Funding Programs for Junior Research Groups
Funding programs for junior research groups are typically targeted at outstanding postdocs with research experience whose doctorate has been completed a few years ago. As a rule, funding is provided for an entire group of junior researchers, including for project resources, for a period of five to six years. In this way, the program allows young scholars to conduct independent research early on in their careers.
In the following, you'll find an overview of selected externally funded junior research groups at RWTH Aachen University and Uniklinik RWTH Aachen. Some of the junior research group leaders hold a junior professorship at RWTH. There are currently more than 40 junior professors at RWTH in total.
| Title |
Applicant |
Funding Period |
Emmy Noether Program (DFG)
| Layered and Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Devices for Flexible Electronics and Energy Harvesting |
Dr. Alwin Daus |
since 2022 |
| Graph Embeddings: Theory meets Practice |
Prof. Dr. Christopher Morris |
since 2022 |
| Using spatially resolved functional genomics to dissect mechanisms of chronic kidney disease and identify novel therapeutic targets |
Dr. Christoph Kuppe |
since 2021 |
| Separation control with Air Jet Vortex Generator arrays in transonic and supersonic flow |
Dr.-Ing. Anne Marie Schreyer |
since 2017 |
| Title |
Applicant |
Funding Period |
Returning Scholars Program (North Rhine Westphalia)
| Neuro-immune crosstalk in the second brain – from molecular mechanisms to new therapeutic strategies for colorectal cancer |
Dr. med. Kai Markus Schneider |
since 2023 |
| From phenotypes and shared genes to therapy - Using integrated multi-omics for precision therapy of metabolic liver diseases |
Dr. med. Carolin Schneider |
since 2023 |
| Multimodale pathophysiologische Charakterisierung der Plaque Erosion |
Dr. Anne Cornelissen |
since 2022 |
| Simulation von Energiespeicher- und Energieumwandlungsmaterialien unter Verwendung semiempirischer Elektronenstrukturtheoriemethoden |
Prof. Dr. Christoph Bannwarth |
since 2021 |
| Learning From Networks With Unobserved Edges |
Prof. Michael Schaub, Ph. D. |
since 2020 |
| Title |
Applicant |
Funding Period |
NanoMatFutur Competition for Early-Career Researchers (BMBF)
| Bioinspirierte materialgetriebene Textilien für kardiovaskuläre Implantate (TeXlastins) |
Dr. Alicia Fernández Colino |
since 2022 |
| Design additiv gefertigter Hochleistungsmaterialien für die Automobilindustrie (MatAM) |
Dr.-Ing. Christian Haase |
since 2020 |
| Title |
Applicant |
Funding Period |
Freigeist-Fellowship (Volkswagen Foundation)
| A German Nuclear Archaeology Laboratory: Reconstructing the Nuclear Past to Enable a Nuclear-weapon-free Future |
Prof. Dr. Malte Göttsche |
since 2017 |
| Applicant |
Funding Period |
Liebig Fellowship (Chemical Industry Fund of the German Chemical Industry Association Verband der Chemischen Industrie VCI)
| Dr. Florian Mulks |
since 2022 |
| Dr. Jacob Schneidewind |
since 2022 |
| Dr. Christopher Teskey |
since 2022 |
Further Junior Research Groups
| Title |
Applicant |
Funding Period |
Junior Principal Investigator Fellowships (RWTH Aachen University)
| Gut-liver crosstalk in PSC – From molecular mechanisms to personalized diagnostics and therapy |
Dr. Kai Markus Schneider |
since 2022 |
| Machine Learning with Graphs: From Theory to Applications in Science and Engineering |
Prof. Dr. Christopher Morris |
since 2022 |
| The development of high-level visual cortex |
Dr. Marisa Nordt |
since 2022 |
| Theranostic Targeting of Myeloid and Fibrogenic Cells |
Dr. Alexandros Marios Sofias |
since 2022 |
| Design and Verification of Control and Protection in DC Systems |
Dr. Ilka Jahn |
since 2022 |
| New Nanomaterial-based Tools for Diagnostics and Immunotherapy |
Dr. Roger Molto Pallares |
since 2021 |
| Translating Functional Near-Infrared-Spectroscopy Neurofeedback Training for Depressive Disorder - a Research and Development Roadmap with Broad Clinical Potential |
David Mehler, PhD |
since 2021 |
| Multilevel Quantum Chemical Strategies to Simulate Organic Optical Materials |
Prof. Dr. Christoph Bannwarth |
since 2021 |
| Shining Light on Quantum Dots in 2D Material |
Dr. Annika Kurzmann |
since 2021 |
| Multifunctional Compositionally Complex Materials |
Dr. Clio Azina |
since 2021 |
| Architectural Design Categorization Based on Expert and Non- Expert Judgements of Buildings |
Dr. Josep Llorca-Bofí |
since 2021 |
| Unravelling the Production Mechanisms and Fate of Assimilable Organic Carbon in Membrane Aerated Bioreactors (MABR) for Wastewater Reuse |
Dr. Peter Desmond |
since 2021 |
| Between Patronage, Social Mobility, and Technical Innovation: Laboring Poor and Their Networks in the Middle Ages |
Dr. Julia Exarchos |
since 2020 |