Approved Projects
Approved Seed Fund Projects 2021
Seed Fund – RWTH Start-Up
StUpPD_390-21 – Noccelerator: On-chip Communication Architectures for Spiking Neural Network Accelerators
Applicant
Dr. Jan Moritz Joseph
Institute for Communication Technologies and Embedded Systems (ICE)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Rainer Leupers
Institute for Communication Technologies and Embedded Systems (ICE)
StUpPD_391-21 – Predicting bankruptcy outcomes from restructuring plans: A machine learning approach
Applicant
Dr. Andreas Knetsch
Lehrstuhl für Betriebliche Finanzwirtschaft (BFW)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Wolfgang Breuer
Lehrstuhl für Betriebliche Finanzwirtschaft (BFW)
StUpPD_392-21 – Designing high-performance thermoelectric materials with a predictive map for chemical bonding: a case study on GeSe
Applicant
Dr. Yuan Yu
I. Physikalisches Institut (IA)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Matthias Wuttig
I. Physikalisches Institut (IA)
StUpPD_398-21 – ENDOcoatings - Endothelium-mimicking coatings for preventing stent thrombosis and restenosis
Applicant
PhD Sergio Acosta
Institut für Angewandte Medizintechnik (AME)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Stefan Jockenhövel
Institut für Angewandte Medizintechnik (AME)
StUpPD_400-21 – Ex-vivo testing of the ability of eltrombopag of salvaging hematopoietic stem cells from interferon gamma-mediated damage during immunosuppressive therapy in aplastic anemia
Applicant
Dr. Margherita Vieri
Medizinische Klinik IV (MED IV)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Tim H. Brümmendorf
Medizinische Klinik IV (MED IV)
PD Dr. Fabian Beier
Medizinische Klinik IV (MED IV)
StUpPD_401-21 – From basic sciences to clinical applications: effects of stuttered speech on interbrain synchrony during communication
Applicant
Dr. Vanessa Reindl
Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professorin Kerstin Konrad
Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters
StUpPD_405-21 – 50 under 50 - Tumor predisposition in head and neck cancer
Applicant
Dr. Robert Meyer
Human Genetics/Oncology (HUMGEN)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Kurth/Brümmendorf
Human Genetics/Oncology (HUMGEN)
StUpPD_407-21 – Causality in Dynamical Systems
Applicant
PhD Dominik Baumann
Institute for Data Science in Mechanical Engineering (DSME)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Sebastian Trimpe
Institute for Data Science in Mechanical Engineering (DSME)
StUpPD_408-21 – A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Connecting Expertise and Developing Future Pathways
Applicant
Dr. Susan Stead
TIM-Institut, Lehrstuhl für Innovation, Strategie und Organisation (TIM)
Seed Fund – Open Seed Fund 2021
OPSF608 – Bio4Strain
Applicants
M.Sc. Rebecca Richstein
Institut für Strukturmechanik und Leichtbau (SLA)
Prof. Kai-Uwe Schröder
Institut für Strukturmechanik und Leichtbau (SLA)
Dr. Tetiana Kurkina
Institute of Biotechnology (BioVI)
Prof. Ulrich Schwaneberg
Institute of Biotechnology (BioVI)
OPSF610 – Pilotstudie zur Entwicklung eines funktionell- und morphologisch angepassten Simulators zur Detektion der Spannung im vorderen Kreuzband zur patientenindividuellen Herstellung und Implantation von Kreuzbandrekonstrukten
Applicants
Ricarda Merfort
Klinik für Orthopädie, Labor für klinische und experimentelle Orthopädie (OrthoAc)
Dr. Jörg Eschweiler
Klinik für Orthopädie, Labor für klinische und experimentelle Orthopädie (OrthoAc)
Judith Merz
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Getriebetechnik, Maschinendynamik und Robotik (IGMR)
Prof. Burkhard Corves
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Getriebetechnik, Maschinendynamik und Robotik (IGMR)
OPSF612 – Bridging Scales in Engineering and Natural Sciences? From Small to Large Scale Aeolian Processes: Combination of Numerical Modelling and Remote Sensing Techniques
Applicants
Dr. Catrina Brüll
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft (IWW)
Prof. Frank Lehmkuhl
Lehrstuhl für Physische Geographie und Geoökologie
OPSF613 – Perfume: Female chemosignaling and male behavior in animals and humans
Applicants
Prof. Ute Habel
Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik
Dr. Natalia Chechko
Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik
Prof. Marc Spehr
Lehrstuhl für Chemosensorik
OPSF615 – Cell-mimicking Microgels to Model Retinal Epithelium Ageing
Applicants
Dr. Jacopo Di Russo
Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research (IZKF)
Prof. Laura De Laporte
Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Polymere Biomaterialien (BioMat)
OPSF616 – Contamination of the angiographic work environment with textiles: Detection and characterization of particles and fibers
Applicants
Dr. Tim Clarner
Institute of Neuroanatomy (ION)
Prof. Andreas Herrmann
Chair of Macromolecular Materials and Systems
OPSF623 – Deterministic barcoding in tissue to spatially decode human kidney disease
Applicants
Dr. Christoph Kuppe
Klinik für Nieren- und Hochdruckkrankheiten, rheumatologische und immunologische Erkrankungen (IM2)
Prof. Uwe Schnakenberg
Institute of Materials in Electrical Engineering 1
OPSF629 – Ecological and economic optimization of hydro power plant operation
Applicants
Dr. Elena-Maria Klopries
Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resource Management (IWW)
Prof. Dirk Abel
Institut für Regelungstechnik
OPSF630 – Experimental determination of the bulk moduli of soft compressible objects
Applicants
Dr. Andrea Scotti
