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Making solar cells commercially viable for everyday use
Research group led by Juliane Borchert receives foundation funding for the further development of solar cells for vehicles, clothing and tents, for example
Ines Schröder and Vera Marstaller receive the Erasmus Prize 2022 from University College Freiburg
Research on trust towards AI and dissertation on war photography and National Socialism awarded
Emmy Noether Funding for Adam Kortylewski
Computer science team aims to enable computers to see reliably
University Medal for Bożena Górczyńska
Distinction for historian’s many years of dedication to German-Polish understanding
Political Scientist Julia Gurol and Art Historian Anne Hemkendreis Are New Members of the Young Academy
The Young Academy provides a platform for interdisciplinary projects involving research, art, and society
Awarding of a University Medal and an Honorary Senatorship
Petra Markmeyer-Pieles and Karl-Reinhard Volz recognized for their commitment
Hatice Ceren Ates receives Klee Prize 2022
Young Scientist Award honors development of biosensor for monitoring antibiotic concentration in the various body fluids
Two Freiburg life scientists are new members of Leopoldina
Sonja-Verena Albers and Robert Grosse have been elected for the German National Academy of Sciences – Leopoldina
Thomas Filk receives senior professorship from the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation
Freiburg physicist seeks to make teacher training in physics more practice-oriented with newly designed lecture
Signalling Researcher Wilfried Weber Receives ERC Advanced Grant for Living Materials
Researcher in synthetic biology receives 2.5 million euros in funding for five years
Chemist Ingo Krossing receives the ERC Advanced Grant for the construction of a universally applicable redox scale
Funding is 2.5 million euros, spanning over five years
Director of IT Services Retires
Gerhard Schneider served for 20 years as head of the University of Freiburg’s IT Services Department
University Medal for Matthias Schenek
Head of administration at the University of Freiburg honored for many years of service and bid farewell by the rector
Deep Learning 2.0: Automated Machine Learning enables more precise algorithms
Computer scientist Frank Hutter receives an ERC Consolidator Grant
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize goes to Maike Hofmann
Freiburg physician for molecular science receives Germany’s most important award for young researchers
Daniel Leese receives Fellowship from Carl Friedrich von Siemens foundation
Freiburg Sinologist researches the history of the Chinese Communist Party
Céline Calvino Receives Funding from the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung
Freiburg chemist will work with American researcher to develop new recyclable plastics
Freiburg-based female Physicist and Molecular Medicine Specialist receive funding from Baden-Württemberg Stiftung
Valerie Lang and Jana Naue on the elite program for postdocs
Abhinav Valada Awarded Emmy Noether AI Grant
Freiburg computer science team develops algorithms for robots to navigate among crowds
Andreas Barner Re-elected as University Council Chairman
Top business executive, researcher and alumnus Andreas Barner confirmed as University Council chairman. The committee elected legal scholar Andreas Voßkuhle as vice chairman