FRIAS Fellows 2018/19
In the academic year 2018/19, 51 fellows came to FRIAS for research stays. They participated in various programmes, including the Freiburg Research Collaboration Programme (FRESCO), the FRIAS Fellowship Programme, and the Marie S. Curie FRIAS COFUND Fellowship Programme.
Dr. Ridvan Askin
University of Basel
Anglophone Linguistics and Literary Studies
External Junior Fellow
Marie S. Curie FCFP Fellow
Juni 2019 – October 2019
Transcendental Poetics and the Futures of American Romanticism
Prof. Dr. Harald Bauder
Toronto Metropolitan University
Urban Studies, Human Geography
External Senior Fellow
Marie S. Curie FCFP Fellow
January – August 2019
Urban Sanctuary Policies and Solidarity Practices in Germany and Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Sven Beckert
Harvard University
History
External Senior Fellow
Marie S. Curie FCFP Fellow
January 2019 – July 2019
FRIAS School of History
September 2008 – July 2009
Capitalism (2019)
Dr. Robert Bennett
University of Freiburg
Physics
Junior Fellow
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
October 2018 – July 2019
The Quantum Vacuum and Biology
Dr. Milena Bertolotti
University of Freiburg
Immunobiology
Junior Fellow
(Alexander von Humboldt Fellow)
June 2017 – May 2019
Mapping the nanoscale organization of the BCR redox machinery
Prof. Dr. Jean Bérard
University of Strasbourg
Mathematics
External Senior Fellow
October 2017 – September 2019
Linking Finance and Insurance: Theory and Applications
Dr. Anne-Laure Briatte
Sorbonne University
German History
Junior Fellow
Marie S. Curie FCFP Fellow
September 2018 – August 2019
The damages of military occupation through the lens of gender. The lives of mothers of “children of the occupation” in the French Zone of Occupation (1945-1955)
Dr. Stefan Buhmann
University of Freiburg
Physics
Junior Fellow (DFG Emmy Noether Fellow)
November 2014 – September 2019
Macroscopic Quantum Electrodynamics and its Consequences
Prof. Dr. Wolfram Burgard
University of Freiburg
Computer Science
Internal Senior Fellow
March 2019 – December 2021
Responsible Artificial Intelligence: Normative aspects of the interaction of humans and intelligent systems
Prof. Dr. Eric Csapo
University of Sydney
Classics
External Senior Fellow
Marie S. Curie FCFP Fellow
January – June 2019
The Dramatic Festivals of Athens
Dr. Isabelle Deflers
University of Freiburg
History
Junior Fellow
March – July 2018, October 2018 – February 2019
The “Military Enlightenment” in Europe
Dr. Jens-Arne Dickmann
University of Freiburg
Greek and Roman Archaeology
Rector’s Fellow
October 2018 – July 2019
Ruhe und Bewegung in der römischen Stadt. Archäologie, Ökonomie und Soziologie des antiken Stadtverkehrs
Prof. Dr. Patricia C. Dos Santos
Wake Forest University
Chemistry
External Senior Fellow
September 2018 – July 2019
Mechanistic and structural investigation of nitrogen fixation proteins
Dr. Gabriel Dufour
University of Freiburg
Physics
Junior Fellow
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
October 2017 – May 2019
Bosonic mixtures on a lattice: (in-)distinguishability and interactions
Prof. Dr. Ernst Eberlein
University of Freiburg
Mathematical Stochastics
Internal Senior Fellow
October 2017 – September 2019
Linking Finance and Insurance: Theory and Applications
Prof. Dr. Karl-Theodor Eisele
University of Strasbourg
Financial Mathematics
External Senior Fellow
October 2017 – September 2019
Linking Finance and Insurance: Theory and Applications
Prof. Dr. Diego Frustaglia
University of Seville
Quantum Physics
External Senior Fellow
Marie S. Curie FCFP Fellow
September 2018 – February 2019
Geometric and Topological Resources for Spin Control
Prof. Dr. Nicolas Giuseppone
University of Strasbourg
