Author: Dorothea Herget

As a contribution to my MAP Additional Qualifications, I was given the opportunity to do a 3-month research internship at KU Leuven starting in May 2023. I had the privilege of being a member in the research groups of Prof. Annabel Braem, who is Associate Professor for Biomaterials and Tissue Engine...

According to a recent study, more than 200 researchers at FAU belong to the top two percent of the most frequently cited academics worldwide. The list was published by a team of researchers from Stanford University after evaluating the Scopus database, the largest database of abstracts and citations...

The MAP team warmly welcomes 26 new MAP students from the 2023 starting class! We are proud that you have overcome many obstacles and are finally part of the MAP family by now! We wish you all a great time in the MAP program and hope that you will soon adjust to living in a new country. In order ...

From 3rd to 7th September 2023, I had the great pleasure and honor of representing both the MAP program and the Institute of Biomaterials at the EUROMAT23 conference. EUROMAT23 is one of Europe's biggest and most prestigious materials science and technology congresses, where experts from industry an...

The Shanghai Ranking 2023 has been published and FAU has cause for celebration: Coming in at number 17, FAU retains its place among the top 20 universities in Germany. Internationally, FAU is among the top 10 percent of all universities included in the survey. The ranking focuses on various indic...

During the summer semester, students of the Elite Master’s Program “Advanced Materials and Processes” (MAP) had the opportunity to attend the cycle of lectures in "New Business Development" conducted by MAP Advisory Board Member Dr. Andreas Hoff, Evonik Technology & Infrastructure. At the beg...

The Faculty of Engineering at FAU has received a distinguished professorship from the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts: As part of the High-Tech Agenda Bavaria, Prof. Dr. Bastian Etzold, Chair of Power-to-X Technologies, has been awarded five million euros in funding. “Bastian Etzo...

MAP student Sahib Abdullayev carried out his miniproject in collaboration with the group of Prof. Nicolas Joly from the Department of Physics and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of the Light (MPI). The goal was the measurement of a chemical reaction catalyzed by an enzyme. During the course...

From May to August, I did my research internship at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. There I had the opportunity to work in the Soft Materials Laboratory (SMaL) of MAP Advisory Board Member Professor Esther Amstad. EPFL is renowned for its academic excellence and cu...