ERC Projects
Highest Scientific Honor in Europe
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.
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 Starting Grant
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| Dr. Benjamin Page | Multi-Scale Amplitudes For Collider Physics (MultiScaleAmp) ERC Starting Grant 2022 Horizon Europe | |
| Dr.-Ing. Christian Haase Chair Materials Engineering of Metals and Department of Ferrous Metallurgy | Heterogeneities-guided alloy design by and for 4D printing (HeteroGenius4D) ERC Starting Grant 2022 Horizon Europe | |
| Priv.-Doz. Dr. rer. nat.Ioana Slabu Institute of Applied Medical Engineering | Multifunctional Platform Technology for Magnetically Actuated Controlled Drug Release from Biodegradable Scaffolds (MAD Control) ERC Starting Grant 2022 Horizon Europe This grant is hosted at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen (UKA). | |
| Prof. Michael Thomas Schaub, Ph.D. Junior Professor for Computational Network Science | Higher-Order Hodge Laplacians for Processing of multi-way Signals (HIGH-HOPeS) ERC Starting Grant 2021 Horizon Europe | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mario Berta Teaching and research area for quantum algorithms | Entropy for Quantum Information Science (Qentropy) ERC Starting Grant 2020 Prof. Berta transferred the grant to RWTH Aachen University from his former Host Institution, Imperial College London. | |
| Dr. Yang Shi Institute of Experimental Molecular Imaging | B Cell Engineering and Tertiary Lymphoid Structure Induction via Biomaterials for Cancer Immunotherapy (BeaT-IT) ERC Starting Grant 2021 Horizon Europe This grant is hosted at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen (UKA). | |
| Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Christoph Kuppe Chair of Internal Medicine (with a focus on nephrology and immunology) | Decoding diabetic kidney disease (DEKODE-DKD) ERC Starting Grant 2021 Horizon Europe This grant is hosted at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen (UKA). | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Francesca Santoro, M.Sc. Neuroelectronic Interfaces Teaching and Research Area | Biohybrid Synapses for Interactive Neuronal Networks (BRAIN-ACT) ERC Starting Grant 2020 The grant will be carried out at Forschungszentrum Jülich as host institution. RWTH Aachen University is an additional beneficiary. | |
| Prof. Dr. Sandra Korte-Kerzel Institute of Physical Metallurgy and Metal Physics | Fundamental Building Blocks – Understanding plasticity in complex crystals based on their simplest, intergrown units (FunBlocks) ERC Starting Grant 2019 | |
| Dr. Dominik Schillinger | Multiscale Imaging-through-analysis Methods for Autonomous Patient-specific Simulation Workflows (ImageToSim) ERC Starting Grant 2017
This grant was transferred from RWTH Aachen University to the University of Hannover as new Host Institution. | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Daniele Leonori Institute of Organic Chemistry | Novel Blueprints for the Visible-Light-Mediated Assembly of C–N Bonds via Nitrogen Radicals (NEBULAR) ERC Starting Grant 2017 Prof. Leonori transferred the grant to RWTH Aachen University from his former Host Institution, the University of Manchester. | |
| Prof. Dr. Dörthe Rother Institute of Bio- and Geosciences Biotechnology (IBG-1) | Light-controlled synthetic enzyme cascades (LightCas) ERC Starting Grant 2017
This grant is hosted at FZJ - Jülich Research Centre. | |
| Prof. Dr. Frédéric William Patureau Synthetic Organic Chemistry Teaching and Research Area | Development of Direct Dehydrogenative Couplings mediated by Dioxygen (202ACTIVATION) ERC Starting Grant 2016 | |
| Prof. Dr. Rafael Kramann Medical Clinic II - Renal and Hypertensive Disorders, Rheumatological and Immunological Diseases | Targeting perivascular myofibroblast progenitors to treat cardiac fibrosis and heart failure in chronic kidney disease (CureCKDHeart) ERC Starting Grant 2015
This grant is hosted at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen (UKA).
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| Prof. Dr. Hendrik Bluhm II. Institute of Physics | Semiconductor-based quantum network (SEQUNET) ERC Starting Grant 2015 | |
| Dr. Martin Salinga I. Institute of Physics (IA) | Dynamics of Amorphous Semiconductors: Intrinsic Nature and Application in Neuromorphic Hardware (NEURAMORPH) ERC Starting Grant 2014
Prof. Salinga has transferred his grant from RWTH Aachen University to his new Host Institution, University of Münster.
