ERC Projects
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The European Research Council, ERC for short, promotes outstanding scientists in order to encourage excellent basic research and visionary projects as well as to discover new interdisciplinary fields of knowledge. The ERC Grants are considered the European benchmark for top research.
Below you will find an overview of the ERC grantholders and their projects at RWTH Aachen.
ERC Starting Grant
| Principal Investigator | Project | |
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| Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Magnus Rueping Chair of Organic Chemistry III and Institute of Organic Chemistry | Biomimetic Organocatalysis Development of Novel Synthetic Catalytic Methodology and Technology (BIMOC) ERC Starting Grant 2007 | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr.med. Tom Lüdde Chair of Internal Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolic Disorders | The function of inflammatory signalling pathways in acute and chronic liver disease and liver cancer (LUEDDE-MED3-AACHEN) ERC Starting Grant 2007
The grant was acquired together with Uniklinik RWTH Aachen as a host institution and the project was conducted at Uniklinik. | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Max Christian Lemme Chair of Electronic Components | Integrating Graphene Devices (InteGraDe) ERC Starting Grant 2012 (ERC-2012-StG)
The grant was acquired with KTH Stockholm as so-called host institution; the research project has been carried out at University Siegen since 2013. | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wolfram Antonin Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology | Analysis of postmitotic chromatin decondensation (CHROMDECON) ERC Starting Grant 2012 (ERC-2012-StG)
The grant was acquired together with MPG as host institution and subsequently transferred to Uniklinik RWTH Aachen. | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Till Marquardt Chair of Neurobiological Research | Fine Tuning the Final Common Pathway: Molecular Determinants of Motor Unit Development and Plasticity (MU TUNING) ERC Starting Grant 2012
The grant was acquired together with the University of Göttingen as a so-called host institution and subsequently transferred to Uniklinik RWTH Aachen. | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Holger Rauhut Chair of Mathematics C (Analysis) | Sparse and Low Rank Recovery (SPALORA) ERC Starting Grant 2010 (ERC-2010-StG) | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jeremy Witzens Integrated Photonics Laboratory | Frontiers of Integrated Silicon Nanophotonics in Telecommunications (FISNT) ERC Starting Grant 2011 | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Stampfer Chair of Experimental Physics (Solid-State Physics) and 2nd Institute of Physics | Graphene Quantum Electromechanical Systems (GQEMS) ERC Starting Grant 2011 Press release from June 22, 2011
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| Univ.-Prof. Dr.sc.techn. Bastian Leibe Chair of Computer Science 8 (Computer Vision) | Computer Vision for Scene Understanding from a First-Person Perspective (CV-SUPER) ERC Starting Grant 2012 Press release from June 13, 2012
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| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Twan Lammers Department of Nanomedicine and Theranostics | Neoadjuvant Nanomedicines for vascular Normalization (NEONANO) ERC Starting Grant 2012 Press release from August 27, 2012
The grant was acquired together with Uniklinik RWTH Aachen as host institution; the research project also has been conducted at Uniklinik. | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Paul Kögerler Institute of Inorganic Chemistry (Molecular Magnetism) | Synthetic Expansion of Magnetic Molecules Into Spintronic Devices (MOLSPINTRON) ERC Starting Grant 2012, Consolidator Level Press release from June 13, 2012
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| Dr. rer.nat. Martin Salinga Chair of Experimental Physics I A and 1st Institute of Theoretical Physics | Dynamics of Amorphous Semiconductors: Intrinsic Nature and Application in Neuromorphic Hardware (NEURAMORPH) ERC Starting Grant 2014 Dynamics of amorphous semiconductors
Press release from December 18, 2014
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| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Franziska Schoenebeck Theoretical and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Teaching and Research Area | Fundamental Studies in Catalysis – Reactivity Design with Experimental and Computational Tools (FunCatDesign) ERC Starting Grant 2014 Press Release from December 18, 2014
