For the "3D-Part-Form" project, Dr. Julian Thiele has secured an ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) amounting to approx. 1.5 million euros. Over the next five years, the ERC will support the development of a novel approach in additive manufacturing that meets the complex requirements of polymer materials in sensor technology, information processing, robotics and bio-inspired structures.

Since 2015, Dr. Thiele has been working as an independent junior research group leader at the Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research Dresden (IPF). The University Executive Board awarded him the status of TUD Young Investigator in 2017.