TUM Global Postdoc Fellowship

TUM Lehrstuhl: Simulation of Nanosystems for Energy Conversion, Prof. Dr. Alessio Gagliardi

TUM Department: School of Computation, Information and Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Aykut Turfanda earned an M.Sc. degree in Physics from TUM.After spending a year as an experimental researcher at RWTH Aachen, he joined Istanbul Technical University in February 2020 as a Ph.D. student and graduated in March 2024. His current research interest lie in applied computational materials science and engineering for brain-inspired materials and devices. In this context, he designs and analyzes two-dimensional materials as candidates to mimic the characteristics of synapses using density functional theory. At TUM, he will introduce kinetic Monte Carlo methods to explore the relationship between nanostructured materials and the emulation of synapses’s basic characteristics in the age of artificial intelligence, aiming for a sustainable future in terms of energy consumption.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Theoretische Elementarteilchenphysik, Prof. Dr. Alejandro Ibarra

TUM Department: School of Natural Sciences-NAT, Department of Physics

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Simon Cléry has received his doctoral degree in 2024 from Université Paris-Saclay (France). Under the supervision of Pr. Yann Mambrini, he developed and studied new Physics models for explaining the production of elementary particles in the very early Universe, after the phase of cosmic inflation. Before his doctoral research, he received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in fundamental Physics, Particle Physics and Cosmology from the Université Paris-Saclay (France). Simon Cléry research interests lie in the phenomenology of early Universe Particle Physics and Cosmology. At TUM, his efforts are directed at investigating novel scenarios of reheating after cosmic inflation, and the possibility of producing particles called axions during this early phase of the Universe evolution. 

TUM Lehrstuhl: Siliciumchemie, Prof. Dr. Shigeyoshi Inoue

TUM Department: School of Natural Sciences-NAT, Department Chemistry

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Priyanka Chakraborty earned her master’s degree in Chemistry from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Tiruchirappalli, India, in 2017. She then pursued her doctoral studies at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur under the guidance of Prof. Basker Sundararaju, graduating in June 2024. Her doctoral research focused on organometallic chemistry and catalysis, specifically exploring the catalytic activity and mechanistic pathways of 3d-metal complexes in sustainable hydrogen shuttle reactions, with an emphasis on high-valent cobalt and low-valent iron catalysts. At TUM, her research will primarily center on the synthesis of low-valent aluminium complexes and their application in developing redox catalytic methodologies.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Industrial Chemistry and heterogeneous Catalysis, Prof. Dr. Jennifer Strunk

TUM Department: School of Natural Sciences-NAT, Department Chemistry

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Christine Khoury earned her doctoral degree in 2021 from Technion Israel Institute of Technology, in the field of cooperative catalysis. During her PhD studies, she gained experience in material preparation and surface characterization techniques and was actively involved in teaching. After her PhD, she joined the chemical refinery industry, but her strong motivation to investigate and develop sustainable processes has sparked her interest in an academic career. At the School of Natural Sciences at TUM, she will study the photocatalytic nitrogen fixation over modified layered-double-hydroxides-based materials. The goal of the proposed research is understanding the role of the chemical environment surrounding the surface defect in the photocatalytic activation of nitrogen towards ammonia using LDH-based materials as a tool for tailoring the defects concentration and environment.     

TUM Lehrstuhl: Theoretische Teilchenphysik, Prof. Lorenzo Tancredi

TUM Department: School of Natural Sciences-NAT, Department Physics

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Andrea Ghira conducted his doctoral researches on theoretical particle physics at Università degli studi di Genova  under supervision of Prof. S. Marzani and G. Ridolfi. The primary focus of his Ph.D. program was the exploration of heavy flavors physics, which involves the study of quarks with masses greater than the mass of the proton. Before starting his doctoral studies, he earned his master's degree in physics at the same university in 2021. At TUM, Andrea Ghira will explore the breakdown of factorization theorems in the presence of heavy quarks. His research also aims to evaluate the phenomenological impact of these effects.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Biogene Funktionswerkstoffe, Prof. Dr. Rubén D. Costa

TUM Department:  TUM Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability, TUM Campus Straubing

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Ms. Yukta earned her M.Sc. in Physics from CCS University Campus in Meerut, India, in 2016. She then pursued her PhD in Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, completing it in June 2023. Following her doctoral studies, she worked as a Research Associate at IIT Roorkee until January 2024. Currently, Ms. Yukta is a WISE postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Chemistry at Lund University, Sweden, where she began her appointment in April 2024. Her research focuses on developing lead-based and lead-free perovskite materials for optoelectronic devices, including transparent perovskites for building-integrated photovoltaics and halide perovskite nanocrystals for efficient green energy applications.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Experimental Semiconductor Physics, Prof. Dr. Ian D. Sharp

