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28JAN 2025
FAUmagazin 2024
A robust catalyst
The energy transition is at risk of becoming a failure if hydrogen cannot be produced in a sustainable manner. Catalysts that are put under extreme conditions are required to produce this hydrogen. In conjunction with three other researchers, Karl Mayrhofer is therefore searching for robust and cost-effective accelerators for such reactions. Electricity from wind power, […]
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28JAN 2025
FAUmagazin 2024
Eavesdropping in the Arctic
Astrophysicist Anna Nelles searches for neutrinos on Greenland’s ice fields. She hopes to gain new insights into processes that occur in space. In space, two black holes merge to form one, releasing huge amounts of energy. However, the location in the universe where this happened remains quiet and dark. This is because the light cannot […]
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28JAN 2025
FAUmagazin 2024
The present and the future
Andrea Bréard is the new Vice President Education In our interview, she explains how she would like to combat discrimination at FAU, what is meant by educational integrity and what role AI can play in teaching. Prof. Bréard, like your predecessor, you would like to put an end to discrimination in education. But do not […]
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28JAN 2025
FAUmagazin 2024
HIV vaccine soon a reality?
Virologist Klaus Überla and his team at FAU are developing new immunization strategies against HIV, building on decades of experience. One in 1000 people is HIV positive in Germany. That means that the proportion of people infected with HIV in Germany is higher than ever before. Some people may find that surprising, after all people […]
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28JAN 2025
FAUmagazin 2024
Skateboards and foxgloves
The biologist Jennifer Munkert and mechanical engineer Marcel Bartz have been awarded this year’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching from the Bavarian Ministry of Science and the Arts. It is not unusual for Marcel Bartz to come into the lecture theater with a cart in tow. Today he is planning to disassemble a clutch in […]
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28JAN 2025
FAUmagazin 2024
“A special place in the world”
Robert Busch, CEO of Siemens and chair of the University Council about his time at university in Erlangen, the potential of FAU and what physics has to do with leading a company. Mr. Busch, what three things come to mind when you think about FAU? Physics, great people, Erlangen. You studied and completed a doctoral […]
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28JAN 2025
FAUmagazin 2024
Making material speak
Karl Mandel has received an ERC Consolidator Grant worth two million euros. With the funding, the chemist hopes to develop supraparticles that will give information about the state of materials. Prof. Mandel, what are you currently researching? We are researching supraparticles. These are small particles of only a few micrometers in size made up of […]
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28JAN 2025
FAUmagazin 2024
Anything other than bone idle
Aline Bozec is the speaker of the new Collaborative Research Center/Transregio 369, “DIONE – Degeneration of Bone due to Inflammation”. The CRC investigates why and how inflammatory diseases affect bones. What are you currently researching? I am currently researching the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the biology of bones and rheumatoid arthritis. I am […]
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28JAN 2025
FAUmagazin 2024
Testing strength
Benoît Ladoux is a biophysicist and an Alexander von Humboldt Professor at FAU. He investigates how cells react to physical influences, a topic that is of interest, for instance, to cancer research. Benoît Ladoux has spent most of his career in Paris and Singapore. He is used to big cities, and Erlangen is his first […]
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28JAN 2025
FAUmagazin 2024
Impulses for human rights
Legal expert and sinologist Eva Pils knows Chinese society inside out. As an Alexander von Humboldt Professor, she aims to raise the visibility of human rights research at FAU. Eva Pils discovered her fascination for the topic of human rights in China while studying in Heidelberg, Peking and London. Her knowledge of the language, society […]
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28JAN 2025
FAUmagazin 2024
A lawyer for missing people
Grażyna Baranowska joined FAU in 2024 as Professor of Migration Law and Human Rights. She aims to make a contribution to interdisciplinary research at the Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg. “I have always been fascinated by the variety of debates connected to human rights and the relevance of the topic for society,” explains Grażyna Baranowska. […]
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28JAN 2025
FAUmagazin 2024
From the lecture hall to a chain of restaurants
Philipp Selzle, founder of the smart food chain “Kaspar Schmauser”, about his time at FAU, his business idea and lots of post-its. He currently runs five restaurants in Nuremberg, Erlangen, Fürth and Leipzig, with plans for three more already in the pipeline: FAU-alumnus Philipp Selzle is one of the founding members and managing director of […]
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