Institute of Physical-Chemistry (IPC)
Lisa Fruhner
Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS-1)
OPSF635 – Towards a multivariate data analysis of categorical and flow cytometry (FACS) data: use case analysis of samples from COVID-19 patients
Applicants
Dr. Richard Ottermanns
Institute for Environmental Research
Dr. Ana Maria Izcue
Institute for Molecular Medicine
OPSF637 – Der Digitale Wassertropfen? Talsperren und deren Einzugsgebiete intelligent bewirtschaftet
Applicants
Prof. Holger Schüttrumpf
Department and Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management
Prof. Thomas Wintgens
Lehrstuhl für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft und Wassergütewirtschaft und Institut für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft (ISA)
Prof. Christian Brecher
Lehrstuhl für Werkzeugmaschinen
Prof. Jürgen Roßmann
Institut und Lehrstuhl für Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion (MMI)
OPSF639 – Enhanced field-of-view high-resolution lattice light-sheet microcopy with phased array beam formers
Applicants
Prof. Jeremy Witzens
Lehrstuhl für Integrierte Photonik
Prof. Marc Spehr
Lehrstuhl für Chemosensorik
OPSF640 – Development of a multi-channel recording system for peripheral nerve recordings in studies of chronic pain
Applicants
Prof. Barbara Namer
Interdisziplinary center for clinical research: research group neuroscience; host institute for the research group is the Departement for Physiology (IZKF)
Prof. Angelika Lampert
Institute of Physiology - LuF Physiologie, insbesondere Neurophysiologie
Prof. Björn Kampa
Molecular and Systemic Neurophysiology
PhD Simon Musall
Institute of Biological Information Processing - Bioelectronics (IBI-3) (IBI-3)
Prof. Andreas Offenhäusser
Bioelectronics at the Institute of Complex Systems and Peter Grünberg Institute
OPSF641 – Thermochemische Konversion und biotechnologisches Upcycling von Kunststoffabfällen
Applicants
Johann Hee
Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Technologie der Energierohstoffe (TEER)
Prof. Peter Quicker
Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Technologie der Energierohstoffe (TEER)
Prof. Lars Blank
Institute of Applied Microbiology
Dr. Till Tiso
Institute of Applied Microbiology
OPSF643 – Towards wireless magnetothermal deep brain stimulation of human brain slice cultures
Applicants
PhD Sonny Tan
Neurosurgery
Dr. Henner Koch
Department of Epileptology
Prof. Sven Ingebrandt
Institut für Werkstoffe der Elektrotechnik 1
PhD Sarah-Anna Hescham
Neurosurgery, Maastricht University
OPSF644 – FOSCryo - Monitoring of space structures using fiber-optic sensors under cryogenic conditions
Applicants
Dr. Andreas Janetzko-Preisler
Institut für Strukturmechanik und Leichtbau (SLA)
Prof. Kai-Uwe Schröder
Institut für Strukturmechanik und Leichtbau (SLA)
Prof. Robert Schmitt
Lehrstuhl für Fertigungsmesstechnik und Qualitätsmanagement
M.Sc. Benjamin Montavon
Lehrstuhl für Fertigungsmesstechnik und Qualitätsmanagement
Prof. Stefan Schael
Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik I B und I. Physikalisches Institut (AC-Phys1b)
Dr. rer. nat. Georg Schwering
Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik I B und I. Physikalisches Institut (AC-Phys1b)
Rouwen Kunze
Fraunhofer Institut für Produktionstechnik (IPT)
OPSF645 – Cooling Upper Lip = Agony? (CUL=A) - Detecting Differential Responses to Psychosocial Stress through Thermal Infrared Tomography
Applicants
Prof. Bettina Wiese
Institute of Psychology (IfP)
Dr. Christian L. Burk
Institute of Psychology (IfP)
Prof. Dorit Merhof
Lehrstuhl für Bildverarbeitung
Marcin Kopaczka
Lehrstuhl für Bildverarbeitung
OPSF647 – Elektromagnetisches Umformen additiv gefertigter Keramik (EMUK)
Applications
Prof. Thomas Heinrich Schmitz
Department of Visual Arts (K:G)
M.Sc. Simone Herzog
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Werkstoffanwendungen im Maschinenbau
Dr. Anke Kaletsch
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Werkstoffanwendungen im Maschinenbau
OPSF654 – Transparency in Artificial Intelligence: Considering Explainability, User and System Factors (TAIGERS)
Applicants
Dr. André Calero Valdez
Lehrstuhl für Communication Science (COMM)
Prof. Ingrid Isenhardt
Institut für Informationsmanagement im Maschinenbau (IMA)
OPSF661 – Inference and dynamical simulation of the gene-regulatory network in single cells
Applications
PhD Patrick Stumpf
Institut for Computational Biomedicine
Dr. Jeyashree Krishnan
Institut for Computational Biomedicine
Prof. Andreas Schuppert
Institut for Computational Biomedicine
Dr. Sandra Kiefer
Computer Science 7 (Logic and Theory of Discrete Systems)
Prof. Martin Grohe
Computer Science 7 (Logic and Theory of Discrete Systems)
Juniorprof. Michael Schaub
Juniorprofessur für Computational Network Science
OPSF665 – The effect of nano-sized dual-precipitation on hydrogen trapping efficiency in intermetallic strengthened steels
Applicants
Dr. Wenwen Song
Steel Institute (IEHK)
Dr. Aurel Radulescu
Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS)
Dr. Enrique Galindo-Nava
University of Cambridge
OPSF666 – Engineering Graphene Membranes from Polycrystalline to Amorphous State for Nanoelectromechanical Applications
Applications
Dr. Satender Kataria
Chair of Electronic Devices (ELD)
Dr. Franz Bamer
Institute of General Mechanics (IAM)
Approved Seed Fund Projects 2020
Seed Fund – RWTH Start Up
StUpPD365-20 – Magnetic colloids for reconfigurable ferromagnetic materials
Applicant
Dr. Andrea Scotti
