Doctoral Programs and Research Groups within the University Alliance Ruhr
With two Clusters of Excellence, more than 40 Collaborative Research Centres and Transregios, over 30 Junior Research Groups and about 40 Research Training Groups and PhD programs, the universities of Bochum, Dortmund and Duisburg-Essen offer excellent working conditions for early career researchers.
The diverse doctoral programs enable a successful start to a research career through excellent supervision, professional and interdisciplinary qualification as well as close contact to other doctoral and postdoctoral researchers at University Alliance Ruhr (UA Ruhr).
The three UA Ruhr universities provide an environment for top-level research and support in developing a personal profile at all career stages. Numerous Junior Research Groups and research awards reflect the excellent achievements of our postdoctoral researchers.
Here you will find an overview of the doctoral programs, Junior Research Groups and Collaborative Research Centres at UA Ruhr: *
Doctoral Programs:
DFG Research Training Groups
| Research Training Group | Spokesperson | Participating UA Ruhr universities | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coordinated at a UA Ruhr university |
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| RTG 1919 Precaution, foresight, prediction: Contingency management through future action | Prof. Dr. Stefan Brakensiek, Faculty of Humanities, UDE | UDE | 2013–2022 |
| RTG 1949 Immune Response in Infectious Diseases – Regulation between Innate and Adaptive Immunity | Prof. Dr. Astrid Westendorf, Faculty of Medicine, UDE | UDE | 2014–2023 |
| RTG 2132 Documentary Practices. Excess and Privation | Prof. Dr. Friedrich Balke, Faculty of Philology, RUB | RUB | since 2016 |
| RTG 2185 Situated Cognition - New Concepts in Investigating Core Mental Phenomena | Prof. Dr. Albert Newen, Institute for Philosophy and Educational Research, RUB | RUB | since 2017 |
| RTG 2193 Adaption Intelligence of Factories in a Dynamic and Complex Environment | Prof. Dr. Jakob Rehof, Faculty of Computer Science, TUDo | TUDo | since 2016 |
| RTG 2341 Microbial Substrate Conversion (MiCon) | Prof. Dr. Franz Narberhaus, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, RUB | RUB | since 2018 |
| RTG 2376 Confinement-controlled Chemistry | Prof. Dr Karina Morgenstern, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, RUB | RUB, TUDo | since 2018 |
| RTG 2484 Regional Disparities and Economic Policy | Prof. Dr. Tobias Seidel, Mercator School of Management, UDE | RUB, TUDo, UDE | since 2019 |
| RTG 2535 Knowledge- and data-driven personalization of medicine at the point of care | Prof. Dr. Britta Böckmann, Universitätsklinikum Essen, UDE | UDE | since 2021 |
| RTG 2553 Symmetries and Classifying Spaces: Analytic, Arithmetic and Derived | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Görtz, Faculty of Mathematics, UDE | UDE | 2020–2024 |
| RTG 2624 Biostatistische Methoden für hochdimensionale Daten in der Toxikologie | Prof. Dr. Jörg Rahnenführer, Faculty of Statistics, TUDo | TUDo | 2021–2025 |
| Co-proposer | |||
| RTG 2610 Innovative Schnittstellen zur Retina für optimiertes künstliches Sehen – InnoRetVision | Coordinated at RWTH Aachen; Contact UDE: Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. A. Grabmaier, Faculty of Engineering | UDE | 2020–2025 |
| Participation | |||
| RTG 1856 Integrated Energy Supply Modules for On-Road Electromobility | Coordinated at RWTH Aachen; Contact UDE: Prof. Dr. Angelika Heinzel, Faculty of Engineering | UDE | 2013–2022 |
| RTG 2240 Algebro-geometric methods in algebra, arithmetic and topology | Coordinated at HHU Düsseldorf; Contact RUB: Prof. Dr. Markus Reineke, Faculty of Mathematics | RUB | 2018–2022 |
| RTG 2485 Virus detection, pathogenesis and intervention (VIPER) | Coordinated at Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover; Contact RUB: Prof. Dr. Eike Steinmann, Faculty of Medicine | RUB | since 2019 |
| RTG 2578 Impact of genotoxins on the differentiation efficacy of murine and human stem and progenitor cells and functional competence of thereof derived differentiated progeny | Coordinated at HHU Düsseldorf | UDE | since 2021 |
Graduate Schools, Doctoral Training Programs, etc.
