Supported projects since July 2005

High-Speed Data-Com-Lasers (VCSELs) for Injection Locking Experiments

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus-Christian Amann Technische Universität München Walter Schottky Institut	Prof. Dr. Constance Chang-Hasnain University of California, Berkeley EECS - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Impact of extreme meteorological conditions on soil carbon turnover

Dr. Werner Borken University of Bayreuth Department of Soil Ecology	Dr. Susan Trumbore University of California, Irvine Earth System Science

*Transcriptional Control of the Popeye* (Popdc) Gene family**

Prof. Dr. Thomas Brand University of Würzburg Department of Cell and Development Biology	Dr. Brian L. Black University of California, San Francisco Cardiovascular Research Institute

New Analytical Tools for Characterization of Precursors of Cloud Condensation Nuclei

PD Dr. Otto Dopfer University of Würzburg Institute of Physical Chemistry Prof. Dr. Volker Engel University of Würzburg Institute of Physical Chemistry	Prof. Dr. S. A. Nizkorodov University of California, Irvine School of Physical Sciences

Making the dynamics visible: Microorganisms as biocompatible indicators for fluid mechanics and high pressure processes

Dr.-Ing. Hannes Petermeier Technische Universität München Lehrstuhl für Fluidmechanik und Prozessautomation Peter Ferstl Technische Universität München Lehrstuhl für Fluidmechanik und Prozessautomation	Prof. Dr. Douglas Bartlett University of California, San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Higher-order diffraction in the nanospectroscopy of novel materials

Prof. Dr. Rainer Fink Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II	Prof. Dr. Janos Kirz University of California, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Materials Science Division

Few spin devices based on semiconductor artificial atoms

Prof. Dr. Jonathan Finley Technische Universität München Walter Schottky Institut	Prof. Dr. David Awschalom University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Physics

Surface Ferromagnetic Nanostructures Synthesized by Ion Implantation

PD Dr. Helmut Karl University of Augsburg Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik IV	Dr. Michael Nastasi Los Alamos National Laboratory Ion-Solid Interaction and Interface Engineering Team

Novel Si based nanomaterials for biotechnology and energy applications

Dr. habil. Dmitri Kovalev Technische Universität München	Santosh Limaye Vesta Sciences Nanotechnology

Reliable high-throughput technologies for the quantitative detection of pathogens in environmental samples

Dr. Michael Lebuhn Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture (LfL) Abteilung Qualitätssicherung und Untersuchungswesen Mikro- und Molekularbiologie	Prof. Dr. Stefan Wuertz University of California, Davis Department of Civil & Environ. Engineering (DCEE)

Numerical Models of Strike Slip Creeping Fault

Dr. Rocco Malservisi Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Fakultät für Geophysik - Department Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften	Prof. Dr. Roland Bürgmann University of California, Berkeley Department of Earth & Planetary Science

Water at biological interfaces

Prof. Dr. Roland Netz Technische Universität München	Prof. Dr. Fyl Pincus University of California, Santa Barbara Materials Research Laboratory

Development of artificial peptide binders to prevent neurotoxicity of β-amyloid fibers in Alzheimer's disease

Prof. Dr. Carsten Schmuck University of Würzburg Institut für Organische Chemie	Prof. Dr. Jerry Yang University of California, San Diego Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Role of plastidic metabolite transporters during gametophyte and pollen development

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Soll Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Fakultät für Biologie - Dep. Biologie I - Biochemie u. Physiologie d. Pflanzen	Prof. Dr. Sheila McCormick University of California, Berkeley Plant Gene Expression Center

Computer modeling of deep Earth mineralogy and geochemistry

Dr. Gerd Steinle-Neumann University of Bayreuth Bayerisches Geoinstitut	Dr. Sofia Akber-Knutson California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (CALTECH) Institute Technology Div. Geol. & Planet.Sci.

Design Space Exploration and Buffer Optimization Strategies for Dynamically Reconfigurable Hardware Targets

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Teich Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Informatik 12, Hardware-Software-Co-Design	Dr. Kees Vissers Xilinx Research Laboratories

Sparse constrained signal decomposition - theory and application to biomedical data analysis

Dr. Fabian J. Theis University of Regensburg	Dr. Te-Won Lee University of California, San Diego Institute for Neural Computation

Experimental Study of Superconducting Flux Qubits

Prof. Dr. Alexey Ustinov Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Supraleitung)	Prof. Dr. John Clarke University of California, Berkeley Physics Department

The Influence of Protein Interaction between HIV-1 Integrase and Reverse Transcriptase for the Initiation of Reverse Transcription

Agnes Föglein Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Klinische Virologie Dr. Hauke Walter Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Klinische Virologie	Prof. Dr. Samson A. Chow University of Southern California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology

Artificial Urinary Diversion System

Prof. Dr. Helmut Wassermann University of applied sciences München	Prof. Dr. Uta Francke Stanford University School of Medicine

Characterization of defects and impurities in bulk AlN crystals

Prof. Dr. Albrecht Winnacker Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology	Prof. Dr. Eicke Weber University of California, Berkeley Department of Materials Science and Engineering