Institute of Physical-Chemistry (IPC)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Walter Richtering
Institute of Physical-Chemistry (IPC)
StUpPD383-20 – Lens Theory in Assessment Centers
Applicant
Dr. Anna M. Claus
Institute of Psychology (IfP)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Bettina S. Wiese
Institute of Psychology (IfP)
StUpPD363-20 – ProtoBiome; In-depth functional analysis of the proteolytic enzymes within the mammalian gut
Applicant
PhD Thomas Hitch
Institute of Medical Microbiology (MIK)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Mathias Hornef
Institute of Medical Microbiology (MIK)
StUpPD371-20 – Evaluation of Chemical Toxicity on Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells by Online Monitoring of the Respiration Activity
Applicant
Dr. Nina Ihling
Chair of Biochemical Engineering (AVT.BioVT)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Jochen Büchs
Chair of Biochemical Engineering (AVT.BioVT)
StUpPD361-20 – Systematische Entwicklung konsistenzsichernder Digitaler Zwillinge
Applicant
Dr. Andreas Wortmann
Lehrstuhl für Informatik 3 (Software Engineering) (SE)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Bernhard Rumpe
Lehrstuhl für Informatik 3 (Software Engineering) (SE)
StUpPD370-20 – SEALASTINS: Surgical elastin-like sealants
Applicant
Dr. Alicia Fernández Colino
Biohybrid & Medical Textiles (BioTex)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Stefan Jockenhoevel
Biohybrid & Medical Textiles (BioTex)
StUpPD373-20 – Development of Pavement Surface Materials with Sensing-Capabilities for Application in Intelligent Transportation Systems
Applicant
Dr. Pengfei Liu
Institute of Highway Engineering (ISAC)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Markus Oeser
Institute of Highway Engineering (ISAC)
StUpPD377-20 – LiTronic - Lithium-Ion Cells with integrated Electronic
Applicant
Dr. Monika Rentemeister
Chair of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Systems (ISEA - ESS)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Dirk Uwe Sauer
Chair of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Systems (ISEA - ESS)
StUpPD380-20 – Identification and characterization of components of the mTORC signaling pathway in Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes
Applicant
Sandra Bennink
Institute of Zoology (Biology II)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Gabriele Pradel
Institute of Zoology (Biology II)
StUpPD384-20 – Explaining deep neural network based text classifiers
Applicant
Dr. Sandipan Sikdar
Lehrstuhl für Methodik und Theorie computerbasierter Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften (CSSH)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Markus Strohmaier
Lehrstuhl für Methodik und Theorie computerbasierter Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften (CSSH)
StUpPD385-20 – Towards thermal conductance measurements as a probe for topological states in two-dimensional quantum systems
Applicant
Dr. Christian Volk
Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Festkörperphysik) und II. Physikalisches Institut (INST2A)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professor Christoph Stampfer
Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Festkörperphysik) und II. Physikalisches Institut (INST2A)
StUpPD372-20 – The Impact of Predictability on Language Switching
Applicant
PhD Tanja Römbke
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Psychologie (IFP)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Professorin Iring Koch
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Psychologie (IFP)
StUpPD362-20 – Assigning sense to the long antisense RNAs of the barley powdery mildew pathogen
Applicant
Dr. Stefan Kusch
Institute for Biology I, Unit of Molecular Plant Cell Biology (lncRNA-TE)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
Ralph Panstruga
Institute for Biology I, Unit of Molecular Plant Cell Biology (lncRNA-TE)
StUpJP052-20 – Geschaltete Kaskadenreaktionen mittels Carbentransferreaktionen
Seed Fund – Open Seed Fund 2020
OPSF549 – Estimating accessibility in social networks under uncertainty
Applicant
Prof. Markus Strohmaier
Computational Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH)
Juniorprof. Michael Schaub
Dept. of Computer Science
OPSF550 – Universal behavior under flow of soft biological and synthetic colloids
Applicants
Dr. Andrea Scotti
Institute of Physical-Chemistry (IPC)
Dr. Carlos G. Lopez
Institute of Physical-Chemistry (IPC)
Prof. M. Pavlik Lettinga
Institute of Complex Systems - Weiche Materie (ICS-3) (ICS-3)
OPSF551 – Investigating the consequences of nuclear deformation during neuronal migration for epigenetic and transcriptional remodeling using microfluidics
Applicants
Prof. Geraldine Zimmer-Bensch
Institute for Biology II (FET)
Dr. John Linkhorst
Aachener Verfahrenstechnik (AVT.CVT)
Prof. Ivan Costa
Institute for Computational Genomics
OPSF553 – Neural processing of auditory looming in virtual acoustic environments
Applicants
Prof. Ute Habel
Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik
Dr. Lisa Wagels
Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik
Dr. Han-Gue Jo
Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik
Prof. Michael Vorländer
Institut für Technische Akustik
Lukas Aspöck
Institut für Technische Akustik
OPSF554 – Prozessentwicklung zur Herstellung von Fasermatten aus szintillierenden lichtleitenden Fasern für einen hochpräzisen Spurdetektor (SciFi Tracker)
Applicants
Prof. Thomas Gries
Lehrstuhl für Textilmaschinenbau und Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA)
