The weekend of the 11th and 12th of November was incredibly eventful for the MAP cohort 2023. The fresh batch headed to Munich to attend the get-together of the Elite Network of Bavaria (ENB). The event served as a platform for our students to meet fellow new students from member universities, disti...
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...
On October 13, 2023 in Munich, the HOCHSPRUNG Award was presented to startup projects from Bavarian universities. This year, the award was presented to startups who make a contribution to solving the challenges posed by the climate and energy crises. Startups from FAU won the second and one of the t...
International students at FAU who have made a lasting impression whilst studying in Germany thanks to their outstanding academic achievements and commitment to social or intercultural projects are awarded the Hans-Wilhelm and Helga Schüßler prize and the prize from the German Academic Exchange Servi...
I had the privilege of attending the 49th International Conference of Micro and Nanoengineering (MNE) in Berlin, one of the biggest conferences in the field of nano and microfabrication. From 25 to 28 September 2023, researchers from all over the world and from various fields presented their researc...
It is rare for two prestigious rankings to be published in such quick succession. What both have in common is that they show how well the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is ranked internationally in terms of research. In the THE-Subject Ranking, which was published on 29 Octo...
Not one, but two researchers at FAU have been awarded a Synergy Grant, one of the most prestigious grants awarded by the European Research Council. Chemist Prof. Dr. Karl Mayrhofer has received funding for his work on electrocatalysis, and physicist Prof. Dr. Kristian Franze for investigating the me...
I am delighted to share my enriching internship experience at Evonik Industries, a global leader in specialty chemicals production, where I had the privilege of contributing to the cutting-edge work of the Process Simulation and CFD group (at Hanau, Germany) in the Process Technology & Engineeri...
The entire report on the 280th anniversary can be read on the FAU website. Only the excerpts directly related to MAP are reproduced here.
All MAP staff and students are delighted that three award winners have been selected from the MAP program. We would like to congratulate them all!
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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...
