Chemistry and Physics of Interfaces – Department of Microsystems Engneering
Dr. Atreyee Banerjee
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
Areas of Expertise Supercooled liquids│ Polymers│ Polymer gels │Polymorphic organic crystals
Deepa Garg
CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO), India
Areas of Expertise Biomaterials │ Nanotechnology│Natural polymer-based hydrogels│Wound healing│Implant failure
Anas Saifi
CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO), India
Areas of Expertise Hydrogels and liquid crystal polymers | 3D-printed photoresponsive soft actuators│Liquid crystal-based soft actuators
Prof. Dr. Laura Hartmann
Active Soft Matter – Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry
Deepanshu Bhatt
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research – Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (AcSIR-CSIO), India
Areas of Expertise Nanomaterials │Polymer composites │Electrochemical and optical biosensors
Dr. Olga Speck
Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies
Dr. Giovanna Adele Naselli
Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
Areas of Expertise Mechanical engineering │ Robotics │Bioinspiration │Biohybrid generators│ Soft pneumatic actuators
Dr. Anna Fischer
Inorganic Functional Materials and Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage – Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
Paulo Preuss
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Areas of Expertise Nanoscience│Industrial chemistry│Hydrogen generation by water splitting│Optoelectronics
JProf. Dr. Edoardo Milana
Inflatable Snapping Metamaterials for Next Generation Soft Machine
Ellen Roels
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Areas of Expertise Soft robotics │Self-healing polymers │Polymer processing │Human-robot interfaces│Science communication
Francesco Stella
EPFL – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Areas of Expertise Computational design strategies for robotics with LLMs│Efficient compliant locomotion│Soft robots│ Control and Intelligent Systems
Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck
Plant Biomechanics – Institute of Biology
Dr. Renate Sachse
Technical University of Munich; Havard University
Areas of Expertise Motion Design│Active and Adaptive Structures│Biomechanics, Biomimetics and Bioinspirated Structures │Soft Robotics │Active Metamaterials│Contact Mechanics │Plant Biomechanics
Prof. Dr. Lars Pastewka
Department of Microsystems Engineering
Himanshu Shekhar
Nagoya University
Areas of Expertise Superlubricity│Nanotribology│Computational material science│Materials informatics
Prof. Dr. Chris Eberl
Micro- and Materials Mechanics – Department of Microsystems Engineering
Luuk van Laake
Eindhoven University of Technology
Areas of Expertise Mechanical Engineering │Soft robotics for medical and haptics applications │Embodied (artificial) intelligence
CIBSS
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kleine-Vehn
Molecular Plant Physiology – Institute of Biology
Dr. Leonard Blaschek
Copenhagen University
Areas of Expertise Plant Physiology│Plant cell walls biosynthesis│Genetic and cellular control
JProf. Dr. Sjon Hartman
Plant Environmental Signalling & Development – Institute of Biology
Dr. Elke Barbez
Molecular Plant Physiology – Institute of Biology
PD Dr. Eva Rog-Zielinska
Head of 4D Imaging Section – IEKM Freiburg
Rim Chaudhury
Presidency University, Kolkata, India
Areas of expertise Stress memory in plants│ Plant Environmental Signalling and Development│Botany
Dr. Rory Osborne
University of Birmingham
Areas of expertise Arabidopsis │Ligase│Oxygen Sensing│Plant immunity │Plant flooding│Proteostasis │Biochemistry
Dr. Matteo Grenzi
University of Milan
Areas of expertise Plant physiology│Long-distance signalling in plants│Microscopy techniques│Calcium homeostasis
Dr. Francesko Hela
Joslin Diabetes Center – Havard Medical School
Areas of expertise Senescence│Autophagy│Immunological changes│Progestorone signalling│Luteal cells│Anthropod venoms
Dr. Giorgos Pyrowolakis
Developmental Biology – Institute of Biology
Ngan Vi Tran
University of Tartu, Estonia
Areas of expertise Developmental Biology │Drosophila│BMP signalling│Epithelial Morphogenesis
BrainLinks-BrainTools
Prof. Dr. Thomas Stieglitz
Biomedical Microtechnology – Department of Microsystems Engineering
Aleesha Elle Caldwell
University of Sydney
Areas of expertise Biomedical engineering│Neural stimulation│Fabrication techniques│Neuroprosthetic devices│Electrode array
Jacinta Cleary
University of Sydney
Areas of expertise Biomedical engineering│Bionics│Neuroscience│ Medical implants│Facial nerve paralysis
Prof. Dr. Andreas Vlachos
Anatomy and Cell Biology – Department of Neuroanatomy
Shubham Mirg
Pennsylvania State University
Areas of expertise Biomedical Engineering│ Photoacoustic imaging│Optical neuroimaging│Ultrasound neuromodulation for mental health disorders
Future Forests
Prof. Dr. Marc Hanewinkel
Forestry Economics and Forest Planning – Institute of Forest Sciences
Dr. Christoph Kogler
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Areas of expertise Supply chain and risk management│Logistics│Transportation│Sustainability research and strategic analyses for the forest-based industry
LZN
Prof. Dr. Mark Alexander Stolz
Resillience Engineering for Technical Systems – INATECH
Jie Lie
Pennsylvania State University
Areas of expertise Sustainable building design │Simulation, certification and performance optimisation│Building energy efficiency
FRIBIS
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Neumärker
Economic Policy and Constitutional Economic Theory – Institute for Economics
Vibhor Mathur
University of Bath
Areas of expertise Governance, Development and Public Policy│Basic income│Qualitative research culture
Dr. Femi Oladele
Meristem Securities Limited, Nigeria
Areas of expertise Public policies│Research outreach│Combating poverty an illiteracy│Accessible youth-platform for economic knowledge and skills dissemination