TUM Department: School of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Bengisu Yilmaz completed her PhD at Koç University, Turkey, in 2023, focusing on 2D layered semiconductor materials for photocatalytic CO2 reduction and water splitting applications. Following her doctoral studies, she continued as a postdoctoral researcher at Koç University, investigating reaction mechanisms and kinetics of fundamental electrochemical reactions in clean energy-generating devices. At TUM, Dr. Yilmaz's research will center on synthesizing a novel photocatalyst with a heterojunction structure for photocatalytic CO2 reduction reactions. She plans to explore the effects of C-C coupling reactions and mechanisms on intermediates and reaction dynamics using this photocatalyst. Her expertise spans synthesis methods of layered materials, heterogeneous catalysis, artificial photosynthesis, electrocatalytic and photocatalytic reaction mechanisms, hydrogen production, and electrochemistry.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Proteomics and Bioanalytics, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Küster

TUM Department: TUM School of Life Sciences, TUM School of Life Sciences

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Ms. Erin Humphries recently completed her PhD thesis on phosphoproteomics of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues at the Australian Cancer Research Foundation International Centre for the Proteome of Human Cancer (ProCan). She previously earned a BSc(Adv)(Hons) in chemistry from The University of Sydney. Throughout her academic journey, Erin gained diverse experience in both academic and industrial settings, including positions at the Children's Medical Research Institute, National Measurement Institute, University of Science and Technology China, Nanjing University, and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Her research expertise spans liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, drug analysis, proteomics, phosphoproteomics, and translational cancer studies. At TUM, Erin plans to investigate potential synergies between chemotherapy drugs with the aim of enhancing cancer therapy outcomes.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Exercise, Nutrition and Health, Prof. Dr. Karsten Köhler

TUM Department: TUM School of Medicine and Health, TUM School of Medicine and Health 

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Thorben Aussieker earned his BSc in Sport Science from the German Sports University Cologne and his MSc in Health Science Research from Maastricht University. He continued at Maastricht University to complete his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Luc van Loon, focusing on muscle metabolism. His research explores the effects of dietary collagen protein intake on muscle protein metabolism, utilizing stable isotope amino acid tracer methodology to measure muscle protein synthesis rates. He also has expertise in immunohistochemistry and fluorescence microscopy. At TUM, he aims to further investigate how dietary collagen protein affects various bodily tissues, contributing to a better understanding of its potential benefits for both patients and athletes.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Electrical Energy Supply Networks, Prof. Dr. Reinaldo Tonkoski

TUM Department: School of Engineering and Design, Department of Energy and Process Engineering

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Mengfan Zhang earned his Ph.D. in Energy Technology from Aalborg University, Denmark, specializing in Artificial Intelligence-enabled stability analysis of grid-converter systems. Following his doctoral studies, he joined KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden as a postdoctoral researcher, where he focused on applying Artificial Intelligence to power electronics-dominated power systems. At TUM, Dr. Zhang will continue his research in AI-enabled modeling and stability evaluation for sustainable power systems. His work aims to enhance the integration of renewable energy sources into modern grids, addressing the challenges of increasing renewable penetration in power systems. Using advanced AI techniques, Dr. Zhang plans to develop innovative methods for modeling complex grid dynamics and evaluating system stability, ultimately contributing to the development of more resilient and sustainable power infrastructure.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Lehrstuhl für Data Science in Earth Observation, Prof. Dr. Xiaoxiang Zhu

TUM Department: School of Engineering and Design, Department of Aerospace and Geodesy

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Xizhe Xue earned her doctoral degree in 2024 from Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) in China, specializing in earth observation. During her Ph.D. studies, she was a visiting student at the National University of Singapore from 2021 to 2023 and also served as a research intern at TikTok in Singapore. At the School of Engineering and Design at TUM under the guidance of Professor Xiaoxiang Zhu, Dr. Xue's research will focus on the multi-scale analysis of landscape heterogeneity in global urbanization. Her work aims to deepen our understanding of how urbanization impacts climate change. Additionally, her research contributes to the development of sustainable urban planning and land management policies, ensuring the preservation of natural environments and ecosystems.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Professur für Urban Design, Prof. Dr. Benedikt Boucsein

TUM Department: School of Engineering and Design, Department of Architecture

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Maryam Khatibi is an architect who holds a PhD degree (2022) with honors in Architectural, Urban and Interior Design (AUID) from the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), Politecnico di Milano. She has been a postdoctoral researcher at the Université de Lyon (2022-2023) and holds a Master of Advanced Studies in Housing from ETH, Zürich. Her area of research portrays the landscape of collaborative-motivated housing cultures as an efficient way for urban habitation in the European context through which environmentally conscious and participatory process designs are tackled. At TUM, she will pursue her efforts in addressing the socio-ecological impacts of the cooperative housing models through their collective open spaces as an essential resource underpinning urban food gardens and biodiversity conservation.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Ökoklimatologie, Prof. Dr. Annette Menzel

TUM Department: School of Life Sciences, Department of Life Science Systems

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. İsmail Bekar received his master's degree from Hacettepe University, Türkiye. Towards the end of his master's studies, he received a Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship and started his PhD at ETH Zürich. His doctoral research aimed to enhance understanding of fire regimes using a modeling perspective with a particular emphasis on fire occurrence, fire weather, and large fires. At TUM, his research will focus on investigating fire seasons at a global scale. Using an interdisciplinary approach, he plans to identify the spatial and temporal variability and differences in fire seasons across ecosystems and investigate the role of climatic and anthropogenic factors. His research will be extended to project how climate change may further influence the dynamics of fire seasons.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Public Policy for the Green Transition, Prof. Dr. Florian Egli

