Supported projects since January 2015

Curie-temperature modulated composite media for thermally assisted magnetic recording

Prof. Dr. Manfred Albrecht University of Augsburg Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik IV	Dr. Stefan Maat HGST, Inc. HSGT, San Jose

Analysis of ideal short-on failed semiconductors for fault-tolerant power electronics

Prof. Dr. Mark Bakran University of Bayreuth Lehrstuhl für Mechatronik	Jack Marcinkowski International Rectifier El Segundo Design Center

In Vitro Model Systems of Mitotic Spindle positioning

Prof. Dr. Andreas Bausch Technische Universität München	Prof. Dr. Daniel Fletcher University of California, Berkeley Department of Bioengineering

Thin film deposition under controlled atmosphere using in-situ x-ray scattering

Dr. Eva Herzig University of Bayreuth Physikalisches Institut	Dr. Alexander Hexemer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Advanced Light Source

Bidirectional integration of e-mobility storage capacity into smart micro-grids

Dr. Georg Jung University of applied sciences Hof Institut für Informationssysteme (issys)	Prof. Dr. Rajit Gadh University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC)

Broadband grating couplers for lightwave nanoelectronic circuitry

Prof. Dr. Matthias Kling Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich	Dr. Stefano Cabrini Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Molecular Foundry

Probing magnetic and electronic transitions of upconverting nanoparticles with plasmonic bowtie and diabolo nanoantenna arrays

Dr. Theobald Lohmüller Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Fakultät für Physik - Photonik und Optoelektronik	Dr. James P. Schuck Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Molecular Foundry

Ultra-fast Image Registration for Ultra-fast Radiation Therapy

Prof. Dr. Andreas Maier Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Computer Science Department 5 - Pattern Recognition Lab	Prof. Dr. Billy Loo Stanford University School of Medicine - Dept. of Radiation Oncology

Orbital engineering of nanoparticles: fromdiamagnetic solar cell to ferromagnetic spin-polarized material

Dr. Amitesh Paul Technische Universität München Physik-Department E21 - Experimental physics	Prof. Dr. Matt Law University of California, Irvine Department of Chemistry

Molecular mechanisms of evolution of gene regulatory circuits

Dr. J. Christian Pérez University of Würzburg Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie	Prof. Dr. Polly Fordyce Stanford University School of Medicine - Dept. of Genetics

Multiscale characterisation of NMC-based electrodes in capillary Li-ion microbatteries

Dr. Anatoliy Senyshyn Technische Universität München Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum	Dr. Robert Kostecki Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Environmental Energy Technologies Division

Treebank@NewsScape

Dr. Peter Uhrig Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik	Prof. Dr. Francis F. Steen University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of Communication Studies

Implementation of a new gridding technique for an improved NASA OMI NO2 data product

Prof. Dr. Mark Wenig Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Fakultät für Physik - Meteorologisches Institut	Dr. Eric Bucsela SRI International SRI International Physical Sciences Prof. Dr. Ronald Cohen University of California, Berkeley Berkeley Atmospheric Science Center

What do a bacterial cell and a bird have in common? Commonalities in propulsion and transport mechanisms across multiple flow regimes

Prof. Dr. Walter Zimmermann University of Bayreuth Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik 1	Prof. Dr. Eva Kanso University of Southern California, Los Angeles Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Material Science

SYMETTS - Symmetric Minimally Entangled Typical Thermal States

Prof. Dr. Jan von Delft Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Fakultät für Physik - Theoretische Physik - Festkörperphysik	Prof. Dr. Stephen R. White University of California, Irvine Department of Physics and Astronomy