FAU news

Here you’ll find everything that’s happening at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg – from the latest news and research updates to insights into campus life.

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21JAN 2025
Studying
Start up: Dedicated to protecting water quality
Nine teams from six EELISA partner universities participated in the third EELISA Prototype Contest hosted by FAU in collaboration with JOSEPHS – The Open Innovation Lab in Nuremberg, Germany from 10 to 13 December 2024. In this third edition of the contest, the teams engaged in a four-day onsite co-creation workshop at JOSEPHS, where they […]
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21JAN 2025
A cup with the President
A Cup with the President – Episode 20: Prof. Dr. Caroline J. Voskens
Visiting Prof. Dr. Caroline J. Voskens, professor for Translational Immunodermatology.
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17JAN 2025
Alumni
FAU Alumni #JobInsights: Philip Clas, Digital and Marketing Chief Officer
Work as a game? That’s exactly what Philip Clas advises. He studied business administration at our FAU and gained professional experience in both start-ups and corporations. Today, he works as Digital and Marketing Chief Officer at the online sportswear store TEVEO. He also has these two tips for starting a career: make sure you have […]
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17JAN 2025
FAU news
High electricity prices and more price fluctuations
Companies and consumers have high hopes that electricity prices will return to levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the departure from using Russian gas, energy costs rose to record levels. However, from a scientific point of view, there will be no return to previous normal levels. Quite the contrary, […]
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15JAN 2025
FAU news
Former asylum in Erlangen to become a place of remembrance and learning
A remembrance trail in the outside area, a core exhibition in the main building of the former asylum combined with an annex showing the fate of those murdered there and an extensive educational program: An important milestone has been reached on the journey towards establishing a place of remembrance and learning dedicated to the victims […]
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14JAN 2025
FAU news
ZOHO Factory: Pioneering partnership for innovation
Valuable support for startups and founders: The Stadt- und Kreissparkasse Erlangen Höchstadt Herzogenaurach bank is entering into a pioneering partnership with Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and ZOLLHOF tech incubator. Sparkasse is to provide ZOHO Factory Erlangen with a total of 2.4 million euros in funding. Together with the “Startup Factories” initiative launched by the Federal Ministry […]Valuable support for startups and founders: The Stadt- und Kreissparkasse Erlangen Höchstadt Herzogenaurach bank is entering into a pioneering partnership with Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and ZOLLHOF tech incubator. Sparkasse is to provide ZOHO Factory Erlangen with a total of 2.4 million euros in funding. Together with the “Startup Factories” initiative launched by the Federal Ministry […]
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09JAN 2025
FAU news
Project funding: Quantum computers in pocket size
A quantum computer the size of a smartphone – researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are investigating how this could become reality. Physicist Prof. Dr. Vojislav Krstić and his team of researchers are focusing on developing quantum bits (Qubits) that work on the basis of topological isolators, a class of materials that have increasingly become the […]
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09JAN 2025
FAU news
The Dehn Collection: Creating transparency, assuming responsibility
At first glance, the pottery shards from the Dehn Collection that are kept in the Antique Collection at the Institute of Classical Archaeology at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) appear to tell stories from antiquity, stories of everyday life, values, rituals and art. However, if you take a closer look, another, darker story appears: the story of […]
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09JAN 2025
A cup with the President
A Cup with the President – Episode 19: Prof. Dr. Christopher Eichler
Visiting Prof. Dr. Christopher Eichler, Chair of Experimental Physics Each semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors who are new to FAU. He visits them in their institutions to talk about their research, to discover what is close to their heart and to get to know them better. Our series introduces you to […]
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20DEC 2024
FAU news
Making soft, elastic material more tear-resistant
Soft materials like rubber or silicone tear easily under tensile stress. In a project funded by the European Research Council (ERC), researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg are looking for ways to make such materials more stable. In a current study, they have shown that it depends, at least partly, on how stable the crosslinked bonds are […]
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19DEC 2024
A cup with the President
A Cup with the President – Episode 18: Prof. Dr. Frank Hechtner
Visiting Prof. Dr. Frank Hechtner, Chair of Taxation Each semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors who are new to FAU. He visits them in their institutions to talk about their research, to discover what is close to their heart and to get to know them better. Our series introduces you to the […]
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17DEC 2024
FAU news
Solar power: Automated development of materials for solar cells
A team of researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a closed process for finding optimal high-performance materials for perovskite solar cells (PSC). The approach introduced in the current Science study combines computer-assisted modeling, autonomous synthesis platforms and quantum […]A team of researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a closed process for finding optimal high-performance materials for perovskite solar cells (PSC). The approach introduced in the current Science study combines computer-assisted modeling, autonomous synthesis platforms and quantum […]
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