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| Prof. Dr. rer.nat. Norbert Schuch Chair of Theoretical Physics/Junior Professorship of Theoretical Physics (Condensed Matter) Professor Schuch has been working at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics since November 2015. | Wavefunctions for strongly correlated systems (WASCOSYS) ERC Starting Grant 2014 Press Release from December 18, 2014
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| Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Laura De Laporte Teaching and Research Department of Advanced Materials for Biomedicine | ANISOGEL - Injectable anisotropic microgel-in-hydrogel matrices for spinal cord repair ERC Starting Grant 2014 Laufzeit 2015 bis 2020
The grant has been acquired together with DWI Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials; the funded research project is currently being conducted at DWI. | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hendrik Bluhm Chair of Experimental Physics and Institute of Physics II | Semiconductor-based quantum network (SEQUNET) ERC Starting Grant 2015 | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Rafael Kramann - University Hospital Aachen Clinic for Renal and Hypertensive Disorders, Rheumatological and Immunological Diseases (Medical Clinic II) | Targeting perivascular myofibroblast progenitors to treat cardiac fibrosis and heart failure in chronic kidney disease (CureCKDHeart) ERC Starting Grant 2015 Press release from December 18, 2015
The grant was acquired together with Uniklinik RWTH Aachen as host institution; the research project is currently being conducted there. | |
| Jun.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dörte Rother Junior Professor for Synthetic Enzyme Cascades (FZ Jülich) | Light-controlled synthetic enzyme cascades (LightCas) ERC Starting Grant 2017 Term: 2018 to 2022
The grant was acquired together with Forschungszentrum Jülich as host institution; the research project is currently being conducted at Forschungszentrum Jülich. | |
| Dr.-Ing. Dominik Schillinger | ImageToSim - Multiscale Imaging-through-analysis Methods for Autonomous Patient-specific Simulation Workflows ERC Starting Grant 2017
Project period 2019 to 2023
The grant was acquired together with RWTH as host institution and subsequently transferred to Leibniz University Hannover. |
ERC Consolidator Grant
| Principal Investigator | Project | |
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| Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Magnus Rueping Chair of Organic Chemistry III and Institute of Organic Chemistry | Sustainable Light - Driven Catalytic Chemistry (SunCatChem) ERC Consolidator Grant 2013 Press release from January 31, 2014
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| Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Wehrle Chair of Computer Science 4 – Communication and Distributed Systems | Symbolic Analysis of Temporal and Functional Behavior of Networked Systems (SYMBIOSYS) ERC Consolidator Grant 2014 | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Barbara Terhal Theoretical Physics Teaching and Research Area (Condensed Matter) Professor Terhal accepted an appointment at TU Delft effective September 1, 2017. | Engineering Quantum Error Correction (EQEC) ERC Consolidator Grant 2015 | |
| Jun.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Samir Lounis Juniorprofessur für Theoretische Nanospintronik (FZ Jülich) | Dynamical magnetic excitations with spin-orbit interaction in realistic nanostructures (DYNASORE) ERC-2015-CoG
The grant was acquired together with Forschungszentrum Jülich as host institution. The funded research project is currently being conducted at Forschungszentrum Jülich. | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Alexander Schmidt Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik III A und III. Physikalisches Institut | Search for Higgs bosons decaying to charm quarks (HIGCC) ERC Consolidator Grant 2016 | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Tom Lüdde, Ph.D Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Hepatologie-/ Gastroenterologie und hepatobiliäre GI-Onkologie | How cellular suicide programmes control phase transitions in fatty liver disease and liver cancer (PhaseControl) ERC Consolidator Grant 2017 The grant was acquired together with Uniklinik RWTH Aachen as host institution. The research project is currently being carried out at Uniklinik. | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. sc. techn. Bastian Leibe Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Informatik 8 (Computer Vision) | Deep Learning for Dynamic 3D Visual Scene Understanding (DeeViSe) ERC Consolidator Grant 2017 |
The ERC Starting Grant funding line lasts till 2012 and was announced in a call for scientists at the "Starting Level" – two to seven years after the PhD – and "Consolidator Level" – seven to twelve years after the PhD. The initial call for the ERS Consolidator Grants was made in 2013.
