DFG Re­search Units

Ongoing research groups

FOR5208Model-based determination of nonlinear properties of piezoceramics for power sound applications (NEPTUN)
Host university: Paderborn University
Participating departments: Computer Science, Systems and Electrical Engineering 
Duration: since 2021
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Henning

 

Participation in research groups

FOR5781Stimulus-responsive luminescent coordination compounds - STIL-COCOs
Host University: TU Dortmund University
Participating departments: Chemistry
Duration: since 2025
Prof. Dr. Matthias Bauer
FOR5583Asset Allocation und Asset Pricing in regulated markets and institutions
Host University: Ulm University
Participating departments: Social and Behavioural Sciences, Mathematics 
Duration: since 2025 
Prof. Dr. Caren Sureth-Sloane
FOR5044Periodic low-dimensional defect structures in polar oxids
Host university: Technical University Clausthal
Participating departments: Materials Science and Engineering, Physics 
Duration: since 2020 
Prof. Dr. Christine Silberhorn
FOR3013Vector- and Tensor-Valued Surface PDEs
Host university: Technical University Dresden
Participating departments: Mathematics, Materials Science and Engineering, Physics 
Duration: since 2019 
Prof. Dr. Balàzs Kovács
FOR2973Being Catholic in the Federal Republic of Germany. Semantics, Practices and Emotions in West German Society 1965-1989/90
Host university: Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Participating departments: Humanities
Duration: since 2020 till 2026
Prof. Dr. Nicole Priesching
FOR2863Metrology for THz Communication
Host university: Technical University Braunschweig
Participating departments: Computer Science, Systems and Electrical Engineering
Duration: since 2019 
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Scheytt

 

Research groups completed 

FOR2401Optimization-based multiscale control of low-temperature engine combustion processes 
Host university: RWTH Aachen
Participating departments: Thermal Engineering/Process Engineering, Computer Science, Systems and Electrical Engineering
Duration: since 2016 till 2025
Prof. Dr. Tina Kasper
FOR2457Acoustic sensor networks
Host university: Paderborn University
Participating departments: Computer Science, Systems and Electrical Engineering
Duration: since 2016 till 2023
Prof. Dr.- Ing. Reinhold H?b-Umbach
FOR2284Model-based scalable gas phase synthesis of complex nanoparticles
Host university: University of Duisburg-Essen
Participating departments: Thermal Engineering/Process Engineering 
Duration: since 2015 till 2024
Prof. Dr. Tina Kasper
FOR1993Multifunctional Material and Energy Conversion
Host university: University of Duisburg-Essen
Participating departments: Thermal Engineering/Process Engineering 
Duration: since 2013 till 2025
Prof. Dr. Tina Kasper
FOR1700Metallic nanowires on an atomic scale: Electronic and vibronic coupling in real systems
Host university: Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Departments involved: Physics
Duration: since 2012 till 2022
Prof. Dr. Wolf Gero Schmidt
FOR1508Dynamically adaptable applications for bat localisation using embedded communicating sensor systems
Host university: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover
Participating departments: Computer Science, Systems and Electrical Engineering, Biology 
Duration: since 2012 till 2019
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Falko Dressler (Former)
FOR1405Dynamics of electron transfer processes at transition metal centres in biological and bioinorganic systems
Host university: Paderborn University
Participating departments: Biological and Biomimetic Chemistry
Duration: since 2011 till 2017
Prof Dr. Gerald Henkel