TUM Department: School of Social Sciences and Technology

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Malte Toetzke conducted his doctoral studies at ETH Zurich focusing on the global transition towards net-zero emissions. In his Ph.D., he developed natural language processing models to inform public policy with new evidence, monitoring different aspects of the transition such as the global provision of climate finance or the emergence of industrial clusters around clean energy technologies. His research has been published and presented in leading academic journals (Nature Sustainability, Nature Climate Change) and machine learning conferences (NeurIPS, ICLR). At TUM, Malte Toetzke will develop a comprehensive platform to inform green industrial policy with real-time evidence, mapping global innovation collaborations around clean energy technologies at the firm level. 

TUM Lehrstuhl: Autonome Fahrzeugsysteme, Prof. Johannes Betz

TUM Department: School of Engineering and Design, Department of Mobility Systems Engineering

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Mattia Piccinini received his doctoral degree from the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Trento (Italy) in 2024, specializing in minimum-time trajectory planning, control and state estimation for autonomous vehicles. In 2022, he was a visiting doctoral researcher at the Universität der Bundeswehr, in Munich. Before his doctoral research, he received his M.Sc. degree (cum laude) in mechatronics engineering from the University of Trento (Italy) in 2019. At the TUM Professorship of Autonomous Vehicle Systems, Dr. Piccinini will develop new methods for adaptive collision avoidance in uncertain dynamic environments.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Professur für Quantensensorik, Prof. Dr. Dominik Bucher

TUM Department: School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr.Linyan Nie has a master degree of Biological Engineering at Jilin University, China. After that, she completed her doctoral studies under the supervision of Prof.Romana Schirhagl at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, graduating in October 2021. Her research focused on monitering cellular stress levels by tracking the generation of free radicals using a sensitive technique called diamond relaxometry. This technique allowed her to investigate whether single live cells or organelles were under stress. At TUM, her research focuses on addressing sensitivity issues in MRI imaging at the single cell level by using diamond quantum sensors.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Lehrstuhl für Verkehrstechnik, Prof. Klaus Bogenberger

TUM Department: School of Engineering and Design, Department of Mobility Systems Engineering

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Milad Malekzadeh successfully obtained his doctoral degree in the field of control engineering, specializing in intelligent transportation applications from Technical University of Crete, Greece. His Ph.D. research primarily concentrated on Internal Boundary Control of Lane-free Automated Vehicle Traffic, supervised by Prof. Markos Papageorgiou and Prof. Ioannis Papamichail. Throughout his doctoral studies, he actively participated in the TrafficFluid project, dedicating his efforts to exploring the complexities of automated vehicle control in the context of lane-free traffic. His educational background includes the attainment of another Ph.D. degree in control engineering, with a focus on electrical engineering, from Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Iran. His research interests encompass the domains of optimal control and nonlinear  dynamics. The main objective of the research carried out at the Chair of Traffic Engineering and Control at TUM, under the supervision of Professor Klaus Bogenberger, is to evaluate the feasibility of lane-free movement at the designated test-site. 

TUM Lehrstuhl: Physik Synthetischer Biosysteme, Prof. Dr. Friedrich Simmel

TUM Department: School of Natural Sciences, Department of Bioscience

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Ir. Bas Bögels completed both his bachelor's and master's degree at Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands). He subsequently completed his PhD from the same university under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ir. Tom de Greef. During his PhD he explored compartmentalization of DNA nanotechnology for computing purposes.
The research interests of Dr. Ir. Bögels are synthetic biology, nucleic acid nanotechnology, and molecular computing. He is currently working on developping RNA-based decission making circuits for use in mammalian cells. Such circuits are expected to allow for more complex yet predictable signalling networks in synthetic biology.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Angewandte Mechanik, Prof. Dr. Daniel J. Rixen

TUM Department: School of Engineering and Design, Department of Mechanical Engineering 

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Stefan Holzinger completed his doctorate at the Department of Mechatronics at the University of Innsbruck (Austria) in 2023. In his doctoral research, he developed novel formulations and methods for the efficient simulation of rigid and flexible multibody systems and methods for parameter identification. Besides his doctoral research, Dr. Holzinger is also active in teaching at the University of Innsbruck on multibody dynamics, robotics, and mechanical engineering fundamentals. Furthermore, he has been part of several third-party-funded research projects. Before his doctoral research, he received his master's degree in mechatronics in 2016 from the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI), Austria.

At TUM, Dr. Holzinger’s research will center on methods for efficient and accurate modeling of human soft tissue behavior within multibody formulations and on methods for developing computationally highly efficient multibody models capable of accurately predicting human movement.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Entwurfsautomatisierung, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulf Schlichtmann

TUM Department: School of Computation, Information and Technology, Department of Computer Engineering

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Debraj Kundu pursued a Master of Technology (M.Tech) from Calcutta University, India, in 2016. After that, he started his research career as a Ph.D. scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India, under the supervision of Prof. Sudip Roy. His doctoral research focuses on developing algorithms for the automation of various bioprotocols on programmable microfluidic biochips. Design automation problems related to sample preparation, module placement, and fluid routing have been the prime focus of Mr. Kundu’s research so far.