ERC Advanced Grant
| Principal Investigator | Project | |
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| Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Rainer Fischer Chair of Molecular Biotechnology | Exploiting plants for the production of future generation recombinant pharmaceuticals (Future-Pharma) ERC Advanced Grant 2010 Press release from August 2, 2012
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| Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Dieter Enders Chair of Organic Chemistry I and Institute of Organic Chemistry | Asymmetric Organodomino Catalysis (DOMINOCAT) ERC Advanced Grant 2012 Press release from October 17, 2012
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| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rafal Edward Dunin-Borkowski Chair of Experimental Physics IV E (FZ Jülich) | Imaging Magnetism in Nanostructures using Electron Holography (IMAGINE) ERC Advanced Grant 2012 Press release from December 14, 2012
The grant was acquired together with Forschungszentrum Jülich as host institution. The funded research project is currently being conducted at Forschungszentrum Jülich. | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Leif Kobbelt Chair of Computer Science 8 (Computer Graphics and Multimedia) | 3D Reconstruction and Modeling across Different Levels of Abstraction (ACROSS) ERC Advanced Grant 2013 Press release from July 26, 2013
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| Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Matthias Wuttig Chair of Experimental Physics I A and 1st Institute of Physics | Tuning Disorder in Chalcogenides to realize Advanced Functional Devices (Disorder Control) ERC Advanced Grant 2013 Press release from July 26, 2013
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| Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hermann Ney Chair of Computer Science 6 (Human Language Technology and Pattern Recognition) | A Sequence Classification Framework for Human Language Technology (SEQCLAS) ERC Advanced Grant 2015 | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinz Pitsch Chair and Institute for Combustion Technology | Multi-Scale Description of Non-Universal Behavior in Turbulent Combustion (MILESTONE) ERC Advanced Grant 2015 | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Martin Möller Chair of Textile Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry | Light Actuated Self-Pulsing Microgels (Jellyclock) ERC-2015-AdG Project Period 2016 to 2020
Press Release dated April 7, 2016
The grant was acquired together with the DWI Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials as host institution. The research project is currently being conducted at DWI. | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Wessling Chair and Institute of Chemical Process Engineering | Controlling Fluid Resistances at Membranes (ConFluRem) ERC-2015-AdG Project Period 2016 to 2021
Press Release dated April 7, 2016
The grant was acquired together with the DWI Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials as host institution. The research project is currently being conducted at DWI. | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Andreas Herrmann Chair of Macromolecular Materials and Systems | Supramolecular Protective Groups Enabling Antibiotics and Bioimaging (SUPRABIOTICS) ERC Advanced Grant 2015
The grant was acquired together with Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (NL) as host institution. The research project is currently being conducted in Groningen. | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ir. Dr. h.c. Joost-Pieter Katoen Chair of Computer Science 2 (Software Modeling and Verification) | Formal Reasoning About Probalilistic Programs: Breaking New Ground for Automation (FRAPPANT) ERC Advanced Grant 2017 |
ERC Proof of Concept
| Principal Investigator | Project | |
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| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Twan Lammers Department of Nanomedicine and Theranostics | Companion Nanodiagnostics for Quantifying EPR and Stratifying Patients to Targeted Nanotherapies (CONQUEST) ERC-2015-PoC
The grant was acquired together with Uniklinik RWTH Aachen as host institution. | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rafal Edward Dunin-Borkowski Chair of Experimental Physics IV E | VIDEO – Versatile and Innovative Detector for Electron Optics ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2017
The grant was acquired together with Forschungszentrum Jülich as host institution. The funded research project is currently being conducted at Forschungszentrum Jülich. | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Twan Lammers Department of Nanomedicine and Theranostics | Picelles – Penetration-promoting and Imageable Polymeric Micelles as a Platform Technology for Individualized and Improved Tumor-targeted Drug Delivery ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2018 Project period 2018 to 2020
The grant was acquired together with Uniklinik RWTH Aachen as host institution. The research project is being carried out at Uniklinik. | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Max Christian Lemme Chair of Electronic Components | GRAPH-IC – Silicon-Integrated Graphene Photodetectors for Future Photonic Integrated Circuits ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2018 Project period 2018 to 2020
The grant was acquired together with Uniklinik AMO GmbH as host institution. The research project is currently being carried out at AMO GmbH. |