Supported projects since July 2017

Origin of the Open Circuit Voltage in Organic Ternary Solar Cells

Dr. Tayebeth Ameri Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Department of Materials Science and Engeneering	Prof. Barry C. Thompson University of Southern California, Los Angeles Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute

Detection of rare splicing events in RNA-seq data

Prof. Dr. Julien Gagneur Technische Universität München School of Computation, Information and Technology	Prof. Dr. Lars Steinmetz Stanford University Stanford Genome Technology Center - Dept. of Biochemistry

High-Capacity Positron Accumulator with High Energy Resolution Beam Capabilities on NEPOMUC

Dr. Christoph Hugenschmidt Technische Universität München FRM-II	Prof. Dr. Clifford M. Surko University of California, San Diego Department of Physics

Removal of ammonia/ammonium from waste waters using Euglena

PD Dr. Michael Lebert Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Cell Biology Division - Department Biology	Dr. Rocco Mancinelli

Bioluminescent Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Regenerative Medicine

Dr. Andre Stiel Technische Universität München Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging Prof. Dr. Vasilis Ntziachristos Technische Universität München Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging	Dr. Jesse V. Jokerst University of California, San Diego School of Engineering

Nonlocal Balance Laws – Mathematics with application in traffic flow and chemical engineering

M.Sc. Lukas Pflug Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Mathematik Prof. Günter Leugering Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Mathematik	Dr. Alexander Keimer University of California, Berkeley EECS - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Prof. Alexandre Bayen University of California, Berkeley EECS - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Robustness of three-dimensional fracton topological

Prof. Dr. Kai Phillip Schmidt Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik	Prof. Dr. Leon Balents University of California, Santa Barbara Asylum Research

Microbiota-Derived Biosignatures for Major Depressive Disorder

Prof. Andrea Schmitt Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy	Prof. Pieter Dorrestein University of California, San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Evaluating the Impact of Oxygen on the Phase Transformation of Titanium-Doped Niobium Oxide Nanostructures with Atomically Resolved In Situ Experiments

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schnick Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Department of Chemestry	Prof. Dr. Robert Sinclair Stanford University Department of Materials Science & Engineering

Moving earstones: Advanced modeling of complex otolith motion in the fish ear

Dr. Tanja Schulz-Mirbach Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Department of Biology II - Zoology	Prof. Petr Krysl University of California, San Diego Department of Structural Engeneering

Spark Plasma Sintering of paper-derived MAX phases

Prof. Dr. Nahum Travitzky Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Glas und Keramik)	Prof. Dr. Eugene A. Olevsky San Diego State University Mechanical Engineering Department

Using fluorescence to investigate the multivariate functionalization chemistry of metal-organic frameworks

Dr. Stefan Wuttke Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Department of Chemestry	Prof. Omar M. Yaghi University of California, Berkeley College of Chemistry