Chemistry
External Senior Fellow (Joint Fellowship Freiburg/Strasbourg)
October 2017 – September 2019
Implementation of Light-Powered Nanomachines into Polymer Bulk: From Fundamentals of Active Matter to Functional, Life-Inspired Polymer Materials
Dr. Sonia Goldblum
Université de Haute-Alsace
German Studies/History of Ideas
Junior Fellow (FRIAS Invitation)
January 2019 – July 2019
German-Jewish relationships in the Weimar Republic and the controversial discussion around its heritage after exile and Shoah
Dr. Laarni Escresa Guillermo
University of the Philippines
Economics
Junior Fellow
Marie S. Curie FCFP Fellow
September 2018 – August 2019
Regulatory Quality, Institutions and Cross-Border Bribery
JunProf. Dr. Philipp Harms
University of Freiburg
Mathematics
Internal Junior Fellow
October 2018 – July 2019
Stochastic shape analysis and stochastic geometric mechanics
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang R. Hess
University of Freiburg
Genetics and Experimental Bioinformatics
Internal Senior Fellow
October 2017 – September 2019
MapRNA: Mapping RNA-RNA pairings in vivo in bacteria and their importance in fast acclimation processes
Prof. Dr. Michaela Holdenried
University of Freiburg
German Literature
Internal Senior Fellow
October 2018 – July 2019
Tracking. Research Expeditions as a Topic in Contemporary Literature
Dr. Bebwa Isingoma
Gulu University, Uganda
English Linguistics
Junior Fellow
Marie S. Curie FCFP Fellow
October 2018 – September 2019
Implicit Arguments in Ugandan Bantu Languages and British English: An Input for Syntactic Indexicality in Ugandan English
Prof. Dr. Sandro Jung
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
English Literature
External Senior Fellow (EURIAS Programme)
October 2018 – July 2019
Transnational Literary History, Eighteenth-Century Book Illustration, and the Genre of the robinsonade
Dr. med. Philipp Kellmeyer
University of Freiburg
Neurology
Internal Senior Fellow
March 2019 – December 2021
Responsible Artificial Intelligence: Normative aspects of the interaction of humans and intelligent systems
Prof. Dr. Cecile King
The Garvan Institute for Medical Research/St. Vincent’s Clinical School, UNSW Medicine
Immunology
External Senior Fellow
Marie S. Curie FCFP Fellow
September – January 2019
Interleukin-21 induced formation of STAT1 and STAT3 dimers
Prof. Dr. Caprice Knapp
The Pennsylvania State University
Health Policy and Administration
External Senior Fellow
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
May – August 2016
May – August 2017
August – October 2018
Investigating Maternal and Child Health in Urban Areas
Prof. Dr. Daniel Leese
University of Freiburg
Chinese History
Internal Senior Fellow
October 2018 – July 2019
Shadows of Maoism. Law and the Politics of History in the PR China
Prof. Dr. Shelly Levy-Tzedek
Ben Gurion University
Human-Robot Interaction & Motor Control
External Senior Fellow
Marie S. Curie FCFP Fellow
October 2018
Robotics in Rehabilitation – Exploring Clinical and Ethical Implications
Prof. Dr. Gechun Liang
University of Warwick, UK
Financial Mathematics
External Senior Fellow
Marie S. Curie FCFP Fellow
July – September 2019
A Mean-field Game Approach to Rollover Risk and Systemic Risk
Prof. Dr. Eva Lütkebohmert-Holtz
University of Freiburg
Quantitative Finance
Internal Senior Fellow
October 2018 – July 2019
Instabilität von Interbankenmärkten
Prof. Dr. Przemyslaw Marciniak
University of Silesia
Byzantine Studies
External Senior Fellow (EURIAS Programme)
October 2018 – July 2019
Byzantium and the popular imagination – stereotypes, simplifications and reappraisal
Prof. Dr. Oliver Müller
University of Freiburg
Philosophy
Internal Senior Fellow
March 2019 – December 2021