Prof. Stefan Schael
I. Physikalisches Institut B (I.PI)
OPSF555 – Entwicklung künstlicher Tumormodelle zur quantitativen Analyse des Pharmaka-Targetings mittels magnetischer Nanopartikel
Applicants
Dr. Arnold Gillner
Chair of Laser Technology / Fraunhofer ILT ()
Dr. Ioana Slabu
Applied Medical Engineering (AME)
OPSF557 – Development and Testing of a High Temperature Superconducting Magnet for Space Applications
Applicants
Prof. Kai-Uwe Schröder
Institut für Strukturmechanik und Leichtbau
Prof. Stefan Schael
I. Physikalisches Institut B (I.PI)
OPSF560 – Entwicklung von Methoden zur Lebenszyklusanalyse leistungselektronischer Komponenten
Applicants
Juniorprof. Aaron Praktiknjo
Energieressourcen- und Innovationsökonomik (JERI)
Prof. Rik De Doncker
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Stromrichtertechnik und Elektrische Antriebe
OPSF563 – Two photon imaging strategies for investigation of cortical connectivity and plasticity in human cortical networks
Applicants
Prof. Yvonne Weber
Department of Epileptology, Neurology (NE)
Prof. Björn Kampa
Molecular and Systemic Neurophysiology
Juniorprof. Moritz Helias
Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine 6 (INM-6)
OPSF570 – The Automatic Retrieval Account (ARA): Making Learning Better by Testing
Applicants
PhD Tanja Roembke
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Psychologie (IFP)
Prof. Iring Koch
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Psychologie (IFP)
PD Dr. Malte Persike
Centre for Learning and Teaching Services (CLS)
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heribert Nacken
Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Ingenieurhydrologie
OPSF573 – Organic Liquid Time Projection Chamber
Applicants
Prof. Stefan Roth
III. Physikalisches Institut B (Physik 3B)
Dr. David Schug
Helmholtz-Institut für Biomedizinische Technik, Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Bildgebung (PMI)
Juniorprof. Malte Göttsche
Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik III B (Physik 3B)
OPSF580 – Casein microparticles for sustained drug delivery in regenerative materials
Applicants
Prof. Ronald Gebhardt
Soft Matter Process Engineering (AVT.SMP)
PhD Yang Shi
Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging (ExMI)
Prof. Laura De Laporte
Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Polymere Biomaterialien (BioMat)
OPSF581 – G-quadruplex enabled Two-dimensional Neuromorphic Bioelectronics
Applicants
Dr. Vivek Pachauri
Institute of Materials in Electrical Engineering 1 (IWE1)
PhD Sophia Eiden
Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC)
Prof. Elmar Weinhold
Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC)
OPSF585 – "Pathomics" - Novel Approach to Unbiased Automated Quantitative Analysis in Digital Pathology
Applicants
Prof. Dorit Merhof
Lehrstuhl für Bildverarbeitung
Dr. Barbara Klinkhammer
Institute of Pathology (PAT)
OPSF587 – CEASELESS: Chunk Learning and the Development of Speaking and Listening Fluency: Integrating Experimental and Computational Approaches
Applicants
PD Dr. Elma Kerz
Institut für Anglistik, Amerikanistik und Romanistik (ifaar)
Dr. rer. nat. Ralf Schlüter
Lehrstuhl für Informatik 6
OPSF589 – Rainwater Living Lab Aachen - Wasser in der Stadt gemeinsam denken
Applicants
Prof. Holger Schüttrumpf
Department and Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management
Dr. Jacqueline Lemm
Institut für Soziologie (STO)
Prof. Tobias Kuhnimhof
Institute of Urban and Transport Planning (ISB)
Prof. Michael Leuchner
Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Physische Geographie und Klimatologie (PGK)
PD Dr. Thomas Wintgens
Lehrstuhl für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft und Wassergütewirtschaft und Institut für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft (ISA)
OPSF593 – Predicting Elementary Plastic Events in a Zachariasen glass
Applicants
Dr. Franz Bamer
Institute of General Mechanics (IAM)
Prof. Benjamin Stamm
Center for Computational Engineering Science (CCES)
OPSF596 – Additive Fertigung und Optimierung einer Mikrodurchflusszelle zur elektrochemi-schen Korrosionsprüfung
Applicants
Prof. Daniela Zander
Lehrstuhl für Korrosion und Korrosionsschutz / Gießerei Institut
Prof. Matthias Wessling
Chair of Chemical Process Engineering
OPSF597 – Personalized absorbable metallic implants to minimize physical disability
Applicants
Maximilian Voshage
Digital Additive Production (DAP)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt. Ing. Johannes Henrich Schleifenbaum
Digital Additive Production (DAP)
Prof. Kai-Uwe Schröder
Institut für Strukturmechanik und Leichtbau
Prof. Thomas Pufe
Lehrstuhl Anatomie & Zellbiologie
Dr. Holger Jahr
Lehrstuhl Anatomie & Zellbiologie
PD Dr. Mahtab Nourbakhsh
Lehrstuhl für Geriatrie und Altersmedizin
Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Cornelius Bollheimer
Lehrstuhl für Geriatrie und Altersmedizin
OPSF598 – Signers Mask
Applicants
Dr. Klaudia Grote
Kompetenzzentrum für Gebärdensprache und Gestik (SignGes)
Isaac Lim
Lehrstuhl für Informatik 8 (Computergraphik und Multimedia) (I8)
Seed Fund- Biological Transformation 2020
BioTrans001 – Biological Transformation of Technical Systems utilizing Antifragility Management
Applicants
Prof. Gabriele Gramelsberger
Theory of Science and Technology (TST)
Dr. Daniel Trauth
Werkzeugmaschinenlabor WZL der RWTH Aachen (WZL)
BioTrans004 – MicroEnrich: Selective Enrichment of Environmental Microplastics by Designed Biadhesives
