Supported projects since July 2025

Engineered Air Electrodes with Negative Thermal Expansion for Solid Oxide Cells

Prof. Dr. Francesco Ciucci University of Bayreuth Lehrstuhl für Elektronendesign elektrochemischer Energiespeicher	Prof. Dr. Julián Rimoli University of California, Irvine Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Nanoscale electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of energy materials

Prof. Dr. Johanna Eichhorn Technische Universität München School of Natural Science	Prof. Dr. Shannon Boettcher University of California, Berkeley Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Towards understanding human motor control with digital computer simulations and advanced measurement techniques

Prof. Dr. Björn Eskofier Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Machine Learning and Data Analytics Lab	Prof. Dr. James Finley University of Southern California, Los Angeles Locomotor Control Lab, Division of Biokinesology and Physical Therapy

‘The Tissue Forge’ – blending human organoids into hydrogels and mechanical conditioning towards functional rejuvenated tissues

Prof. Dr. Oliver Friedrich Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Biotechnologie	Prof. Dr. Aidan Gilrichst University of California, Davis Biomedical Engineering

Biometric Assessment of Interactions in Social VR Environments

Prof. Dr. Dieter Kranzlmüller Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich MNM-Team	Prof. Dr. Luisa Caldas University of California, Berkeley College of Environmental Design

Longitudinal analysis of spatially aligned Radiology images using Multimodal Large language Models

Prof. Dr. Daniel Rückert Technische Universität München School of Medicine and Health - Klinikum rechts der Isar	Prof. Dr. Akshay Chaudhari Stanford University Stanford Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging (AIMI)

Implementation of machine learning approaches and a major microspectrometry upgrade to quantify spatial patterns of soil organic matter at the microscale

Dr. Steffen Schweizer Technische Universität München School of Life Science - Lehrstuhl für Bodenkunde	Dr. Peter Weber Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Physical & Life Sciences Directorate

Covalent antibiotics for drug discovery

Prof. Dr. Stephan Sieber Technische Universität München School of Natural Science	Prof. Dr. Daniel Nomura University of California, Berkeley Department of Chemistry

Costs of Intelligence: Sustainability of AI Agents

Prof. Dr. Gudrun Socher University of applied sciences München Munich Center for Digital Sciences and AI MUC.DAI	Prof. Dr. Chris Lupo California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo The Noice School of Applied Computing

AI based Super-Resolution of Thermal Earth Observation Data

Prof. Dr. Volker Tresp Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Institut für Informatik	Dr. Linda Forster Near Earth Tracking Systems and Applications

Next-Gen Enzymes and Bio-scaffolds to Advance Biodegradation of Cellulose Waste

Prof. Dr. Jeff Wilkesmann Technische Hochschule Deggendorf BITZ Transformation Lab	Ph.D. Prashanth Asuri Santa Clara University School of Engineering