| Program | Spokesperson | Participating UA Ruhr universities | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coordinated at a UA Ruhr university: Faculties/Cooperative |
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| Essener Ausbildungsprogramm für den ärztlichen Nachwuchs (ELAN) | Prof. Dr. Ursula Rauen, Faculty of Medicine, UDE | UDE | since 2012 |
| Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (BIOME) | Prof. Dr. Ulf Dittmer, Faculty of Biology and Faculty of Medicine, UDE | UDE | since 2010 |
| Graduate School of Chemistry and Biochemistry (GSCB) | Prof. Dr. Wolfram Sander, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, RUB | RUB | since 2003 |
| Graduate School of Logistics (GSofLog) | Prof. Dr. Axel Kuhn, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TUDo | TUDo | since 2010 |
| International Graduate School of Biosciences (IGB) | Prof. Dr. Ralph Tollrian, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, RUB | RUB | since 2004 |
| International Graduate School of Neuroscience (IGSN) | Prof. Dr. Ulf Eysel, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, RUB | RUB | since 2001 |
| Graduate School of Educational Sciences | Prof. Dr. Katrin Sommer, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, RUB | RUB | since 2013 |
| PhD Programme in International Development Studies (IDS) | Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein, Faculty of Management and Economics and Institute of Development Research and Development Policy, RUB | RUB | since 2007 |
| PhD Program International Relation/Peace and Development Studies | Prof. Dr. Tobias Debiel, Faculty of Social Sciences/INEF, UDE | UDE | since 2006 |
| Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS Econ) | Prof. Dr. Christoph Schmidt, Faculty of Economics and RWI, RUB & Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Leiniginger, Faculty of Business and Economics, TUDo | RUB, TUDo, UDE | since 2004 |
| Coordinated at a UA Ruhr university: Externally funded |
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| AREA Ruhr – Doctoral Programme on Transnational Institution Building and Transnational Identities in East Asia | Prof. Dr. Karen A. Shire, Faculty of Social Sciences, UDE | RUB, UDE | since 2017 by Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR) |
| Graduate School on Political Cohesion (GSPC) | Prof. Dr. Christoph Schuck, Faculty of Human Sciences and Theology, TUDo | RUB, TUDo | 2020–2022 by Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR) |
| Graduiertenkolleg zu querschnittlichen Fragen der Lehrerbildung (GKqL) | Prof. Dr. Inga Gryl, Faculty of Humanities & Prof. Dr. Stefan Rumann, Faculty of Chemistry, UDE | UDE | since 2019 by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| In-EAST School of Advanced Studies | Prof. Dr. Markus Taube, Faculty of Social Sciences, UDE | UDE | since 2013 by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
| PhD Program "Die Arbeit und ihre Subjekte" | Prof. Dr. Rolf Parr, Faculty of Humanities, UDE | UDE | since 2015 by the Hans Böckler Stiftung |
| PhD Program "The Political Economy of Inequality" | Prof. Dr. Till van Treeck, Faculty of Social Sciences, UDE | UDE | 2020–2023 by the Hans Böckler Stiftung |
| PhD Program "Präzisionsprotonentherapie – Praxisbezogene Physik und Chemie an der Schnittstelle zur Medizin" | Prof. Dr. Kevin Kröninger, Faculty of Physics, TUDo | TUDo, UDE | 2020–2022 by Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR) |
| Promotions- und Graduiertenkolleg der NRW School of Governance | Prof. Dr. Karl-Rudolf Korte, Faculty of Social Sciences, UDE | UDE | since 2006 by Stiftung Mercator, Welker-Stiftung & WAZ Mediengruppe |
| „Regulatorische Immunmechanismen“ – Promotionskolleg der Universitätsallianz Ruhr (RIMUR) | Prof. Dr. Nina Babel, RUB clinics, RUB | RUB, UDE | 2018–2021 by Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR) |
| Participation | |||
| Helmholtz-Graduiertenschule Energie und Klima (HITEC) | Coordinated at FZ Jülich Contact RUB: Prof. Dr. Roland Span, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, RUB |
RUB | since 2011 |
| International Max Planck Research School for Living Matter: from molecules to dynamics (IMPRS-LM) | Prof. Dr. Roger Goody, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology | RUB, TUDo, UDE | since 2001 |
| International Max Planck Research School Reactive Structure Analysis for Chemical Reactions (IMPRS RECHARGE) | Prof. Dr. Frank Neese, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung | RUB, UDE | since 2015 |