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| Prof. Dr. Franziska Schoenebeck Institute of Organic Chemistry | Fundamental Studies in Catalysis – Reactivity Design with Experimental and Computational Tools (FunCatDesign) ERC Starting Grant 2014
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| Prof. Dr. Laura De Laporte Advanced Materials for Biomedicine Teaching and Research Area | Injectable anisotropic microgel-in-hydrogel matrices for spinal cord repair (ANSIOGEL) ERC Starting Grant 2014
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| Prof. Dr. Norbert Schuch Institute for Quantum Information | Wavefunctions for strongly correlated systems (WASCOSYS) ERC Starting Grant 2014
Prof. Schuch has transferred his grant from RWTH Aachen University to his new Host Institution, the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science. | |
| Prof. Dr. Wolfram Antonin Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology | Analysis of postmitotic chromatin decondensation (CHROMDECON) ERC Starting Grant 2012
Prof. Antonin transferred his grant to the University Hospital RWTH Aachen from his former Host Institution, the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science. | |
| Prof. Dr. Twan Lammers Institute of Experimental Molecular Imaging | Neoadjuvant Nanomedicines for vascular Normalization (NEONANO) ERC Starting Grant 2012
This grant is hosted at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen (UKA). | |
| Prof. Dr. Paul Kögerler Institute of Inorganic Chemistry | Synthetic Expansion of Magnetic Molecules Into Spintronic Devices (MOLSPINTRON) ERC Starting Grant 2012, Consolidator Level
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| Prof. Dr. Bastian Leibe Visual Computing Institute | Computer Vision for Scene Understanding from a First-Person Perspective (CV-SUPER) ERC Starting Grant 2012 | |
| Prof. Dr. Till Marquardt Neurology Clinic | Fine Tuning the Final Common Pathway: Molecular Determinants of Motor Unit Development and Plasticity (MU TUNING) ERC Starting Grant 2012
Prof. Marquardt transferred his grant to the University Hospital RWTH from his former Host Institution, the University of Göttingen. | |
| Prof. Dr. Max Christian Lemme Chair of Electronic Devices | Integrating Graphene Devices (InteGraDe) ERC Starting Grant 2012
Prof. Lemme transferred his grant to University of Siegen, where it was also finalised in 2018, from his former Host Institution, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (KTH). | |
| Prof. Dr. Christoph Stampfer 2nd Institute of Physics A | Graphene Quantum Electromechanical Systems (GQEMS) ERC Starting Grant 2011 | |
| Prof. Dr. Jeremy Witzens Institute of Integrated Photonics | Frontiers of Integrated Silicon Nanophotonics in Telecommunications (FISNT) ERC Starting Grant 2011 | |
| Prof. Dr. Holger Rauhut Chair for Mathematics of Information Processing | Sparse and Low Rank Recovery (SPALORA) ERC Starting Grant 2010
Prof. Rauhut transferred his grant to RWTH Aachen University from his former Host Institution, the University of Bonn. | |
| Prof. Dr. Tom Lüdde Medical Clinic III - Gastroenterology, Metabolic Disorders and Internal Intensive Medicine | The function of inflammatory signalling pathways in acute and chronic liver disease and liver cancer (LUEDDE-MED3-AACHEN) ERC Starting Grant 2007
This grant is hosted at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen (UKA).
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| Prof. Dr. Magnus Rueping Institute of Inorganic Chemistry | Biomimetic Organocatalysis Development of Novel Synthetic Catalytic Methodology and Technology (BIMOC) ERC Starting Grant 2007 |
ERC Consolidator Grant
| Principal Investigator | Project | |
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| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Daniele Leonori Institute of Organic Chemistry | Transforming Boron Chemistry By Exploring Boryl Radical Reactivity (BETELGEUSE) ERC Consolidator Grant 2022 | |
| Prof. Dr. Laura De Laporte Advanced Materials for Biomedicine | 3D-assembly of interactive microgels to grow in vitro vascularized, structured, and beating human cardiac tissues in high-throughput (Heartbeat) ERC Consolidator Grant 2021 The grant was obtained with the DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials as the so-called host institution and will be carried out there.
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| Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Rafael Kramann Chair of Experimental Internal Medicine and Systems Biology | Identification of novel diagnostic, predictive and therapeutic strategies in chronic kidney disease (TargetCKD) ERC Consolidator Grant 2021 This grant is hosted at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen (UKA).
