16 Feb 2020
In 2019 LMU again welcomed a large number of Humboldt Fellows who chose to work on research projects in collaboration with LMU faculty members. The Fellowship Program sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables highly qualified postdoct...
The 2019 Fellows, their subject areas and their hosts:
Prof. Dr. Örs Legeza , Theoretical Physics of Condensed Matter (Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics and Optics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary). Host: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schollwöck, Faculty of Physics. January 2019
Prof. Dr. John R. Levison , Jewish Studies (Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA). Host: Prof. Dr. Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Faculty of Protestant Theology. January 2019
Dr. Haoran Ren , Optics, Atomic Physics, Plasma Physics (School of Science, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Melbourne, Australia). Host: Prof. Dr. Stefan Alexander Maier, Faculty of Physics and Center for NanoScience. January 2019.
Dr. Mathilde Bremond , Classical Philology (UFR de Philosophie, Université de Paris IV (Paris-Sorbonne), France). Host: Prof. Dr. Oliver Primavesi, Munich School of Ancient Philosophy. February 2019.
Prof. Dr. Pablo Cobreros Bordenave , Theoretical Philosophy (Facultad de Filosofia, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain). Host: Prof. Dr. Dr. Hannes Leitgeb, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy. February 2019.
Dr. Kwanuk Lee , Cell and Developmental Biology of Plants (Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea). Host: Prof. Dr. Dario Leister, Department of Biology I. February 2019.
Dr. Lei Zhang , Chemical Analytics and Methodology (Institute of Advanced Synthesis (IAS), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China). Host: Prof. Dr. Thorben Cordes, Department of Biology I. February 2019.
Dr. Tushar Debnath , Spectroscopy (Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore). Host: Prof. Dr. Jochen Feldmann, Faculty of Physics, Nano Institute Munich, Chair of Photonics and Optoelectronics. March 2019.
Dr. Amira Sayed Hanafy , Pharmacology (Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy and Drug Manufacture, Pharos University, Alexandria, Egypt). Host: Prof. Dr. Olivia Merkel, Department of Pharmacy. March 2019.
Prof. Dr. Gabriel Kotliar , Theoretical Physics of Condensed Matter (Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA). Host: Prof. Dr. Jan von Delft, Faculty of Physics and Center for NanoScience. March 2019.
Dr. Rasoul Namazi , History of Philosophy (Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago, USA). Host: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Meier, Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion. March 2019.
Dr. Viachaslau Yarashevich , Political Economy (Faculty of International Economic Relations and Management, MITSO International University, Minsk, Belarus). Host: Prof. Dr. Alexander Libman, Institute of Sociology. March 2019.
Dr. Mary Frazer , Ancient History (Department of Near Eastern Languages, Yale University, New Haven, USA). Host: Prof. Dr. Karen Radner, School of Ancient History, Department of History. April 2019.
Prof. Dr. Mary Esther Beckman , General and Applied Linguistics (Department of Linguistics, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA). Host: Prof. Dr. Jonathan Harrington, Institute of Phonetics and Language Processing. May 2019.
Dr. Paolo Bussotti , History of Science (Dipartimento di Filosofia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy). Host: Prof. Dr. Dr. Hannes Leitgeb, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy. May 2019.
Dr. Viktorija Glembockyte , Biophysical Chemistry (McGill University, Montreal, Canada). Host: Prof. Dr. Philip Tinnefeld, Department of Chemistry. May 2019
Prof. Dr. Anne Salmond , Ethnology and Anthropology (University of Auckland, New Zealand). Host: Prof. Dr. Eveline Dürr, Institute of Ethnology. May 2019.
Dr. Andrea Villa , Paleontology (Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy). Host: Prof. Dr. Oliver Rauhut, Bavarian State Collection for Paleontology and Geology. May 2019.
Prof. Dr. Roberto Giuntini , Philosophical Bases of Mathematics, Logic and Set Theory (Dipartimento di Pedagogia, Psicologia, Filosofia, Universita di Cagliari, Italy). Host: Prof. Dr. Dr. Hannes Leitgeb, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy. June 2019
Dr. Vita Sadri Patricia Peacock , Ethnology and Anthropology (Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, UK). Host: Prof. Dr. Sahana Udupa, Institute of Ethnology. June 2019.
Prof. Dr. James Murray Scott , Theology (Religious Studies, Trinity Western University, Langley, Canada). Host: Prof. Dr. Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Faculty of Protestant Theology. June 2019.
Prof. Dr. George Karamanolis , History of Philosophy (Institute of Philosophy, University of Vienna, Austria). Host: Prof. Dr. Peter Adamson, Munich School of Ancient Philosophy. July 2019.