Applicants
Prof. Ulrich Schwaneberg
Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie (BioVI)
Dr. Shohana Islam
Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie (BioVI)
Prof. Thomas Wintgens
Lehrstuhl für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft und Wassergütewirtschaft und Institut für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft (ISA)
Prof. Volker Linnemann
Institut für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft (ISA)
BioTrans005 – Tailor-made recombinant elastin-like peptides as biomimetic coatings to improve integration of hernia meshes
Applicants
Prof. Andreas Herrmann
Chair of Macromolecular Materials and Systems
Prof. Uwe Klinge
Clinic for General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery
BioTrans010 – »ExoPure« Transformation from manual exosome harvesting to single-step automated purification
Applicants
Dr. Sandra Kraemer
Klinik für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie
Prof. Matthias Wessling
Chair of Chemical Process Engineering
BioTrans011 – Biologische Transformation an der RWTH Aachen University - Befähigung von Integratoren/Multiplikatoren als Basis für die zukünftige Konvergenz und Forschungszusammenarbeit
Applicants
Dr. Sebastian Barth
Werkzeugmaschinenlabor WZL der RWTH Aachen (WZL)
Prof. Gerhard Lakemeyer
Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet für Wissensbasierte Systeme und Kognitive Robotik
BioTrans012 – Processing casein micelles into bio-fibers under flow and electric fields
Applicants
Prof. Ronald Gebhardt
Soft Matter Process Engineering (AVT.SMP)
Juniorprof. Jérôme Crassous
Institute of Physical Chemistry (IPC)
BioTrans013 – Peptide evolution platform for biologization of two-dimensional material interfaces (Pep2D)
Applicants
Dr. Tetiana Kurkina
Institute of Biotechnology (BioVI)
Prof. Ulrich Schwaneberg
Institute of Biotechnology (BioVI)
Dr. Vivek Pachauri
Institute of Materials in Electrical Engineering 1 (IWE1)
Prof. Sven Ingebrandt
Institute of Materials in Electrical Engineering 1 (IWE1)
Approved Seed Fund Projects 2019
Seed Fund – Neuro-Inspired Computing
neuroIC001 – NeuroModelingTalk (NMT) – Approaching the complexity barrier in neuroscientific modeling
- Professor Markus Diesmann
Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-6), Computational and Systems Neuroscience (INM-6) - Professor Gabriele Gramelsberger
Theory of Science and Technology (TST)
neuroIC002 – Recurrence and stochasticity for neuro-inspired computation
- Juniorprofessor Moritz Helias
Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine 6 (INM-6) - Profissor Abigail Morrison
Institute of Advanced Simulation & Simlab Neuroscience (IAS-6) - Universitätsprofessor Holger Rauhut
Lehrstuhl für Mathematik C
neuroIC003 – Variability of Neural Graph Embeddings
- Professor Martin Grohe
Lehrstuhl Informatik 7 (i7) - Professor Markus Strohmaier
Computational Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH)
neuroIC005 – From Data to Treasure Maps in Materials Science: A Case Study for Data Driven Hypothesis Generation and Evaluation
- Professor Martin Grohe
Lehrstuhl Informatik 7 (i7) - Professor Leif Kobbelt
Lehrstuhl für Informatik 8 (Computergraphik und Multimedia) - Professor Matthias Wuttig
I. Institue of Physics (IA)
neuroIC006 – Silicon Synapse
- Dr. Dirk Wouters
Institute of Materials 2 (IWE2) - PhD Leticia Maria Bolzani Poehls
Chair of Integrated Digital Systems (IDS) - Professor Tobias Gemmeke
Chair of Integrated Digital Systems (IDS)
neuroIC007 – Towards Increasing the Connetivity in Artificial Neuronal Networks
- Professor Joachim Knoch
Institut of Semiconductor Electronics - Dr. Dirk Wouters
Institute of Materials 2 (IWE2) - Dr. Ilia Valov
Peter Grünberg Institute, FZ Jülich (PGI-7) - Professor Rainer Waser
Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffe der Elektrotechnik II
Open Seed Fund
OPSF496 – Translational Tumor Medicine: From chemical hits to new potential clinical candidates and their bioactivities
Applicants
- Prof. Steffen Koschmieder
Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, RWTH University Hospital (UKA) - Juniorprof.Giulia Rossetti
Department of Oncology, Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation - Dr. Nicolas Chatain
Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie, Hämostaseologie und Stammzelltransplantation (Med. Klinik IV) - Prof. Carsten Bolm
Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie II
Professors in Charge of the Research Group
- Prof. Steffen Koschmieder
Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, RWTH University Hospital (UKA) - Prof. Giulia Rossetti
Department of Oncology, Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation - Univ.-Prof. Dr.med. Tim Henrik Brümmendorf
Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie, Hämostaseologie und Stammzelltransplantation (Med. Klinik IV) - Prof. Carsten Bolm
Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie II
OPSF497 – Groundwater treatment through nitrate reduction in two-chamber microbial fuel cells
Applicants
- Prof. Lars Blank
Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Mikrobiologie - Dr. David Montag
Institut für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft (ISA)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
- Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Pinnekamp
Institut für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft (ISA)
OPSF500 – Peeking inside the black box of day-to-day challenges in Interdisciplinary Collaborations (PIC)
Applicants
