Supported projects since July 2010

Topological Superconductor

Prof. Dr. Hartmut Buhmann University of Würzburg Physikalisches Institut, EP3	Prof. Dr. Xiaoliang Qi Stanford University Department of Physics

Palladium Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylations of N-Heterocycles

Prof. Dr. Timothy Clark Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Computer Chemistry Center (CCC)	Prof. Dr. Barry M. Trost Stanford University Department of Chemistry

Acoustic cell sorting

Dr. Thomas Franke University of Augsburg Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik I	Prof. Andrew Cleland University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Physics

Compensation and adaptation for loss of central vision

Prof. Dr. Mark Greenlee University of Regensburg	Prof. Dr. Stuart Anstis University of California, San Diego Department of Psychology

Strain Rate Sensitivity of Nanostructured Materials at Elevated Temperatures

Prof. Dr. M. Göken Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Allgemeine Werkstoffeigenschaften)	Prof. Dr. Andrea Hodge University of Southern California, Annenberg Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Intercomparison studies of lidar aerosol backscatter observations and in-situ particle flux and size distribution measurements

Prof. Dr. Andreas Held University of Bayreuth Atmosphärische Chemie	Dr. Shane D. Mayor California State University Chico Department of Physics

Multiorbital modeling of the magnetic and superconducting state in iron-based superconductors

Prof. Dr. Arno Kampf University of Augsburg Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik III	Prof. Dr. Doug J. Scalapino University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Physics

Metal-insulator phase stability in VO₂ nanocrystallites and its application

PD Dr. Helmut Karl University of Augsburg Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik IV	Prof. Dr. Junqiao Wu University of California, Berkeley Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Attosecond lightwave control of collective electronic motion in nanoscaled metal/III-V semiconductor heterostructures with ultrashort phase-sable laser pulses

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Kienberger Technische Universität München Tim Paasch-Colberg Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics Laboratory for Attosecond Physics	Dr. Stefano Cabrini Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Molecular Foundry

Measuring the shortest X-ray pulses in the world

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Kienberger Technische Universität München Wolfram Helml Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics International Max Planck Research School of Advanced Photon Science	Prof. Dr. Jerome Hastings Stanford University Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)

Atomic-scale composition, dopant and interface segregation analysis of single semiconductor nanowires by laser-induced atom probe tomography

PD Dr. Gregor Koblmüller Technische Universität München Walter Schottky Institut	Prof. Dr. James S. Speck University of California, Santa Barbara Materials Department

Defensive Debugging on Large Scale Systems using Static and Dynamic Analysis

Prof. Dr. Dieter Kranzlmüller Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich	Dr. Martin Schulz Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Center of Applied Scientific Computing

High frequency mechanical actuation and control of two-dimensional photonic crystal membranes based devices using surface acoustic waves

Prof. Dr. Hubert Krenner University of Augsburg Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik I	Prof. Dr. Dirk Bouwmeester University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Physics

The role of B lymphocytes in Multiple Sclerosis

Dr. med. Klaus Lehmann-Horn Technische Universität München Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik	Dr. med. Scott Zamvil University of California, San Francisco Department of Neurology

Runtime Reflection

PD Dr. Martin Leucker Technische Universität München	Dr. Johan de Kleer Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) Intelligent Systems Lab

Functionalization of DNA origami structures

Prof. Dr. Tim Liedl Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Fakultät für Physik - Experimentalphysik - CeNS	Prof. Dr. Deborah Fygenson University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Physics

Atomistic Understanding of Environmentally Relevant Reaction Processes at Solid Surfaces

PD Dr. Rossitza Pentcheva Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Fakultät für Geowissenschaften - Geo- und Umweltwissenschaft - Kristallographie	Prof. Dr. Gordon Brown jr. Stanford University School of Earth Sciences and Photon Science Dept.

Object Detection and Tracking in Video Sequences

Dipl.-Ing. Katharina Quast Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Institute for Digital Communications	Prof. Dr. Mohan M. Trivedi University of California, San Diego Computer Vision and Robotics Research Laboratory

Reengineering Wikitext

Prof. Dr. Dirk Riehle Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Informatik - Professur for Open Source Software	Erik Moller Wikimedia Foundation Inc.

Satisfiability Modulo Theories for Diagnosis and Control of Hybrid Systems

Dr. Martin Sachenbacher Technische Universität München	Dr. Natarajan Shankar SRI International Computer Science Laboratory

Aspects of Value Engineering and Sustainability in USA and Germany

Prof. Dr. Rasso Steinmann University of applied sciences München	Dr. Vladimir Bazjanac Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Building Technology

New Frontier in Materials Science: Polymer Electronics

Prof. Dr. Martin Versen University of applied sciences Rosenheim	Prof. Dr. Igor Beloborodov California State University Northridge Department of Physics and Astronomy

Mechanisms of nanoparticle formation/modification controlled by the assembly of additive molecules

Prof. Dr. Dirk Zahn Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie (CCC)	Prof. Dr. Paul Alivisatos University of California, Berkeley Department of Chemistry