Candidates who would like to be accepted into the Freiburg Rising Stars Academy can apply directly to one of the Host Principle Investigators.
They represent two of the strongest research profile fields of the University of Freiburg with its world-renowned top researchers: Biological Signalling Research and Functional and Bioinspired Materials.
Functional and Bioinspired Materials

Dr. Céline Calvino
#Polymers
#Materials Science

Prof. Dr. Birgit Esser
#Synthetic Organic Chemistry
#(Organic) Batteries

Prof. Dr. Anna Fischer
#Nanomaterials
#Functional Anorganic Materials
#Chemistry

Prof. Dr. Henning Jessen
#Chemistry
#Organic Chemistry
#Biology

Dr. Charalampos Pappas
#Chemistry
#Analytical Chemistry
#Organic Chemistry
#Materials Science

Prof. Dr. Lars Pastewka
#Materials Science
#Soft Materials

Prof. Dr. Bastian Rapp
#Organic Chemistry
#MEMS
#Material Sciences
#Engineering

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rühe
#Chemistry
#Physics
#Biology
#Engineering

Prof. Dr. Prasad Shastri
#Materials Science
#Biomedical Engineering
#Bioengineering
#Biophysics

Dr. Viacheslav Slesarenko
#Mechanical Engineering
#Materials Science
#Computer Science

Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck
#Biomechanics
#Biominetics
#Plant evolution
#Plant movement
Biological Signalling Research

Dr. Anne-Kathrin Classen
#Molecular Biology
#Cell Biology
#Developmental Biology
#Genetics

Dr. Valérie Hilgers
#Biology
#Biochemistry
#Bioinformatics

PD Dr. Ulrich Maurer
#Biology
#Medicine
#Life Sciences

Prof. Dr. Winfried Römer
#Cell Biology
#Biophysics

Prof. Dr. Prasad Shastri
Bioss Professor of Cell Signalling Environments
#Materials Science
#Biomedical Engineering
#Bioengineering
#Biophysics