- Prof. Bettina Wiese
Institut für Psychologie - Dr. David Antons
Lehrstuhl für Innovation, Strategie und Organisation
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
- Prof. Torsten-Oliver Salge, PhD
Lehrstuhl für Innovation, Strategie und Organisation
OPSF503 – Mapping intergroup violence: Behavioral motivations and brain activation in intergroup conflict
Applicants
- PhD Sina Radke
Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik - Juniorprof. Robert Böhm
Juniorprofessur für Decision Analysis
Professors in Charge of the Research Group
- Prof. Frank Schneider
Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik
OPSF505 – Actuating hydrogel to mechanically direct stem cell fate
Applicants
- Prof. Laura De Laporte
DWI - apl. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sabine Neuß-Stein
Institut für Biomedizinische Technologien, Zell- und Molekularbiologie an Grenzflächen; Institut für Pathologie
OPSF506 – Multiskalen-Modellierung der Fluid-Struktur-Interaktion in umformenden Fertigungsverfahren
Applicants
- Prof. Stefanie Elgeti
Lehrstuhl für computergestützte Analyse technischer Systeme (CATS) - Prof. Gerhard Hirt
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Bildsame Formgebung
Professors in Charge of the Research Group
- Prof. Marek Behr
Lehrstuhl für computergestützte Analyse technischer Systeme (CATS)
OPSF507 – Psychoakustik und subjektive Beurteilung drehzahlvariabler, hydraulischer Antriebe
Applicants
- Prof. Katharina Schmitz
Institut für fluidtechnische Antriebe und Systeme (ifas) - Prof. Sabine Schlittmeier
Institut für Psychologie (IfP)
OPSF510 – Characterization of short-range ordering in high entropy alloys
Applicants
- Dr. Wenwen Song
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Eisenhüttenkunde (IEHK) - Prof. Wolfgang Bleck
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Eisenhüttenkunde (IEHK) - Dr. Aurel Radulescu
Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS)
Professors in Charge of the Research Group
- Prof. Wolfgang Bleck
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Eisenhüttenkunde (IEHK)
Applicants
- Dr. Leif Johannsen
Institut für Kognitions- und Expermentalpsychologie, Institut für Psychologie - Dr. Denise N. Stephan
Institut für Kognitions- und Expermentalpsychologie, Institut für Psychologie - Prof. Iring Koch
Institut für Kognitions- und Expermentalpsychologie, Institut für Psychologie - Prof. Cornelius Bollheimer
Lehrstuhl für Geriatrie und Altersmedizin - Dr. João Pedro Batista
Lehrstuhl für Geriatrie und Altersmedizin
Professors in Charge of the Research Group
- Prof. Iring Koch
Institut für Kognitions- und Expermentalpsychologie, Institut für Psychologie - Prof. Dr. med. Cornelius Bollheimer
Lehrstuhl für Geriatrie und Altersmedizin
OPSF516 – Genome in a day
Applicants
- Prof. Ingo Kurth
Humangenetik - Prof. Tobias Gemmeke
Lehrstuhl für Integrierte Digitale Systeme und Schaltungsentwurf (IDS) - Prof. Regina Dittmann
Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Technologie der Oxidelektronik (FZ Jülich
Professors in Charge of the Research Group
- Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Gemmeke
Lehrstuhl für Integrierte Digitale Systeme und Schaltungsentwurf (IDS)
OPSF519 – Untersuchung und Optimierung der Randzoneneigenschaften bei der elektrochemischen Metallbearbeitung von Eisen-Aluminiden zur Verbesserung der Oxidationsbeständigkeit OREGANO
Applicants
- Prof. Daniela Zander
Lehrstuhl für Korrosion und Korrosionsschutz / Gießerei Institut - Dr. Andreas Klink
Werkzeugmaschinenlabor WZL der RWTH Aachen (WZL)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Bergs MBA
Werkzeugmaschinenlabor WZL der RWTH Aachen (WZL)
OPSF524 – Manufacturing of In-Volume Modifications in GaAs for Guidance of Photons Emitted by GaAs-Qubits
Applicants
- Dr. Arnold Gillner
Chair of Laser Technology / Fraunhofer ILT - Prof. Beata Kardynal
Peter Grünberg Institut – Halbleiter-Nanoelektronik (PGI-9)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
- Prof. Reinhart Poprawe
Chair of Laser Technology / Fraunhofer ILT
OPSF525 – Robust Energy Transition
Applicants
- Juniorprof. Christina Büsing
Lehrstuhl II für Mathematik - Prof. Arie Koster
Mathematics II, Discrete Optimization - Dr. Martin Robinius
Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Electrochemical Process Engineering (IEK-3) - Dr. Heidi Heinrichs
Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Electrochemical Process Engineering (IEK-3)
Professors in Charge of the Research Group
- Arie Koster
Mathematics II, Discrete Optimization - Detlef Stolten
Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Electrochemical Process Engineering (IEK-3)
OPSF527 – Intelligent Data Acquisition for Predictive Simulations of Natural Hazards due to Rapid Landslides
Applicants
- Dr. Julia Kowalski
Aachen Institute for Advanced Studies in Computational Engineering Sciences (AICES) - Prof. Florian Amann
Department of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology (LIH) - Dr. Anja Dufresne
Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology (LIH) - Prof. Holger Schüttrumpf
Department and Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management
Professors in Charge of the Research Group
- Florian Amann
Department of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology (LIH) - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Rafig Azzam
Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology (LIH)
OPSF537 – UHPAM - Ultra High Performance Additive Manufacturing in Construction