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| Prof. Peter Boor, Ph.D. Department of Nephrology | AI-augmented, Multiscale Image-based Diagnostics of Chronic Kidney Disease (AIM.imaging.CKD) ERC Consolidator Grant 2020
This grant is hosted at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen (UKA). | |
| Prof. Dr. Franziska Schoenebeck Institute of Organic Chemistry | Metalloradical Catalysis - From Fundamental Studies to Applications (MetalloRadiCat) ERC Consolidator Grant 2019
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| Prof. Dr. Twan Lammers Institute of Experimental Molecular Imaging | Macro-Nanomedicine to Treat Metastatic Cancer (Meta-Targeting) ERC Consolidator Grant 2019
This grant is hosted at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen (UKA). | |
| Prof. Karen Veroy-Grepl, Ph.D. High-Performance Computation for Engineered Systems | Real-time Data-Informed Multiscale Computational Methods for Material Design and Processing (DIMENSION) ERC Consolidator Grant 2018
Prof. Veroy-Grepl moved to University of Technology Eindhoven which now acts as new Host Institution. Parts of the project remain at RWTH Aachen University. | |
| Prof. Dr. Christoph Stampfer 2nd Institute of Physics A | 2D Materials for Quantum Technologie (2D4QT) ERC Consolidator Grant 2018
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| Prof. Dr. Tom Lüdde, Ph.D Medical Clinic III - Gastroenterology, Metabolic Disorders and Internal Intensive Medicine | How cellular suicide programmes control phase transitions in fatty liver disease and liver cancer (PhaseControl) ERC Consolidator Grant 2017
Prof. Lüdde transferred his grant to the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf. | |
| Prof. Dr. Bastian Leibe Visual Computing Institute | Deep Learning for Dynamic 3D Visual Scene Understanding (DeeViSe) ERC Consolidator Grant 2017
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| Prof. Dr. Alexander Schmidt Physics Institute III A | Search for Higgs bosons decaying to charm quarks (HIGCC) ERC Consolidator Grant 2016 | |
| Prof. Dr. Samir Lounis Functional Nanoscale Structure Probe and Simulation Laboratory | Dynamical magnetic excitations with spin-orbit interaction in realistic nanostructures (DYNASORE) ERC Consolidator Grant 2015
This grant is hosted at FZJ - Jülich Research Centre.
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| Prof. Dr. Barbara Terhal Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics | Engineering Quantum Error Correction (EQEC) ERC Consolidator Grant 2015
Prof. Terhal transferred her grant from RWTH Aachen University to the Delft University of Technology. | |
| Prof. Dr. Klaus Wehrle Computer Science 4 (Communication Systems) | Symbolic Analysis of Temporal and Functional Behavior of Networked Systems (SYMBIOSYS) ERC Consolidator Grant 2014
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| Prof. Dr. Magnus Rueping Institute of Inorganic Chemistry | Sustainable Light - Driven Catalytic Chemistry (SunCatChem) ERC Consolidator Grant 2013 |
ERC Advanced Grant
| Principal Investigator | Project | |
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| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Grohe Computer Science 7 (Logic and Theory of Discrete Systems) | Symmetry and Similarity (SymSim) ERC Advanced Grant 2021 | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heinz Pitsch Institute for Combustion Technology | Hydrogen-Based Intrinsic-Flame-Instability-Controlled Clean and Efficient Combustion (HYDROGENATE) ERC Advanced Grant 2021 | |
| Prof. Dr. Mathias Hornef Institute of Medical Microbiology | Gut epithelial dynamics and function at the nexus of early life infection and long-term health (EarlyLife) ERC Advanced Grant 2020
This grant is hosted at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen (UKA). | |
| Univ.-Prof. Hector Geffner, Ph.D. Computer Science 6: Machine Learning and Reasoning | From Data-based to Model-based AI: Representation Learning for Planning (Rleap) ERC Advanced Grant 2019 Prof. Geffner transferred the grant to RWTH Aachen University from his former Host Institution, Universidad Pompeu Fabra. | |
| Prof. Dr. Joost-Pieter Katoen Computer Science 2 (Software Modeling and Verification) | Formal Reasoning About Probabilistic Programs: Breaking New Ground for Automation (FRAPPANT) ERC Advanced Grant 2017
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| Prof. Dr. Andreas Herrmann Chair of Macromolecular Materials | Supramolecular Protective Groups Enabling Antibiotics and Bioimaging (SUPRABIOTICS) ERC Advanced Grant 2015
This grant is hosted at the University of Groningen. | |
| Prof. Dr. Matthias Wessling Chair of Chemical Process Engineering | Controlling Fluid Resistances at Membranes (ConFluReM) ERC Advanced Grant 2015
This grant is hosted at DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials. | |
| Prof. Dr. Martin Möller Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry | Light Actuated Self-Pulsing Microgels (Jellyclock) ERC Advanced Grant 2015
