Supported projects since January 2026

Tracking Microbial Messages on Their Way to the Brain

Prof. Dr. Claudia Günther Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Medizin 1	Dr. Johannes Schlachetzki University of California, San Diego Department of Neurosciences

Development of an Application-Oriented Reaction Mechanism for Large-Bore Hydrogen Engines

Prof. Dr. Malte Jaensch Technische Universität München Institute of Sustainable Mobile Powertrains (NMA)	Prof. Dr. Ronald Hanson Stanford University Hypersonics, Propulsion and Energy, Laboratory (HyPEL)

Investigation of visual attribute space and neural circuits regulating object avoidance

Prof. Dr. Martha Merrow Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Institut of Medical Psychology	Prof. Dr. Mark Frye University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology

Development and Experimental Evaluation of a Hybrid PET–Compton Imaging System for Preclinical Proton Therapy

Prof. Dr. Katia Parodi Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Fakultät für Physik - Experimentalphysik/Medizinische Physik	Dr. Javier Caravaca Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Applied Nuclear Physics

End-to-end Machine Learning Methods for Real-Time Characterization of New Energy Materials

Prof. Dr. Philipp Pelz Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Materials Science	Prof. Dr. Colin Ophus Stanford University Materials Science

Dissecting Pesticide-Induced Lysosomal Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Prof. Dr. Friederike Zunke Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Professorship of Translational Neuroscience	Prof. Dr. Beate Ritz University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Public Health