He will concentrate on creating new approaches at TUM to address various design automation issues with flow-based microfluidic biochips. Mr. Kundu will research how flow-based microfluidic biochips are made with the goal of creating an effective automation technique to implement some bio-applications on them.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Proteomik und Bioanalytik, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Küster

TUM Department: School of Life Sciences, Department of Molecular Life Sciences

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Nazlı Ecem Dal-Bekar received her M.Sc. degree in Clinical Immunology from Ankara University, Türkiye. She then completed her Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine at Dokuz Eylül University, Türkiye in 2022. Her Ph.D. studies focused on understanding the association between vitamin D and oxidative DNA damage in scleroderma and developing chromatographic and mass spectrometric methods. In 2019, she received a grant from EMBO to visit Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland, where she was able to develop new methods. From 2022 to 2023, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Izmir University of Economics, Faculty of Medicine. She conducted a research project funded by the National Science Foundation of Türkiye.

Dr. Dal-Bekar's research focuses on translational studies in development and application of chromatography-mass spectrometry methods for diagnosis/monitoring processes and determination of effective treatment strategies in autoimmunity and cancer. At TUM, her research will concentrate on a novel proteomic approach using mass spectrometry-based methods to decrypt the mechanisms of action of therapeutic antibodies.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Informationstechnische Regelung, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sandra Hirche

TUM Department: School of Computation, Information and Technology, Department of Computer Engineering

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Dandan Zhang was a postdoctoral researcher in the Institute of Cyber-Systems and Control, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, from 2022 to 2023, and pursued her Ph.D. degree in the School of Information Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, between 2017 and 2022. From 2019 to 2021, she was a Ph.D. Visiting Student at University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.

Her research interests include deterministic and stochastic hybrid systems and cyber-physical systems. At TUM, she will focus on stochastic hybrid systems, which may exhibit three sources of randomness: the Wiener process resulting from a stochastic disturbance, the jump times resulting from stochastic impulse, and the jump values resulting from stochastic reset rules.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Lehrstuhl für Hydrologie und Flussgebietsmanagement, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Disse

TUM Department: School of Engineering and Design, ​​​​​​​Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Behnam Khorrami has an educational background in the field of Remote Sensing (RS), and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). He obtained a Master's degree from the University of Tabriz (Iran; 2016) and and a PhD from Dokuz Eylul University (Türkiye; 2022). As his PhD thesis, Dr. Khorrami worked on the evaluation of hydrological dynamics of groundwater storage over Türkiye's major watersheds using remotely sensed products, mainly the Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite observations, and some hydrological model outputs. Dr. Khorrami's thesis received the Best PhD Thesis Award of 2022 from the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) Türkiye chapter. Dr. Khorrami's research area is purely multi-disciplinary encompassing environmental- and hydro-informatics. His research at TUM will mainly center around the analysis of hydrological dynamics of groundwater by integrating Machine Learning (ML), hydrological modelling and RS data / techniques. 

TUM Lehrstuhl: Lehrstuhl für Energiesysteme, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hartmut Spliethoff

TUM Department: School of Engineering and Design, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Shruti Vikram completed her Master's degree in Thermal Engineering from Thapar University, India in 2017. After that, she received her doctoral degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay (Mumbai,India) in 2024. Her PhD research focused on experimental and modeling studies on pyrolysis and gasification of biomass in varying reactive media. As a researcher of bio-energy and sustainable technologies, she investigated the influence of reactive agents on the in-depth understanding of the thermo-chemical conversion routes; and biochar and biofuel generation for decentralized and downstream applications. At TUM, Dr. Shruti Vikram will focus on CO2-assisted pyrolysis of waste feedstock  to achieve high gasification efficiency. The goal is to enhance hydrogen concentration in syngas, while ensuring circular economy, and net-zero carbon emissions. Her research will also be driven to scrutinize the environmental aspects and potential effects on carbon-efficient resource utilization and economic sustainability.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Verfahrenstechnik, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Bogenberger

TUM Department: TUM School of Engineering and Design, Department of Mobility Systems Engineering

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Anna Takayasu received her doctoral degree in the civil engineering field in 2022 from Lyon University (ENTPE) in France and collaborated with EPFL in Switzerland. Her Ph.D. research focused on traffic and trip behavior characteristics simulation and application. Using real traffic data from loop detectors and GPS on cars and complete trajectory data from drones, she investigated the effect of data availability on traffic state estimation. Also, she assessed the macroscopic traffic state prediction accuracy depending on model settings. Prior to her Ph.D., she completed her Master's in information science from Tohoku University in Japan.

