonio Pich Zardoya

Award: Humboldt Reasearch Award
Date of Award: 2010
Home Institute: Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Edifici d´Instituts de Paterna, Universidad de Valencia
Technische Universität München: Physics T31, Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics (Prof. Buras); Physics T30F (Prof. Brambilla)
Hosts: Prof. Andrzej J. Buras, Prof. Nora Brambilla

Prof. Martin Reisslein

Award: Friedrich-Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Date of Award: 2014
Home Institute: Arizona State University, School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
Technische Universität München: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Host: Prof. Eckehard Steinbach

Prof. George D. Rose

Award: Humboldt Reasearch Award
Date of Award: 2011
Home Institute: Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biophysics, USA
Technische Universität München: Biophysical Chemistry
Host: Prof. Thomas Kiefhaber

Prof. Andreas S. Schulz

Award: Humboldt Reasearch Award
Date of Award: 2010
Home Institute: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Technische Universität München: Applied Geometry and Discrete Mathematics
Host: Prof. Peter Gritzmann

Prof. Andrzej Ludwik Sobolewski

Award: Humboldt Reasearch Award
Date of Award: 1983
Home Institute: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics
Technische Universität München: Chemistry
Host: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Domcke

Prof. Devarajan Thirumalai

Award: Humboldt Reasearch Award
Date of Award: 2009
Home Institute: University of Maryland at College Park, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, USA
Technische Universität München: Molecular & Cellular Biophysics
Host: Prof. Matthias Rief

Prof. Tehshik Peter Yoon

Award: Friedrich-Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Date of Award: 2014
Home Institute: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Chemistry
Technische Universität München: Organic Chemistry
Host: Prof. Thorsten Bach