| International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE) | Prof. Dr. Lucio Baccaro, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies | UDE | |
| International Max Planck Research School for Interface Controlled Materials for Energy Conversion (IMPRS-SurMat) | Prof. Dr. Martin Stratmann, Max- |
RUB, UDE | since 2003 |
NRW Forschungskollegs
| Name | Spokesperson | Participating UA Ruhr universities | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energieeffizienz im Quartier | Prof. Dr. Christa Reicher, Faculty of Architecture, RWTH Aachen University | RUB, TUDo, UDE | since 2014 |
| FUTURE WATER – Globale Wasserforschung in der Metropole Ruhr | Prof. Dr. Torsten Schmidt, Faculty of Chemistry, UDE | RUB, UDE | since 2014 |
| Regionale Regulierung religiöser Pluralität im Vergleich (RePliV) | Prof. Dr. Volkhard Krech, Center for Religious Studies, RUB | RUB | 2016–2020 |
| Schöne Neue Welt: Sicherheit für Menschen im Cyberspace (SecHuman) | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christof Paar, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and Horst Görtz Institute for IT Security, RUB | RUB, TUDo | 2016–2023 |
NRW-Programm Digitale Gesellschaft: Interdisziplinäres Graduiertenkolleg
| Tandem | Principal Investigator (UA Ruhr) | Participating UA Ruhr universities | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethik und Verantwortung in der digitalen Gesellschaft: Datenpraktiken in Verwaltung und Journalismus (Promotionstandem 2) | Prof. Dr. Christoph Bieber, Faculty of Social Sciences, UDE | UDE | 2017–2022 |
| Inzivilität in der politischen Online-Kommunikation: Typen, Ursachen, Wirkungen und Interventionen (Promotionstandem 6) | Prof. Dr. Nicole Krämer, Department of Computer Science and Applied Cognitive Science, Faculty of Engineering, UDE | UDE | 2017–2022 |
Forschungskollegs VolkswagenStiftung
| Name | Spokesperson | Participating UA Ruhr universities | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEDAS 21 – Global Media Assistance: Applied Research, Improved Practice in the 21 Century | Prof. Dr. Susanne Fengler, Faculty of Cultural Studies, TUDo | RUB, TUDo, UDE | 2017–2021 |
| Scripts for Postindustrial Urban Futures: American Models, Transatlantic Interventions | Prof. Dr. Barbara Buchenau, Faculty of Humanities, UDE | RUB, TUDo, UDE | 2017–2021 |
EU Training Networks (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, ITN)
| Name | Spokesperson | Participating UA Ruhr universities | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coordinated at a UA Ruhr university |
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| ADAPTED: Eradicating Poverty - Pathways towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals | Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein, Faculty of Management and Economics, RUB | RUB | 2021–2024 |
| IMPLANTSENS: Mass-transfer independent long-term implantable biosensors | Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schuhmann, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry | RUB | 2019–2023 |
| OCCAM: Outcomes and Causal Inference in International Comparative Assessments | Dr. Rolf Strietholt, Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology, TUDo | TUDo | 2018–2022 |
| RISE_SMA: RISE Social Media Analytics | Prof. Dr. Stefan Stieglitz, Faculty of Engineering, UDE | UDE | 2019–2022 |
| SignEd|Math: Signs of Mathematics: Fostering the emergence of conceptual gestures among deaf students | Dr. Christina Krause, Faculty of Mathematics, UDE | UDE | 2019–2022 |
| TERAOPTICS: Terahertz Photonics for Communications, Space, Security, Radio-Astronomy, and Material Science | Prof. Dr. Andreas Stöhr, Faculty of Engineering, UDE | UDE | 2020–2024 |
| Participation | |||
| AntiHelix: DNA helicases in genome maintenance: from molecular and cellular mechanisms to specific inhibitors as potential drugs | Coordinated at Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche Contact UDE: PD Dr. Iris Helfrich, Faculty of Medicine |
UDE | 2019–2023 |
| CEN: Cerebellum and Emotional Networks | Coordinated at: University of Bristol Contact UDE: Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Dagmar Timmann-Braun, Faculty of Medicine |
UDE | 2021–2025 |
| CHARMING: Chemical Engineering Immersive Learning | Coordinated at KU Leuven Contact UDE: Prof. Dr. Stefan Rumann, Faculty of Chemistry |
UDE | 2018–2022 |
| ECSASDPE: European and Chinese Platform for Stacked Aero-Structure Drilling Process and Equipment | Coordinated at University of Warwick Contact UDE: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andrés Kecskeméthy, Faculty of Engineering |