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| Prof. Dr. Hermann Ney Computer Science 6 (Human Language and Pattern Recognition) | A Sequence Classification Framework for Human Language Technology (SEQCLAS) ERC Advanced Grant 2015
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| Prof. Dr. Heinz Pitsch Institute for Combustion Technology | Multi-Scale Description of Non-Universal Behavior in Turbulent Combustion (MILESTONE) ERC Advanced Grant 2015
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| Prof. Dr. Leif Kobbelt Computer Science 8 (Computer Graphics and Multimedia) | 3D Reconstruction and Modeling across Different Levels of Abstraction ERC Advanced Grant 2013
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| Prof. Dr. Matthias Wuttig I. Institute of Physics - Physics of New Materials | Tuning Disorder in Chalcogenides to realize Advanced Functional Devices (Disorder Control) ERC Advanced Grant 2013
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| Prof. Dr. Rafal Edward Dunin-Borkowski Chair for experimental physics IV E (Jülich Research Center) | Imaging Magnetism in Nanostructures using Electron Holography (IMAGINE) ERC Advanced Grant 2012
This grant is hosted at FZJ - Jülich Research Centre. | |
| Prof. Dr. Dieter Enders Institute of Organic Chemistry | Asymmetric Organodomino Catalysis (DOMINOCAT) ERC Advanced Grant 2012
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| Prof. Dr. Rainer Fischer Institute of Biology VII (Molecular Biotechnology) | Exploiting plants for the production of future generation recombinant pharmaceuticals (Future-Pharma) ERC Advanced Grant 2010
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ERC Proof of Concept Grant
| Principal Investigator | Project | |
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| Prof. Dr. Laura De Laporte Advanced Materials for Biomedicine Teaching and Research Area | Bioprinting Complex Tissue-mimicking Architectures (BioArchitecture) ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2020
This grant is hosted at DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials. | |
| Prof. Dr. Rebekka Schneider-Kramann Division of Stem Cell Biology and Cellular Engineering | Novel Prognostic Personalized Biomarker and Therapeutic Target in Blood Cancer Related Fibrosis (de-ALARMIN) ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2020
This grant is hosted at Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam. | |
| Prof. Dr. Klaus Wehrle Computer Science 4 (Communication Systems) | Safety Analysis of Concurrent Systems (SAFE) ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2020 | |
| Prof. Dr. Laura De Laporte Advanced Materials for Biomedicine Teaching and Research Area | Peripheral nerve Gel-based Orientation (Peripheral nerve injury recovery using Gel-based Orientation) (PeriGo) ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2018
This grant is hosted at DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials. | |
| Prof. Dr. Max Christian Lemme Chair of Electronic Devices | Silicon-Integrated Graphene Photodetectors for Future Photonic Integrated Circuits (GRAPH-IC) ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2018
This grant is hosted at AMO (Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mikro- und Optoelektronik GmbH). | |
| Prof. Dr. Twan Lammers Nanomedicine and Theranostics Research and Teaching Area | Penetration-promoting and Imageable Polymeric Micelles as a Platform Technology for Individualized and Improved Tumor-targeted Drug Delivery (PIcelles) ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2018
This grant is hosted at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen (UKA). | |
| Prof. Dr. Rafael Edward Dunin-Borkowski Chair of Experimental Physics IV E (FZ Jülich) | Versatile and Innovative Detector for Electron Optics (VIDEO) ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2017
This grant is hosted at FZJ - Jülich Research Centre. | |
| Prof. Dr. Twan Lammers Nanomedicine and Theranostics Research and Teaching Area | Companion Nanodiagnostics for Quantifying EPR and Stratifying Patients to Targeted Nanotherapies (CONQUEST) ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2015
This grant is hosted at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen (UKA). |
ERC Synergy Grant
| Principal Investigator | Project | |
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| Prof. Dr. Florian Amann Chair of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology | Fault Activation and Earthquake Rupture (FEAR) ERC Synergy Grant 2019
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| Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel Chair of Theoretical Physics | Three-dimensional magnetization textures: Discovery and control on the nanoscale (3D MAGiC) ERC Synergy Grant 2019
This grant is hosted at FZJ - Jülich Research Centre. | |
| Prof. Dr. Rafael Edward Dunin-Borkowski Chair of Experimental Physics IV E (FZ Jülich) | Three-dimensional magnetization textures: Discovery and control on the nanoscale (3D MAGiC) ERC Synergy Grant 2019
This grant is hosted at FZJ - Jülich Research Centre. |