Her research activities at the Chair of Traffic Engineering and Control at TUM under professor Klaus Bogenberger aim to develop a multimodal road network design method considering traffic state, comfort, and safety in anticipation of future conditions. The insights of her research will also provide a science-based concept to local organizations for new traffic measures and policies to make sager and less congested transportation.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Populationsgenetik, Prof. Aurélien Tellier

TUM Department: School of Life Sicences, Department of Life Science Systems

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Apolline Louvet has received her doctoral degree in 2022 from Ecole Polytechnique (France). Under the supervision of Amandine Véber and Nathalie Machon, she developed and studied new mathematical models for expanding populations and the dynamics of the spontaneous flora in an urban environment. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bath (United Kingdom). Prior to completing her PhD, she received an M.Sc in Mathematics for the Life Sciences from Université Paris Sud (France).

Her research focusses on the mathematical modeling of populations out of equilibrium, and the developement of associated statistical tools to be applied to real-world datasets. During her fellowship at TUM, she will use stochastic approaches to investigate the effect of dormancy on the stability of ecological communities, and the implications in term of genetic diversity.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Klinische Chemie und Pathobiochemie, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Ruland

TUM Department: School of Medicine

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Jing Zhang completed her PhD in the lab of Prof. Dr. Peter ten Dijke at the Leiden University Medical Center (Netherlands) in 2022. During her PhD, she has specialized towards cancer biology, focusing on understanding the changes of tumor microenvironment, tumor metastasis and the aberrant cellular processes in breast, lung and pancreatic cancer to improve treatment options for cancer patients. After her PhD, she continued as a post-doc in the same lab to work on the regulation of TGF-β signaling and EMT in various cancer types.

At TUM, Dr. Jing Zhang will focus on the aberrant signaling pathways during T cell l lymphomagenesis to offer novel insights for lymphoma-targeted therapies.  

TUM Lehrstuhl: Populationsgenetik, Prof. Aurélien Tellier

TUM Department: School of Life Sicences, Department of Life Science Systems

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Meline Saubin received her Master's degree in Biodiversity, ecology and evolution from Montpellier University and her Engineering degree from the French National Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences (AgroParisTech) in 2019. Then, she completed her PhD degree in Biology and ecology of forests and agrosystems in 2023 at AgroParisTech (Nancy, France). At the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), she investigated the influence of demographic variations on the genetic structure of populations in the context of emerging disease. Using population genetics and epidemiology, she developed demogenetic models to study rapidly evolving pathogen populations.

During her fellowship at TUM, she will use temporal genomic data to decipher the bases of host-parasite coevolution. She will develop a Bayesian method to analyse host-parasite coevolution, and apply this method to plant and parasite full genome data.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Bioseparation Engineering, Prof. Dr. Sonja Berensmeier

TUM Department: School of Engineering and Design, Department of Energy and Process Engineering

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Mr. Sandeep B. Somvanshi is currently pursuing Ph.D. as a DST-INSPIRE Fellow at the Department of Physics, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad (M.S.), India. He has completed the master’s degree in Physics from the same department. The core activity of his Ph.D. research work is to design and develop multifunctional magnetic nanomaterials-based technologies for the potential benefits of their multimodal-functionality in biomedical applications which will strongly improve the performances of currently used diagnostic and therapeutic tools.

At TUM, Mr. Sandeep B. Somvanshi will conduct research on “Screening and Optimization of Selective Aptamer-Based Separation Processes for the Isolation of Asthma-Preventing Proteins”. This proposed research work intends to overcome the limitations of current protein separation technologies in proteins by testing the aptamer-based approach for the development of a specific separation process.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Systemverfahrenstechnik, Prof. Dr. Heiko Briesen

TUM Department: School of Life Sciences, Department of Life Science Engineering

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Graziano Frungieri is a Chemical Engineer, graduated from Politecnico di Torino, Italy, in 2014. He obtained his PhD from Politecnico di Torino in 2018, with a thesis dealing with the numerical simulation of aggregation and breakup phenomena in sheared colloidal suspensions. During his PhD, he spent one year as a guest researcher at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

After his PhD, within the H2020 project VIMMP, he worked on the development of multiscale simulation strategies coupling CFD and DEM simulations to address industrially relevant modelling challenges.

At TUM, Dr. Graziano Frungieri will work on the development of novel computational techniques to study the production of Janus colloidal particles via Pickering emulsion and their exploitation as building blocks for supra-colloidal structures. 

TUM Lehrstuhl: Halbleiter-Nanostrukturen und -Quantensysteme, Prof. Dr. Jonathan Finley

TUM Department: School of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Alex Delhomme received a PhD degree in Physics in 2022 from Université Grenoble Alpes (Grenoble, France). At the Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intense, the French continuous high magnetic field facility, he investigated the optical and magnetic properties of Van der Waals lamellar systems. His research focused on the recombination of interlayer excitons in transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayers. Prior to completing his PhD, he received a M.Sc in Nanophysics and holds a B.Sc. in Physics from the same university.