Applicants
- Prof. Sigrid Brell-Cokcan
Individualized Building Production - Prof. Michael Raupach
Institut für Baustoffforschung
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
- Prof. Sigrid Brell-Cokcan
Individualized Building Production
OPSF544 – Photoredox: New light source for initiating photoredox catalytic polymerization reactions
Applicants
- Dr. Arnold Gillner
Chair of Laser Technology / Fraunhofer ILT - Prof. Marcel Liauw
Lehrstuhl für Technische Chemie und Petrolchemie
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
- Prof. Reinhart Poprawe
Chair of Laser Technology / Fraunhofer ILT
ERS Prep Fund Call 2020
ERS Prep Fund Call: Coal Phase-Out
PFKA007 – Prozessmodellierung der industriellen nachhaltigen Polymerisation von Lactid zum bioabbaubaren Polymer PLA unter Verwendung nicht-toxischer Katalysatoren
Applicants
- Prof. Sonja Herres-Pawlis
IAC – Institute of Inorganic Chemistry - Prof. Andreas Jupke
AVT Fluid Process Engineering
PFKA008 – Cluster 4 Plastics Recycling
Applicants
- Prof. Regina Palkovits
Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry - Prof. Jürgen Klankermayer
Junior Professor for Mechanisms in Catalysis, ITMC - Prof. Lars Blank
Institute of Applied Microbiology - Prof. Grit Walther
Chair of Operations Management - Prof. Reinhold Kneer
Institute of Heat and Mass Transfer - Prof. Peter Quicker
Technologies of Fuels Unit
PFKA006 – Quantifizierung der regionalwirtschaftlichen Effekte durch den Ausstieg aus der Kohleverstromung im Rheinischen Revier
Applicants
- Aaron Praktiknjo
JERI – Junior Professorship for Energy Resources and Innovation Economics
PFKA010 – Prep for Innovation: Reallabor Nivelstein
Applicants
- Professor Elisabeth Clausen
Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT) - Professor Hermann Wotruba
Mineral Processing Unit (AMR) - Professor Gerhard Hirt
Institute of Metal Forming
PFKA009 – Attract-hc: Attracting human capital for the Rhenisch mining area through comfortable, healthy, and productivity-enhancing indoor environmental spaces
Applicants
- Prof. Marcel Schweiker
Healthy Living Spaces Teaching & Research Area (HLS) - Prof. Rita Streblow
Institute for Energy Efficient Buildings and Indoor Climate (EBC)
PFKA003 – REVIERa – RWTH Transformation Platform
Applicants
- Prof. Agnes Förster
Chair of Planning Theory and Urban Development (Pt) - Prof. Stefan Böschen
Chair of Society and Technology(SoTec) - Prof. Peter Letmathe
Chair of Management Accounting
ERS Prep Fund Call: JARA
PF-JARA-SDS005 – Towards an integrated data science of complex natural systems
Applicants
Prof. Erika Abraham
Lehrstuhl für Informatik 2, Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Theorie Hybrider Systeme
Prof. Martin Erdmann
Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik III A, Lehr -und Forschungsgebiet Experimentalphysik (Hochenergiephysik)
Prof. Martin Grohe
Lehrstuhl Informatik 7 (i7)
Prof. Björn Kampa
Molecular and Systemic Neurophysiology
Prof. Michael Krämer
Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik E und Institut für Theoretische Teilchenphysik und Kosmologie
Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Holger Rauhut
Chair for Mathematics of Information Processing
Juniorprof. Michael Schaub
Juniorprofessur für Computational Network Science ()
Juniorprof. Moritz Helias
Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine 6 (INM-6)
Dr. Stefan Krieg
Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS)
Prof. Thomas Luu
Institute for Nuclear Physics
Prof. Yuriy Mokrousov
Institute for Advance Simulation (IAS-1)
Prof. Abigail Morrison
Institute of Advanced Simulation & Simlab Neuroscience (IAS-6)
PF-JARA-SDS008 – Deep Image Data Analysis for Precision Medical Imaging
Applicants
Prof. Volkmar Schulz
Experimental Molecular Imaging (ExMI)
Dr. Christoph Lerche
Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-4)
PF-JARA-SDS009 – High Performance Computing in the Geosciences: preparation of a Research Training Group to educate the next generation of experts
Applicants
Prof. Florian Wellmann
Computational Geoscience and Reservoir Engineering
Prof. Susanne Buiter
Tektonik und Geodynamic (TG)
Prof. Harry Vereecken
Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Agrosphere (IBG-3)
Prof. Harrie-Jan Hendricks-Franssen
Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Agrosphere (IBG-3)
ERS Prep Fund Call 2019
ERS Prep Fund Call: Simulation and data Science
PFSDS004 – Einsatz künstlicher Intelligenz zur Knorpelforschung
Applicants
- Gözde Dursun
Chair and Institute of General Mechanics - Professor Marcus Stoffel
Chair and Institute of General Mechanics - Hannah Lena Siebers
Orthopaedic Clinic, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen - Dr. Jörg Eschweiler
Orthopaedic Clinic, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen
Professors in Charge of the Research Group
- Professor Dr.-Ing. Marcus Stoffel
Chair and Institute of General Mechanics - Professor Dr. med. Björn Rath
Orthopaedic Clinic, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen
PFSDS005 – Identifying Interpretable Subgroups with Exceptional Structural Relations in Big Datasets
Applicants
- Junior Professor Axel Mayer
Institute of Psychology (IfP) - Dr. Florian Lemmerich
Chair for Computational Social Sciences and Humanities (HumTec)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
- Professor Markus Strohmaier
Chair for Computational Social Sciences and Humanities (HumTec)
PFSDS006 – Intelligent Finite Elements for Structural Dynamics
