Dresden Junior Fellowship
15 February – 31 July 2021

Guest at the University Colour Research Collection

Dresden Junior Fellowship
25 September – 24 November 2020

Guest at Chair of Human Geography at Institute of Geography

Dresden Senior Fellowship
6 January 2020 – 4 March 2021

Guest of Prof. Ronald Tetzlaff at the Institute of Principles of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Neil Kemp is Senior Lecturer in Physics in the Department of Physics and Mathematics at the University of Hull. The aim of his fellowship is to develop a strong, long-term collaborative research effort on the development of new types of fast switching optical memristor devices. As part of this Dr. Kemp and the Institute of Circuits and Systems at TU Dresden will aim to develop joint research projects with companies in the local Saxony region. The work programme will include experimental work in Dresden, modelling studies based on cellular neural networks and the preparation and submission of a joint research grants in order to secure long-term funding.

Since 2009 Dr. Kemp has led his own nanophysics-based research group working in the fields of Emerging Memory Devices, Molecular Spintronics and Nano Bio-sensors (kempnanogroup.com). He has published over 50 journal articles and has been awarded grants totaling over 1 million euros.

Dresden Senior Fellowship
1 February – 31 July 2020

Guest of Prof. Klaus Reinhardt at the Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology

Dr. Stuart Wigby leads a research group at the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford. During his fellowship at TU Dresden, Dr. Wigby was hosted in the laboratory of Prof. Klaus Reinhardt and evaluated interactions between diet, social environment and age on sperm metabolism, molecular composition and fertility – an immediate link to TU Dresden's Priority Area “Health Sciences, Biomedicine and Bioengineering”.  Furthermore Dr. Wigby was involved in teaching by giving guest lectures. His stay at TU Dresden will establish a long-term collaboration between TU Dresden and the Wigby lab at the University of Oxford.

Dr. Wigby’s research links evolutionary biology with genetics, molecular biology and ‘omics. Currently he holds the prestigious BBSRC David Phillips Research Fellowship Grant. His work has resulted in publications in top journals and he has been invited speaker at major international conferences.

Dresden Junior Fellowship
1 September 2020 – 28 February 2021

Guest at the Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry

Dr. Antanovich is a senior research associate at the Nanophotonics center at the B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. In the framework of the fellowship program Dr. Antanovich will implement a short term project dedicated to the synthesis of the new type of semiconductor nanocrystals – indium phosphide nanoplatelets. The hosting research group of Dr. Lesnayk at TU Dresden will benefit from his expertise, which he will share through giving highlights and presentations at seminars and group meetings, personal communication, and by sharing practical skills basis for writing future grant proposals to receive funding from sources for fundamental research as well as for application-oriented programs. Besides the implementation of the project Dr. Antanovich will help to strengthen the collaboration with leading Belarusian research groups specializing in nanochemistry and nanophotonics.

Dr. Antanovich is among the top early-career researchers in Belarus. He has a great deal of experience in the synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals, which was acquired in the research group that was among the pioneers in studying cadmium chalcogenide nanoplatelets. During his work he developed an excellent publication track record: he co-authored 27 research papers (including 7 first-author ones) and has an h-index of 11 (Scopus, May 2020).

Dresden Junior Fellowship
15 August 2020 – 15 February 2020

Guest at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry

The last four years Dr. Acharyya worked as Project Assistant Professor and as JSPS post-doctoral fellow in the research group of Prof. Yasuhiro Iwasawa at the University of Electro-Communications Tokyo. At TU Dresden Dr. Acharyya will conduct a study in the field of heterogeneous catalysis within the framework of his fellowship. The aim of this fundamental research is to develop methods of conversion of biomass-derived feedstock to chemicals to reduce the amount of fossil fuels used. Furthermore he will contribute to teaching by giving two courses for students.

Dr. Acharyya dedicated the past years of research experiences in learning and handling several spectroscopic and microscopic and diffraction techniques that are used to investigate catalysts. His research works has been published in 36 peer-reviewed international journals and he holds 10 patents.