Delhomme research interests lie in the experimental characterization of low dimensional quantum structures as well as the physics of systems in extreme environment. At TUM, his efforts are directed at investigating novel quantum phases created by a strain tunable moiré potential in two-dimensional quantum materials.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Lebensmittelchemie und Molekulare Sensorik, Prof. Dr. Corinna Dawid

TUM Department: TUM School of Life Sciences, Department Molecular Life Sciences

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Maryam Hemmati graduated with a PhD in Applied/Analytical Chemistry from University of Semnan (Iran) in March 2019. In 2018, she got a nationally competitive fellowship to pursue more research opportunities on doctoral level at Granada University (Spain). Her research works have dealt with developing sample preparation techniques compatible with different samples followed by LC-DAD and LC-MS/MS analyses. In 2019, she awarded a grant to undertake postdoctoral research at the University of Liege (Belgium) on “LC‐MS for metabolomics in the context of fluxomics analysis”. She conducted an exercise-induced targeted metabolomics study on low-volumes of whole blood, which were collected by using microsampling techniques.

At TUM, she will develop an integrated Metabo-Lipid-Prote-omics approach to study the inflammation dependent and independent cancer models in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Corinna Dawid.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Chemie Biogener Rohstoffe, Prof. Dr. Volker Sieber

TUM Department: Campus Straubing

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Sara Arana Peña has completed her PhD under the direction of Prof. Dr. Roberto Fernández Lafuente in Optimization of Enzymatic Biocatalysts and Bioprocess group at the ICP-CSIC (Spain). Previously she has obtained her B.Sc. in Biology and a M.Sc. in Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology from the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain).

Dr. Arana Peña’s research is focused on the field of enzyme immobilization. The use of different immobilization strategies, the development and modification of supports and the characterization of biocatalysts were the main points to highlight out of it. At TUM, she will lead a project at Prof. Dr. Volker Sieber’s group to develop co-immobilization strategies for enzymes involved in cascades reactions for their application in sustainable chemistry processes. The preparation of optimal co-immobilized cascades will allow to reduce the cost of processes and improve reaction yields, providing a promising green alternative to the traditional chemical industry.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Anorganische und Metallorganische Cheemie, Prof. Dr. Roland A. Fischer

TUM Department: School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Sophie Thomas graduated with a Master of Chemistry at Cardiff University (UK) in 2017 before gaining a place on the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Catalysis programme. In 2018, Sophie obtained a Master of Research in Catalysis and then began her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Angela Casini at Cardiff University. Her doctoral research focuses on the use of gold complexes as therapeutic agents, with a focus on achieving catalysis in living cells.

At TUM, she will focus on the use of water-soluble gold nanoparticles stabilized by N-heterocyclic carbenes for applications in catalysis and biomedicine, with potential to combine both applications for catalysis in cells for therapy.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Angewandte Topologie und Geometrie, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bauer

TUM Department: School of Computation, information and Technology, Department of Mathematics​​​​​​​

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Alexander Rolle completed his PhD in Mathematics at the University of Western Ontario, Canada, in 2019. There, he studied applications of topological methods to algebraic geometry, and motivic cohomology in particular. From 2019 to 2021, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at TU Graz, Austria, focusing on topological data analysis.

Dr. Rolle’s research is aimed at the development of novel methods in data analysis and statistics that build on well-understood mathematical tools, and especially the tools of algebraic topology. At TUM, he will work on multi-parameter persistent homology and statistics.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Gebäudetechnologie und klimagerechtes Bauen, Prof. Thomas Auer

TUM Department: School of Engineering and Design, Department of Architecture​​​​​​​

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Muhammad Hegazy is an architect and researcher with strong research interests in sustainability, building simulation, and interactive immersive environments. His doctoral research in Architectural Engineering (Osaka University, Japan) focused on the assessment and spatial mapping of daylight perception in architectural spaces using virtual reality, as well as the relationship between such perceptions and physically based daylight metrics.

At TUM, he will pursue a research project on physiological and psychological reactions to daylighting in virtual built environments. This research will contribute to a better understanding of the interdependencies between perception, wellbeing, and daylighting attributes in the built environment.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Phytopathology, Prof. Dr. Ralph Hückelhoven

TUM Department: TUM School of Life Sciences, Department of Molecular Life Sciences

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Anik Dutta has received his doctoral degree in 2021 from ETH Zurich, funded by Federal Office for Agriculture in Switzerland. His PhD research focused on understanding the principles of agricultural pathogen adaptation to biotic and abiotic environments. Using high throughput phenotypic and whole genome sequence data, he investigated mechanisms that maintain genetic diversity in pathogen life-history traits. He also conducted the large-scale genome wide association mapping to uncover sources of complex trait genetic variation. Prior to his PhD, he completed M.Sc. in Crop Sciences from the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart.

His research activities at the Chair of Phytopathology at TUM in collaboration with Dr. Remco Stam are directed at studying the diversity and evolution of plant-pathogen interactions under variable climatic conditions. He will use precise phenotypic and genomic data to identify resistance and susceptibility genes in wild tomato plants to different pathogen. The knowledge derived from this research will be valuable for plant breeders to develop crop varieties with durable resistance to plant pathogens.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Organische Chemie, Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bach

TUM Department: School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Chao Zhou incepted his PhD degree in organic chemistry in 2020 from Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). There, he designed and developed a series of visible-light-catalyzed [2+2] cycloadditions of olefin and N-arylation reactions with high chemo and regioselectivity. From 2021 to 2023, he has worked as a postdoctoral researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, focusing on the construction of spiro-compounds via visible light-mediated radical dearomatization.

