International scientists expand TUM’s global network

First TUM Ambassadors appointed

The TUM Ambassadors are keen to expand TUM's global network, spot talent worldwide and advise young TUM scientists as they make their way into the international arena. At the first Research Alumni Forum they engaged with university management, junior scientists and other TUM alumni, and discussed their visions for the future.

For its concept of long-term collaboration with its international alumni scientists, the TUM was given an award of the 2012 ideas competition “Research Alumni of Universities in Germany” of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

The TUM Ambassadors who have been appointed are:

Pierre Braunstein (France), Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry
Directeur de Recherche CNRS, Université de Strasbourg - CNRS
In 1974 / 75 at TUM, guest of Prof. Ernst-Otto Fischer

Charles P. Casey (USA), Organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis
Homer Adkins Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
In 1988, 1990 and 1993 at TUM, guest of Prof. Wolfgang A. Herrmann

Sivaji Chakravorti (India), Electrical Engineering
Professor of Electrical Engineering, Professor-in-Charge, High Voltage Laboratory, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
In 1995 / 96, 1999 and 2007 at TUM, guest of Prof. Hans Steinbigler and Prof. Josef Kindersberger

Wenquan Che (China), High-Frequency Engineering
Professor, Department of Communication Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology
In 2007 / 08 at TUM, guest of Prof. Peter Russer

Armen Der Kiureghian (USA), Civil Engineering
Taisei Chair Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
In 2012 at TUM, guest of Prof. Daniel Straub

Patrick Dewilde (Belgium), Electrical Engineering
TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professor, former Scientific Director of the ICT Delft Research Centre, Delft University of Technology
2008 – 2012 at TUM as director at TUM Institute for Advanced Study

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral (Spain), Semiconductor Nanostructures
Assistant Professor, Institut des Materiaux, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2005 – 2010 as groupleader at Walter Schottky Institut of TUM, guest of Prof. Gerhard Abstreiter

Ping Liu (China), Medicine
Professor for Environmental Health and Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Kunming Medical University
1992 – 1994 at TUM, guest of Prof. Helmut Greim

Weidong Qu (China), Land- and Real Estate Management
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Land & Real Estate Management, Renmin University, Beijing
2009 – 2011 at TUM, guest of Prof. Holger Magel

Rosemary Renaut (USA / England), Mathematics
Professor, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University
In 2001 / 02 as John-von-Neumann-guest professor at TUM and 2003, guest of Prof. Martin Brokate

Henk van Beijeren (Netherlands), Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics
Professor Emeritus, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, and Member of IUPAP C3 Commission
In 2009, 2010 und 2011 at TUM, guest of Prof. Herbert Spohn

Zohar Yosibash (Israel), Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Head of the Computational Mechanics Laboratory, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva
Since 2009 frequently at TUM as Hans Fischer Senior Fellow of the TUM Institute for Advanced Study, guest of Prof. Ernst Rank

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