UDE | 2017–2020 |
| FP-RESOMUS Fellowship Program of the NCCR MUST (National Competence Center for Research in MolecularUltrafast Science and Technology) and the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV | Coordinated at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich Contact RUB: Prof. Dr. Martina Havenith-Newen, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
RUB, UDE | 2019–2023 |
| HYCOAT: A European Training Network for Functional Hybrid Coatings by Molecular Layer Deposition | Coordinated at University of Gent Contact RUB: Prof. Dr. Anjana Devi, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
RUB | 2018–2021 |
| InventWater: Inventive forecasting tools for adapting water quality management to a new climate | Coordinated at Catalan Institute for Water Research Contact RUB: Prof. Dr. Martina Flörke, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
RUB | 2021–2025 |
| LongActNow: Long Acting Medicines for Complex Therapeutics Needed Now | Coordinated at University of Limerick Contact TuDo: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Sadowski, Faculty of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering |
TuDo | 2019–2023 |
| MINOA: Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Optimisation Applications | Coordinated at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Contact TUDo: Prof. Dr. Christoph Buchheim, Faculty of Mathematics |
TUDo | 2018–2021 |
| PerICo: Peroxisome Interactions and Communication | Coordinated at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Contact RUB: Prof. Dr. Ralf Erdmann, Faculty of Medicine |
RUB | 2018–2022 |
| PhotoBioCat: Light-driven sustainable biocatalysis training network | Coordinated at TU Graz Contact RUB: Dr. Marc Nowaczyk, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology |
RUB | 2018–2021 |
| QUDOT-TECH: Quantum Dots for Photonic Quantum Information Technologies | Coordinated at Danmarks Tekniske Universitet Contact RUB: Prof. Dr. Andreas Wieck, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy |
RUB | 2020–2023 |
| RE-CITY: Reviving shrinking cities – innovative paths and perspectives towards livability for shrinking cities in Europe | Coordinated at TU Kaiserslautern Contact TUDo: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Wiechmann, Faculty of Spatial Planning |
TUDo | 2018–2022 |
| REPAIRS: Relearning Perception Action In Rehabilitation from a Systems perspective | Coordinated at University Medical Center Groningen Contact RUB: Prof. Dr. Gregor Schöner, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology |
RUB | 2021–2024 |
| SENTINEL: Single-Entity NanoElectrochemistry | Coordinated at the University of Leeds Contact RUB: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schuhmann, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
RUB | 2019–2022 |
| TeraApps: Doctoral Training Network in Terahertz Technologies for Imaging, Radar and Communication Applications | Coordinated at University of Glasgow Contact UDE: Prof. Dr. Daniel Erni, Faculty of Engineering |
UDE | 2018–2021 |
| THERADNET: International NETwork for training and innovations in THErapeutic RADiation | Coordinated at Universität Zürich Contact UDE: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Verena Jendrossek, Faculty of Medicine |
UDE | 2019–2023 |
Junior Research Groups and Prizes:
Funding by the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia
| Group | Lead | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| NRW Junior Research Groups/NRW Postdoc Return Program | ||
| Aquatic Microbiology | Prof. Dr. Alexander Probst, Faculty of Chemistry, UDE | since 2017 |
| Combination of Enzyme Reactions with Metal-organic Catalysis for the Development of New Chemobiocatalytic Cascade Reactions – ChemBioCat | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Dirk Tischler, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, RUB | since 2015 |
| Magnetic field-assisted Nanoelectrocatalysis | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Kristina Tschulik, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, RUB | since 2015 |
| Opto-chemical approaches to probe and manipulate ion channels in their native environment | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Reiner, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, RUB | since 2015 |
| Policital Sciences | Prof. Dr. Paul Marx, Faculty of Social Sciences, UDE | since 2017 |
| Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Kai S. Exner, Faculty of Chemistry, UDE | since 2021 |
| Theoretical Physics | Dr. Björn Sothmann, Faculty of Physics, UDE | since 2016 |