Dr. Chao’s research is aimed at the development of novel and practical methodologies for the efficient construction of biologically active and synthetically useful molecules, in particular by photocatalysis. At TUM, he will work on the enantioselective photocatalytic organic transformations with Prof. Thorsten Bach.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Biogene Funktionswerkstoffe, Prof. Dr. Rubén D. Costa

TUM Department: TUM Campus Straubing

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Nesibe A. Dogan completed her PhD degree with full scholarship at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 2019. Her research focused on synthesis of nanoporous polymers for capture of CO₂ gas from industrial flue gas mixtures and precious metal capture from wastewaters. She developed nanoporous covalent organic polymers which were chemically tuned to have an affinity for the desired material in a liquid or gaseous mixture.

During her postdoctoral work at CNRS in collaboration with Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France), she worked in a Horizon2020 project and developed nanocellulose-metal organic framework composite thin films and built an adsorption chamber to operate tests on the artefacts.
Currently as a postdoctoral researcher in Aalto University (Finland), she is involved with synthesis and characterization of nanocellulose gels and cyanobacterial growth for photosynthetic cell factories with FET Open Horizon2020 project.

During her fellowship at TUM, she will combine nanocellulose derivatives and fluorescent proteins to develop color filters for bioLEDs. Hybrid optoelectronics is a newly emerging field which promises to incorporate biological materials to advance Green Photonics concept.

TUM Lehrstuhl: Vernetzte Verkehrssysteme, Prof. Dr. Constantinos Antoniou

TUM Department: School of Engineering and Design, Department of Mobility Systems Engineering

Akademische Laufbahn und Forschungsbereich:

Dr. Liang was a postdoctoral researcher in Traffic Information and Control Engineering at Tongji University, Shanghai, China, from 2019 to 2021, where he also pursued his doctoral degree between 2014 and 2019. From 2016 to 2018, he was a visiting Ph.D. student at University of Washington. His research focuses on data-driven optimization and control of transportation systems with connected autonomous vehicles, and machine learning. He is particularly interested in developing machine learning models, control models, optimization models and game theory to tackle research challenges.

At TUM, he will conduct research on “Personalized Cooperative Automated Platooning using Safe Reinforcement Learning”. In this research, he will develop a simulation platform which is capable of simulating human driving behaviours in a realistic traffic and vehicle-to-vehicle communication environment. Further, using safe reinforcement learning theory, he will develop a methodology for describing human driving styles in making decisions on platoon formation, platoon maintenance and platoon dissolution as well as in planning the corresponding trajectory, and a methodology for personalized decision making and trajectory planning for human-machine-collaboration-driven vehicles.

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TUFF Runde 1

• Dr. Joanna Deek – Professorship of Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, Department of Physics
• Dr. Satoshi Endo – Chair of Information-oriented Control, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Dr. Cristian Gutierrez Ibanez – Chair of Zoology, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan
• Dr. Juan Leonardo Martinez-Hurtado – Center for Nontechnology and Nanomaterials, Department of Physics
• Dr. Genny Pang – Chair for Biological Imaging, TUM School of Medicine
• Dr. Thomas Stecher – Chair of Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry

TUFF Runde 2

• Dr. Roberta Fonti – Chair of Structural Design, Department of Architecture
• Dr. Sijie Hao – Professorship of Experimental Semiconductor Physics, Department of Physics
• Dr. Paul Albert König – Chair of Clinical Chemistry, TUM School of Medicine
• Dr. Hesam Sagha – Chair of Human-Machine Communication, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Dr. Annelies Vandersickel – Chair of Energy Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering

 TUFF Runde 3

• Dr. Siwei Bai – Professorship of Bio-inspired Information Processing, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Dr. Karin Kleigrewe – Chair of Food Chemistry and Molecular Sensory Science, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan
• Dr. Jürgen Rauleder – Chair of Helicopter Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Dr. Simone Scilabra – Chair of Neuroproteomics, TUM School of Medicine
• Dr. Weiwei Xie – Chair of Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
• Dr. Goutam Tanti – Department of Neurology, TUM School of Medicine

TUFF Runde 4

• Dr. Ina Bisha – Theoretical Chemical Biology and Protein Modelling Group, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan
• Dr. Alejandro Cosimo – Chair of Applied Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Dr. Paul D'Agostino – Professorship of Biosystems Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
• Dr. Bhupal Dev – Chair of Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics, Department of Physics
• Dr. Kiwon Um – Chair of Computer Graphics and Visualization, Department of Informatics
• Dr. Bin Zou – Chair of Mathematical Finance, Department of Mathematics

TUFF Runde 5

• Dr. Giorgia Aquilar – Chair for Urban Development and Regional Planning, Department of Architecture 
• Dr. Astrid De Clercq – Chair of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
• Dr. Pablo Lanillos – Chair of Cognitive Systems, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Dr. Nicolás M. Ortega – Chair of Livestock Biotechnology, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan 
• Dr. Pablo Albertos Arranz – Professorship for Biotechnology of Horticultural Crops, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan 