PFSDS015 – iStrainML: Improving Strain Engineering by Machine Learning
Applicant
- Dr. Ulf Liebal
Institute of Applied Microbiology (iAMB)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
- Lars Blank
Institute of Applied Microbiology (iAMB)
PFSDS022 – Adjoint-Based Adaptive Sampling for Optimized Data Synthesis in Flow Control Applications
Applicants
- Professor Wolfgang Schröder
Chair of Fluid Mechanics and Institute of Aerodynamics - Professor Uwe Naumann
Chair of Computer Science 12 (Software and Tools for Computational Engineering)
PFSDS023 – MINERALS: Machine learning training set for virtual microscopy
Applicants
- Dr. Joyce Schmatz
Department of Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geomechanics (GED) - Professor Janos Urai
Department of Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geomechanics (GED) - Dr. Christoph von Hagke
Department of Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geomechanics (GED) - Professor Florian Wellmann
Computational Geoscience and Reservoir Engineering (CGRE) - Dr. Simon Virgo
Computational Geoscience and Reservoir Engineering (CGRE) - Professor Bastian Leibe
Computer Vision Group (CVG)
Professors in Charge of the Research Group
- Professor Janos Urai
Department of Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geomechanics (GED) - Professor Florian Wellmann
Computational Geoscience and Reservoir Engineering (CGRE) - Professor Dr. sc. techn. Bastian Leibe
Computer Vision Group (CVG)
PFSDS025 – From Big Data to Process Insight - Remote Sensing Based Model Selection for Natural Hazards Modeling
Applicant
- PD Dr. Julia Kowalski
Aachen Institute for Advanced Studies in Computational Engineering Science
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
- Professor Marek Behr
Aachen Institute for Advanced Studies in Computational Engineering Science
PFSDS026 – Data science based wear prediction
Applicants
- Dr. Torsten Trimborn
Institute of Geometry and Applied Mathematics (IGPM) - Dr. Olaf Dambon
Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT) - Professor Georg Jacobs
Institute for Machine Elements and Systems Engineering (MSE)
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
- Professor Dr. Michael Herty
Institute of Geometry and Applied Mathematics (IGPM)
ERS Prep Fund Call: Life Science
PFLS003 – Etablierung einer CLARITY-Plattform für die Aachener Lebenswissenschaften
PFLS004 – Long non-coding RNAs in gene-environmental interactions
Applicants
- Professor Geraldine Zimmer-Bensch
Institute of Biology II, FET - Professor Ivan Costa
Institute for Computational Genomics
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
- Professor Geraldine Zimmer-Bensch
Institute of Biology II, FET
PFLS008 – Development of mucus-degrading enzyme coatings for airway stents
Applicants
- Dr. Anja Lena Thiebes
Department of Biohybrid & Medical Textiles, BioTex, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering - Dr. Felix Jakob
Institute of Biotechnology, BioVI
Professors in Charge of the Research Group
- Professor Stefan Jockenhövel
Department of Biohybrid & Medical Textiles, BioTex, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering - Professor Dr. Ulrich Schwaneberg
Institute of Biotechnology, BioVI
PFLS009 – Hyperthermia convertible chromophores for fluorescence imaging
Applicants
Dr. Srinivas Banala
Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC)
Dr. Ioana Slabu
Applied Medical Engineering (AME)
Professor Twan Lammers
Experimental Molecular Imaging
Professors in Charge of the Research Group
Magnus Rueping
Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC)
Univ.-Prof. Dr. T. Schmitz-Rode
Applied Medical Engineering (AME)
PFLS010 – Magnetic field-assisted bioprinting for the fabrication of three-dimensional in vitro tissue models
Applicants
- Professor Matthias Wessling
Chair of Chemical Process Engineering, AVT.CVT - Professor Laura De Laporte
Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, DWI
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
- Professor Matthias Wessling
Chair of Chemical Process Engineering, AVT.CVT
PFLS011 – Ultrathin nanofiber as basement membrane mimic for maintenance of a non-inflammatory endothelial phenotype
Applicants
- Professor Andreas Ludwig
Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology - Dr. Aaron Babendreyer
Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology - Dr. Smriti Singh
Chair of Textile Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
Professors in Charge of the Research Group
- Professor Andreas Ludwig
Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology - Professor Martin Möller
Chair of Textile Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
PFLS012 – Automatisierung des stimulierten Geneditings durch Elektroporation am Beispiel von Pseudomonas putida
Applicants
- Dr. Werner Herfs
Chair of Machine Tools, WZL_WM - Professor Lars Blank
Chair of Applied Microbiology, Blank Lab
Professor in Charge of the Research Group
- Professor Christian Brecher
Chair of Machine Tools, WZL_WM
PFLS015 – MEPA - Microbial Evolution of Protein Allocation
Applicants
- Dr. Birgitta Ebert
Institute of Applied Microbiology, iAMB - Tobias Alter
Institute of Applied Microbiology, iAMB - Professor Lars Blank
Institute of Applied Microbiology, iAMB - Professor Jochen Büchs
AVT - Biochemical Engineering, BioVT - Robin Lamm
AVT - Biochemical Engineering, BioVT
Professors in Charge of the Research Group
- Professor Lars Blank
Institute of Applied Microbiology, iAMB - Professor Jochen Büchs
AVT - Biochemical Engineering, BioVT