People

At the Cluster of Excellence EAM, 200 researchers from 9 disciplines (Applied Mathematics, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics and Medicine) collaborated in 90 projects in basic research as well as in many areas of application. EAM’s aim was to recruit excellent researchers and highly promising young talents to satisfy strategic needs of FAU in research and strengthen the new research structure on a sustainable longterm basis. Therefore, EAM implemented a total of 13 new professorships at FAUs Faculty of Science and Faculty of Engineering.

13 new EAM professorships (permanent or tenure-track)

  • Institute for Multiscale Simulation
  • Chair of Applied Mathematics (Continuous Optimization)
  • Chair of Chemistry of Thin Film Materials
  • W2 Nanostructured Particles
  • W2 Particle Synthesis
  • W2 Catalytic Reactors and Process Technology – EAM Award
  • W2 Theoretical Physics (Physics Underlying Life Sciences)
  • W2 Nanomaterials Characterization
  • W2 Experimental Physics (Scanning Probe Microscopy)
  • W2 Atom Probe Tomography
  • W1 Self-Organization Processes (tenure track)
  • W2 Computational Materials Microscopy (tenure track)
  • W2 Data Science (tenure track)

25% of all appointed professorships are female

>80 EAM members