Prof. Dr. Andrey L. Rogach , Fabrication and Properties of Functional Materials (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, PR China). Host: Prof. Dr. Jochen Feldmann, Faculty of Physics, Nano-Institute Munich, Chair of Photonics and Optoelectronics. July 2019.
Dr. Kseniia Tatarkina , Civil Law (Department of Law, Tomsk State University, Russian Federation). Host: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hau, Chair of European Civil and Procedural Law, Faculty of Law. July 2019.
Dr. Tuomas Vanhala , Theoretical Physics of Condensed Matter (Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland). Host: Prof. Dr. Lode Pollet, Faculty of Physics. July 2019.
Dr. Wei Zhang , Quantum Optics (Department of Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, VR China). Host: Prof. Dr. Harald Weinfurter, Faculty of Physics. July 2019.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Daum , Modern and Contemporary History (Department of History, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York, USA). Host: Prof. Dr. Margit Szöllösi-Janze, School of Contemporary History, Department of History. August 2019.
Prof. Dr. Hongbin Li , Biophysical Chemistry (Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada). Host: Prof. Dr. Hermann Eduard Gaub, Chair of Applied Physics – Biophysics. August 2019.
Dr. Mohammad Saleh Zarepour , History of Philosophy (Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, UK). Host: Prof. Dr. Peter Adamson, Chair of the Philosophy of Late Antiquity. August 2019.
Prof. Dr. Lela Alexidze , History of Philosophy (Faculty of Philosophy, Tbilisi State University, Georgia). Host: Prof. Dr. Peter Adamson, Chair of the Philosophy of Late Antiquity. September 2019.
Dr. Sander Beckers , Theoretical Philosophy (Department of Computer Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA). Host: Prof. Dr. Stephan Hartmann, Faculty of Philosophy, History of Science and the Study of Religion, Chair of the History of Science. September 2019.
Dr. Amrita Dey , Physics of Semiconductors (Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India). Host: Prof. Dr. Jochen Feldmann, Faculty of Physics, Nano-Institute Munich, Chair of Photonics and Optoelectronics. September 2019.
Prof. Dr. Leonardo de Souza Menezes , Quantum Optics (Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Brazil). Host: Prof. Dr. Stefan Alexander Maier, Faculty of Physics. September 2019.
Prof. Dr. J. Helena Prieto , Biochemistry (Department of Chemistry, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, USA). Host: Prof. Markus Meissner, Institute of Veterinary Medicine. September 2019.
Dr. Naftali Weinberger , Theoretical Philosophy (Center for Logic, Ethic, and Philosophy of Science (TiLPS), Tilburg University, Netherlands). Host: Prof. Dr. Stephan Hartmann, Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion, Chair of the Philosophy of Science. September 2019.
Prof. Dr. Stefano Zapperi , Statistical Physics, Soft Matter, Biological Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics (Institute of Physics, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy). Host: Prof. Dr. Erwin Frey, Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics. September 2019.
Dr. Ismayl Bilgin , Experimental Physics of Condensed Matter (Faculty of Engineering, Atatürk University, Erzerum, Turkey). Host: Prof. Dr. Alexander Högele, Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanoscience. October 2019.
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Chernousov , Algebra, Number Theory, Algebraic Geometry (Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada). Host: Prof. Dr. Fabien Morel, Institute of Mathematics. October 2019.
Prof. Dr. Nicholas Reich , Mathematical Statistics, Applied Statistics (Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA). Host: Prof. Dr. Göran Kauermann, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics. October 2019.
Prof. Dr. Ora John Reuter , Political Science (Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA). Host: Prof. Dr. Alexander Libman, Institute of Sociology. October 2019.
Dr. Borut Trpin , Theoretical Philosophy (Institute of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia). Host: Prof. Dr. Stephan Hartmann, Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion. October 2019.
Dr. Luis Fellipe Carvalho Garcia , History of Philosophy (Departamento de Filosofia, Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil). Host: Prof. Dr. Ives Radrizzani, Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion. November 2019.
Dr. Changxu Liu , Optics, Atomic Physics, Plasma Physics (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, UK). Host: Prof. Dr. Stefan Alexander Maier, Institute of Experimental Physics. November 2019.
Prof. Dr. Alessandra Beccarisi , History of Philosophy (Dipartimento di Studi Umanisici, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Università del Salento, Italy). Host: Prof. Dr. Marc-Aeilko Aris, Faculty of Languages and Literatures. December 2019.
Dr. Janyce Nathalie Desiderio , Classical Philology (Faculte des Lettres, Sorbonne Universite, Paris, France).Host: Prof. Dr. Therese Fuhrer, Faculty of Languages and Literatures. December 2019.