TUFF Runde 6

• Dr. Gulen Burak – Professorship of Protein Chemistry, Department of Chemistry 
• Dr. Alessandro Cattabiani – Chair of Computational Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Dr. Laura Hoodless – Institute of Neuronal Cell Biology, TUM School of Medicine 

TUFF Runde 7

• Dr. Batyr Garlyyev – Professorship of Physics of Energy Conversion and Storage, Department of Physics
• Dr. Abdulla Ghani – Professorship of Thermo-Fluid Dynamics, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Dr. Zhi Jin – Chair of Media Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Dr. Tahoora Narany – Chair of Hydrology and River Basin Management, Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering
• Dr. Gianluca Orlando – Chair for Analysis, Department of Mathematics
• Dr. Yongpeng Wu – Institute for Communications Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

TUFF Runde 8

• Dr. Diala Abu Awad – Section of Population Genetics, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan
• Dr. Kausik Basak – Chair of Molecular Imaging Engineering, TUM School of Medicine  
• Dr. Jordi Cotela Dalmau – Chair of Structural Analysis, Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering
• Dr. Hildeberto Jardón Kojakhmetov – Chair of Multiscale and Stochastic Dynamics, Department of Mathematics
• Dr. Shobin Loukkose Rosemary – Chair of Semiconductor Nanostructures and Quantum Systems, Department of Physics
• Dr. Johannes Margraf – Chair of Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
• Dr. Jamie McDonald – Professorship of Theoretical Physics of the Early Universe, Department of Physics 
• Dr. Gustavo Adolfo Silva Arias – Section of Population Genetics, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan
• Dr. Magdalena Wagner – Centre of Land, Water and Environmental Risk Management, TUM Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering
• Dr. Catherine Weetmann – Professorship of Silicon Chemistry, Department of Chemistry

TUFF Runde 9

• Dr. Ana M. Ferreira – Professorship of Biothermodynamics, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan
• Dr. Biao Yang – Chair of Surface and Interface Physics (E20), Department of Physics
• Dr. Ibon Santiago González – Chair of Physics of Synthetic Biological Systems (E14), Department of Physics
• Dr. Adam Papp – Chair of Nanoelectronics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Dr. Linda Giresini – Chair of Structural Mechanics, Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering
• Dr. Tianzhe Liu – Chair of Biosystems Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
• Dr. Chien-Yun Lee – Chair of Proteomics and Bioanalytics, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan
• Dr. Jong-Seob Han – Chair of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Dr. Liang Dong – Chair of Food Chemistry and Molecular Sensory Science, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan
• Dr. Philipp Baumert – Chair of Exercise Biology, TUM Department of Sport and Health Sciences
• Dr. Sandra G. L. Persiani – Chair of Building Technology and Climate Responsive Design, TUM Department of Architecture
• Dr. Cambyse Rouzé – Chair of Theory of Complex Quantum Systems, TUM Department of Mathematics 
• Dr. Samuel Weber – Chair of Landslide Research, TUM Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering
• Dr. Burak Özbey – Chair of High-Frequency Engineering, TUM Department Electrical and Computer Engineering

TUFF Runde 10

• Dr. Needhi Kotoky – Chair of Computational Mechanics, TUM Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering
• Dr. Haichao Hong – Institute of Flight System Dynamics,TUM Department of Aerospace and Geodesy
• Fadhilah Muslim, PhD – Chair of Materials Science and Testing,TUM Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering
• Dr. Bhavya S. – Chair of Aquatic Systems Biology, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan
• Dr. Gaurav Tomar – Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics, Department of Physics
• Dr. Ali Khansefid – Chair of Structural Mechanics, TUM Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering
• Dr. Mohanned Alhussien – Chair of Reproductive Biotechnology, TUM School of Life Sciences
• Dr. Chuang Xu – Multiscale and Stochastic Dynamics, TUM Department of Mathematics 
• Dr. Naveen Tripathi – Chair of Process System Engineering, TUM School of Life Sciences
• Dr. Jingshui Huang – Chair of Hydrology and River Basin Management, TUM Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering
• Dr. Xing Huang – Chair of Electronic Design Automation, TUM Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Dr. Luisa Roeder – Chair of Human Movement Science, TUM Department of Sport and Health Sciences
   

TUFF Runde 11

• Dr. Tess Doezema – Chair of Innovation Society and Public Policy (Innovation Research), Munich Center for Technology in Society
• Dr. Thomas Rigotti – Chair of Organic Chemistry I, Department of Chemistry
• Dr. Teresa Pérez Ciria – Chair of Hydrology and River Basin Management, Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering
• Dr. Ryan Kisslinger – Chair of Experimental Semiconductor Physics, Department of Physics
• Dr. Janio Venturini – Chair of Synthesis and Characterization of Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry
• Adeyinka Adetula, PhD – Chair of Reproductive Biotechnology, TUM School of Life Sciences