The 2023 Nobel prize in Chemistry was awarded to the discovery and the tuning of light emission of semiconductor nanoparticles, known as quantum dots.
These tiny particles emit light with unprecedented purity and can be applied in many different fields, including light emitting devices, such as d...
MAP Focal Subject Head Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (Head, Institute of Biomaterials, WW7) has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Riga Technical University (RTU), Latvia. The award was conferred at the ceremony of the Grand Opening of the new building of the Baltic Biomaterials Center of Excellence...
It has already become a tradition that the third semester MAP students choose their best lecturer and announce them in a small speech after the annual MAP Poster Session. This year, the students chose Prof. Robin Klupp Taylor and Prof. Marco Haumann as their best lecturers. Below you can read the sp...
Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, Chair of Materials Science (Biomaterials) at FAU, MAP Focal Subject Head for “Biomaterials and Bioprocessing”, has been selected as the winner of the George Winter Award 2024 of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB). The George Winter Award was established by the ESB ...
Curious to know more about supraparticles? On YouTube you can find a presentation of MAP Chair Prof. Nicolas Vogel on the latest developments of his research. This talk is part of the session “Particles empowering tomorrow: Innovations for our global world” at ParTec 2025.
The German Society for Materials Science (DGM) is a leading organization in the field of materials science and engineering, fostering research, innovation, and collaboration. Each year, the DGM Nachwuchspreis (Young Talent Award) recognizes outstanding achievements by early-career scientists in adva...
My name is Laura Adilova. I have just started my Master’s degree “Advanced Materials and Processes” (MAP) at FAU. My choice of the university was based on FAU’s strong reputation in Engineering and Materials Science, along with its emphasis on interdisciplinary research. The MAP program combines eve...
MAP lecturer Prof. Dr. Matthias Thommes (TVT) is again among the TOP 50 most cited scientists worldwide in 2023, according to the new Stanford Ranking.
The Stanford Ranking is the result of a regular evaluation of Scopus, the world’s largest abstract and citation database for peer-reviewed litera...
I was fortunate to participate in the ABBY-NET Summer School on ‘Natural Resource Management and Energy Systems Under Changing Environmental Conditions’ from 10 to 17 August 2024 in Berchtesgaden and Munich. The aim of the school was to bring young scientists and researchers from Bavaria (Germany) a...
We are proud to announce that our MAP Chairs Prof. Nicolas Vogel and Prof. Peter Felfer were awarded as best lecture with their course "Basics in Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology 1 - Mechanical and Optical Properties"! This recognition was achieved through the latest evaluation of all courses in th...
Magnetic nanoparticles for drug delivery
Nel Schulte is studying in the Elite Master’s program "Advanced Materials and Processes" (MAP) at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. In his Master’s thesis at the Section for Experimental Oncology and Nanomedicine (SEON) under Prof. Dr. m...