Dresden Senior Fellowship
1. August 2020 – 31. Januar 2021

Guest at the Medical Clinic and Outpatient Clinic III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus

Prof. Manuel Mayr works as Professor of Cardiovascular Proteomics at the British Heart Foundation Centre of King's College London. He is an international leading scientist with focus on cardiac proteomics. His collaboration with TU Dresden has been established since 2019 within the framework of transCampus and will be extended during the fellowship with three joint research projects. For these with the help of the outstanding expertise of Prof. Mayr highly innovative research outputs are aspired leading to joint publications in High Impact Journals. Furthermore Prof. Mayr will assist with the further development of the curriculum of the IRTG as a consult to support the proposal for its second funding phase.

Besides having received numerous international highly recognized awards, since 2017 Prof. Mayr holds the prestigious Personal Chair for Cardiovascular Proteomics of the British Heart Foundation. Within his scientific career (h-index 79 (Google Scholar), about 21.000 citations, more than 200 publications) he has obtained new findings amongst others for the risk analysis of cardiovascular diseases and for metabolic diseases, such as diabetes.

The stay of Prof. Mayr at TU Dresden will strengthen the strategic partnership with King’s College London and will have an enormous scientific impact for the interdisciplinary development of the city of Dresden as a location of science.

Dresden Senior Fellowship
1 September – 30 September 2020 &
1 February – 30 April 2021

Guest of Prof. Thomas Hummel at the Interdisciplinary Center "Smell & Taste", University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus

Dr. Alberi is a lecturer of Neuropathology at the Faculty of Science and Medicine at the University of Fribourg. During her month stay in Dresden, Dr. Alberi analyzed the data collected in the COVID-Smell study and performed a cross-comparison of the results obtained in Switzerland and Germany. She organized the neuropathology investigation of olfactory mucosa and tracts from deceased Covid-19 positive patients with Prof. Hummel. She also contributed to the organization of the Smell and Taste clinic and ECRO meeting occurring in Dresden.

Dr. Alberi is a lead scientist with 20 years of experience in dementia research, with a particular focus on molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration. In the past years, she has led several competitive grants from the Swiss National Foundation, European Agency for Science and private foundations. At present, she is directing a Task Force for Dementia Switzerland, BrainFit4Life, that counts more than 80 members from academia, industry and patient’s associations to raise public awareness and urge investment in dementia research in Switzerland.

Dresden Junior Fellowship
1 January – 31 August 2020

Guest at the Angiology Research Lab, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus

Dr. Burdin is a post-doctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Cell Physiology at the St. Petersburg State University. The fellowship of Dr. Burdin will continue the strong and effective collaboration between the Angiology Research lab at TU Dresden and the Department of general physiology at Saint-Petersburg State University and complete an ongoing research project on a novel approach for drug discovery in cardiovascular disease.

So far this collaboration resulted in four joint publications in peer-reviewed journals and one successful PhD defence. In the long term the project will create the foundation for the further collaborative projects between TUD and Saint-Petersburg State University with the involvement of international graduates and undergraduates, expanding internationalization of research and promoting student mobility abroad.

Dresden Senior Fellowship
1. Juni – 30. November 2020

Guest at the Medical Clinic and Outpatient Clinic III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus in collaboration with the Faculty of Psychology and the Faculty of Biology

Prof. Licinio is SUNY Distinguished Professor at the Departments of Psychiatry, Pharmacology, Medicine and Neuroscience & Physiology at the State University of New York – Upstate Medical University. At TU Dresden Prof. Licinio was involved in the application process of multiple major projects, in which among others the King’s College London is involved as an external partner. Prof. Licinio supported the proposals with his outstanding expertise, his experience in the establishment of new units and third party funding, as well as the elaboration of the proposals.

The fellowship continues the long-standing collaboration between Prof. Licinio and the Faculty of Medicine at TU Dresden. Among others he contributed substantially to the successful establishment of a strategic partnership with Flinders University. Since his appointment to State University of New York – Upstate Medical University he successfully has established on-going and intensive collaborations with TU Dresden. During his fellowship Prof. Licinio was also involved in teaching. As founder and editor-in-chief of three highly recognized journals, he held several meet-the-editor seminars. 

Prof. Licinio is an internationally recognized scientist with a focus on pharmacogenomics and the biological-metabolic processes of depressions as well as comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus. In the course of his impressive scientific career (about 30.000 citations, 359 publications, thereof 288 listed in Pubmed), Prof. Licinio was engaged increasingly in the implementation and optimization of academic structures to establish the best preconditions for interdisciplinary research with a strong transnational focus.