Research

From 4 September to 15 December 2023, I was able to complete a research project at the Instituto de Tecnologia Química (ITQ). The ITQ is a highly renowned research institute that specializes in catalysis and chemical processes. The ITQ is based at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) in Val...

The German Research Foundation just announced that CRC1411 will receive funding for a second research period until 2028. The long-term vision of CRC1411 is to develop particle systems with controlled size, shape and composition. The innovative approach in CRC1411 is is that these materials are first...

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...

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...

In the DynaMMO project, Prof. Dr. Tanja Franken is carrying out research into catalysts for dynamic reaction control. Thanks to the project’s major potential for innovation, the FAU professor has now received a starting grant from the European Research Council (ERC) entailing funding of over 1.8 mil...

Unwanted solar heat gain in buildings Air conditioning systems in residential and office buildings already consume around 10% of the energy consumed worldwide (approx. 2000 TwH). Most of the unwanted heat enters the buildings as sunlight through windows and glass facades. Energy-efficient renova...

Catalysts are of utmost relevance for the production of chemicals and energy storage with hydrogen. Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now discovered that the formation of bubbles in ...