Responsible Artificial Intelligence: Normative aspects of the interaction of humans and intelligent systems
Prof. Dr. Robert Murphy
Carnegie Mellon University
Computational Biology
External Senior Fellow
BMBF “e:Bio” Grant
October 2018
Automated interpretation of fluorescence microscope images
Prof. Dr. Gregory James Pearlstein
Texas A&M University
Mathematics
External Senior Fellow
Marie S. Curie FCFP Fellow
June – August 2019
Singular metrics and the Hodge conjecture
Dr. Fritz Renner
University of Freiburg
Experimental Psychopathology
Junior Fellow (Marie S. Curie FCFP Fellow)
June 2018 – September 2019
The (b)link between reward anticipation and depression
Prof. Dr. Pascale Romby
University of Strasbourg
Molecular Biology
External Senior Fellow (Joint Fellowship Freiburg/Strasbourg)
October 2018 – September 2019
MapRNA: Mapping RNA-RNA pairings in vivo in bacteria and their importance in fast acclimation processes (stress responses, virulence)
Prof. Dr. Laura Rupp
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
English Linguistics
External Senior Fellow
Marie S. Curie FCFP Fellow
January – June 2019
The socio-grammatical function of vernacular determiners then and now: evidence for linguistic theories
Prof. Dr. Akbar Salam
Wake Forest University
Theoretical Chemistry
External Senior Fellow
Marie S. Curie FCFP Fellow
January – May 2019
Development of Quantum Electrodynamical Theories of Resonance Energy Transfer
Prof. Dr. Apostolos Sarris
Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas (F.O.R.T.H.)
Applied Geophysics
External Senior Fellow
January 2019 – June 2019
Settlement Patterns and Landscape Biographies of Neolithic Thessaly (BioNeT)
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Schmidt
University of Freiburg
Mathematics
Internal Senior Fellow
October 2017 – September 2019
Linking Finance and Insurance: Theory and Applications
JunProf. Dr. Philipp Schwab
University of Freiburg
Philosophy
Internal Junior Fellow
October 2018 – July 2019
Difference and Identity. The Dialogue between Schelling and Hegel
Prof. Dr. Jay S. Siegel
Tianjin University
Chemistry
External Senior Fellow
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
March – June 2019
Triggered release of biologically active small molecules
Prof. Dr. Frank Stienkemeier
University of Freiburg
Physics
Internal Senior Fellow
October 2018 – July 2019
Coherent Spectroscopy of Elementary Steps for Light Harvesting
Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer
Former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
February 2019
The Anthropocene
Prof. Dr. Eva von Contzen
University of Freiburg
English Literature
Internal Junior Fellow (ERC Fellowship)
April 2017 – December 2023
Internal Fellow (FRIAS Project Group)
October 2024 – September 2025
Lists in Literature and Culture: Towards a Listology (LISTLIT)
Prof. Dr. Johannes von Moltke
University of Michigan
Film and Media Studies
External Senior Fellow
September 2018 – July 2019
Critical Theory in “Postcritical” Times
Prof. Dr. Silja Vöneky
University of Freiburg
International Law
Internal Senior Fellow
March 2019 – December 2021
Responsible Artificial Intelligence: Normative aspects of the interaction of humans and intelligent systems
Prof. Dr. Andreas Walther
University of Freiburg
Macromolecular Chemistry and Systems
Internal Senior Fellow
October 2017 – September 2019
Implementation of Light-Powered Nanomachines into Polymer Bulk: From Fundamentals of Active Matter to Functional, Life-Inspired Polymer Materials
Dr. Jessica Werthmann
University of Freiburg
Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology
Junior Fellow
October 2018 – July 2019
Challenge accepted – Disentangling the link between emotion regulation and body dissatisfaction