Magazin

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28JAN 2025
FAUmagazin 2024
From Birmingham to Erlangen
As a Humboldt Professor at FAU, Michaela Mahlberg sifts through huge text corpora to discover patterns that show what moves people. Environmental issues, for example. Michaela Mahlberg really wanted to become a teacher. While studying mathematics at the University of Bonn, she learned programming and came into contact with corpus linguistics in English, and that […]
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02DEC 2024
FAU news
From a stone desert to a blooming oasis
What used to be a bleak, deserted space in the Lange Gasse is now the WiSo oasis. However, the path toward the shared garden was anything but easy. It all began with an unusual email and blossomed into a project that made a lasting change to life at our uni. “It was an ugly piece […]
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05FEB 2024
3 questions
Which future is feasible
Fatima El-Tayeb’s research focuses on ethnicity, race and migration. Due to her expertise in our key research priority of cultural values, the University awarded her the honor of FAU Ambassador in 2023. Ms. El-Tayeb, what does your research involve? My work revolves around European identity narratives, particularly those that construct the continent as “historically white” […]
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22JAN 2024
3 questions
A vision for green chemistry
3 questions for Bastian Etzold In 2023, Bastian Etzold received a distinguished professorship with 5 million euros of funding. As part of the High-Tech Agenda Bavaria, he will drive forward the development of Power to X technology at FAU. Prof. Etzold, what are you currently researching? My research focuses on various ways of manufacturing chemical […]
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22JAN 2024
3 questions
Talking, presenting arguments, debating
3 questions for Patricia Wiater Patricia Wiater is Chair of Public Law, Public International Law and Human Rights at FAU. She was awarded the Bavarian Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2023 for her dedication and her teaching methods, which have a practical focus. Prof. Wiater, what are you currently researching? My current research is […]
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22JAN 2024
3 questions
Question your own thinking
3 questions for Nadine Hamilton Nadine Hamilton won the Bavarian Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2023. The theologian is particularly keen to support students in all their diversity and encourage them to find their own position. What are you currently researching? I am researching a Christian understanding of the world that extends to all […]
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22JAN 2024
3 questions
The crucial role of catalysis
3 questions for Tanja Franken Tanja Franken has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. With the funding amount of 1.8 million euros, chemist Franke hopes to drive forward her research into novel catalysts. Prof. Franken, what are you currently researching? My research focuses on novel catalysts that make processes more energy efficient and that facilitate […]
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22JAN 2024
3 questions
Nano switch in the brain
3 questions for Danijela Gregurec Danijela Gregurec designs nanomaterials that can be used to control neurons in the brain. She has been awarded a Pathfinder Open Grant from the EU worth one million euros in recognition of her creative research. Prof. Gregurec, what are you currently researching? I am developing functional nanomaterials that are capable […]
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22JAN 2024
3 questions
Understanding what is normal
3 questions for Bernhard Kainz Bernhard Kainz develops deep learning models for analyzing medical image data. He has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant worth two million euros for his research. Prof. Kainz, what are you currently researching? My research focuses on intelligent algorithms in health care, in particular on autonomous medical imaging. My aim […]
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22JAN 2024
3 questions
Beautiful mathematics for artificial intelligence
3 questions for Enrique Zuazua Enrique Zuazua has been awarded his third ERC Advanced Grant. He intends to use the funding to further develop the mathematical foundations of machine learning. Prof. Zuazua, what are you currently researching? I am currently investigating the mathematical tools of control theory and cybernetics. Since coming to Erlangen four years […]
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22JAN 2024
3 questions
Making metastases harmless
3 questions for Thomas Brabletz Thomas Brabletz, one of the world’s leading scientists in the field of tumor metastasis, has received 1.25 million euros of funding from the Koselleck Program at the German Research Foundation (DFG). He intends to use the funding to develop new treatments. Prof. Brabletz, what are you currently researching? My current […]
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22JAN 2024
FAUmagazin 2023
Connecting worlds
How conventional electronics and quantum technologies can be combined Quantum technologies may be on the rise, but conventional electronics are not set to disappear any time yet. Kai Phillip Schmidt and Janina Maultzsch investigate how both worlds can be combined. It is as big as a boiler and temperatures in its interior are cooled down […]
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