Funding
Current projects
TUD: Maria Reiche Doctoral Fellowship
Antonia Kaestner, MSc
Project duration: 02/2025 - 02/2028
European Project Center EPC: ESF Plus Doctoral Fellowship
Yohann Suraj Kudtarkar, MSc
Reference number: 100747057
Project duration: 01/2025 - 12/2028
AvH: Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
Jamal Ibrahim, PhD
Reference number: 1238532 - PSE - HFST-P
Project duration: 12/2024 - 11/2026
DFG: Biogenesis of Chitin Matrices Across Scales in Yeast and Insect
Reference number: DFG: 525894472 / TUD: BE 5417/2-1
Project duration: 01/2024 - 12/2026
DFG: Deciphering the Role of Actomyosin Remodeling and Mechanotransduction in Sea Urchin Skeletogenesis
Reference number: DFG: 524590563 / TUD: PO 1725/13-1
Project duration: 01/2024 - 12/2026
In collaboration with Prof. Dr. Haguy Wolfenson (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, IL) und Frau Prof. Dr. Smadar Ben-Tabou de-Leon (University of Haifa, IL)
DFG: The Locust Ovipositor: A Form Follows Function Study of a Unique Digging Apparatus
Reference number: DFG: 503007430 / TUD: PO 1725/10-1
Project duration: 01/2023 - 12/2025
In collaboration with Prof. Dr. Amir Ayali and Frau Dr. Bat-El Pinchasik, Tel Aviv University, IL
TUD: Maria Reiche Postdoctoral Fellowship
Gargi Joshi, PhD
Project duration: 10/2023 - 09/2025
Completed projects
DFG: Wear-Resistance in Natural Materials: The Role of Micro-Architecture
Reference number: DFG: 490987316 / TUD: TA 1717/2-1
Project duration: 10/2021 - 09/2024
DFG: Proximate and Ultimate Reasons for Cuticular Fibre Orientation in Insects
Reference number: DFG: 281694208 / TUD: PO 1725/4-2
Project duration: 09/2020 - 08/2024 (2nd phase)
TUD: Maria Reiche Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Maryam Tadayon
Project duration: 09/2022 - 08/2024
AvH: Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
Aurimas Narkevicius, PhD
Reference number: 1225545 - GBR - HFST-P
Project duration: 08/2022 - 07/2024
AvH: Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
Gargi Joshi, PhD
Reference number: 1217550 - IND - HFST-P (Gargi Joshi, PhD)
Project duration: 08/2021 - 07/2023
DFG: Micromechanics and Structure-Function Relationships in Mechanical Sensors of Spiders; Key to Understanding Organ Performance
Reference number: DFG: 340613815 / TUD: PO 1725/7-1
Project duration: 06/2017 - 03/2022
In collaboration with Prof. Benny Bar-On, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
DFG: Structural flexibility in the optical design of the arthopod cornea
(as former applicant)
Reference number: 286895536
Project duration: 2015 - 2020
DFG: Proximate and Ultimate Reasons for Cuticular Fibre Orientation in Insects
Reference number: DFG: 281694208
Project duration: 2016 - 2019 (1st phase)
DFG: Materials World Network: Structural design and micromechanical properties of mechanotransducing biological materials
Reference number: 220144857
Project duration: 2012 - 2017