| Theoretical Physics | Dr. Christopher J. Stein, Faculty of Physics, UDE | since 2021 |
| Program "Digital Society NRW" | ||
| Digital Citizenship in Network Technologies (DICINT): The Formation of Opinion Homogeneity in Online Networks and its Effects on Civic Participation (Junior Research Group 4) | Dr. German Neubaum, Faculty of Engineering, UDE | since 2017 |
| Digitale Parteienforschung. Parteien im digitalen Wandel (DIPART) (Junior Research Group 3) | Dr. Isabelle Borucki, NRW School of Governance, UDE | since 2017 |
| Ergonomic Principles of Safe Technologies in a Digital Society – R.Go.Sec (Junior Research Group 2) | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Malte Elson, Faculty of Psychology, RUB | since 2017 |
BMBF Junior Research Group
| Group | Lead | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Human Computer Interaction for demographic change: Junior Research Group "Personal Analytics – Technical and user-oriented methods for improving life-quality" | Dr. Aysegül Dogangün, Personal Analytics Centre of Competence, UDE | since 2015 |
| MoveMe – Die sozio-räumliche Transformation zu nachhaltigem Mobilitätsverhalten | Dr. Meike Levin-Keitel, Faculty of Spatial Planning, TUDo | since 2019 |
| QuaMaFA – „Qualifikation“ im Migrationsprozess ausländischer Fachkräfte in Asien | Dr. Aimi Muranaka, IN-EAST & Faculty of Social Sciences, UDE | 2020–2024 |
| SALUS – Ethische Aspekte von Zwang in der Psychiatrie im Spannungsfeld von Selbstbestimmung, gesundheitlichem Wohl und Sicherheit | Dr. Jakov Gather, Medizinische Fakultät, RUB | 2018–2024 |
Emmy Noether Groups
Sofja Kovalevskaja Awards – Junior Research Groups of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
| Group | Lead | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Dialetheism and paraconsistent logics: towards a systematic view and full assessment | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Hitoshi Omori, Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Research, RUB | since 2018 |
| Europe’s Postwar Consensus: A Golden Age of Social Cohesion and Mobility? | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jan De Graaf Institute for Social Movements, RUB |
since 2019 |
| High power THz sources | Prof. Dr. Clara Saraceno, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, RUB | since 2015 |
| Listening to Young Voices: Improving the understanding Of early psychotic-like experiences in adolescents (The YVORI Study) | Dr. Mar Rus-Calafell, Faculty of Psychology, RUB | since 2020 |
| Mechanistic Cell Biology | Dr. Doris Hellerschmied, Center for Medical Biotechnology (ZMB), UDE | since 2019 |
Funding Lines of the VolkswagenStiftung
| Project | Lead | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Dilthey-Fellowship | ||
| A Study in Explanatory Power | Dr. Raphael van Riel, Faculty of Humanities, UDE | 2012–2021 |
| Freigeist-Fellowship | ||
| A Bird’s Eye View on the Evolution of Cognition: Crows as a New Model for Cognitive Neuroscience | Dr. Jonas Rose, Faculty of Psychology, RUB | since 2014 |
ERC Starting Grants
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis
2018
- Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sascha Fahl, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, RUB
- Jun.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Benedikt Göcke, Faculty of Catholic Theology, RUB
2015
- Prof. Dr. Sarah Weigelt, Faculty of Psychology, RUB
2012
- Dr. Moritz Kerz, Faculty of Mathematics, UDE
2011
- Prof. Dr. Swantje Bargmann, Engineering, TUDo
- Prof. Dr. Thorsten Holz, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, RUB
Clusters of Excellence and Collaborative Research Centres at UA Ruhr:
Clusters of Excellence
| Cluster | Spokesperson | Participating UA Ruhr universities | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXC 2092 Cyber Security in the Age of Large-Scale Adversaries (CASA) | Prof. Dr. Thorsten Holz, Prof. Dr. Eike Kiltz & Prof. Dr. Christof Paar, Horst Görtz Institute for IT Security, RUB | RUB (Proposer), UDE | since 2019 |
| EXC 1069 RESOLV (Ruhr Explores Solvation) | Prof. Dr. Martina Havenith, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, RUB | RUB (Proposer), TUDo (Co-proposer), UDE | since 2012 |
Collaborative Research Centres and Transregios
| CRC/TRR | Spokesperson | Participating UA Ruhr universities | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coordinated at a UA Ruhr university |
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| CRC/TRR 87 Pulsed High Power Plasmas for the Synthesis of Nanostructured Functional Layers | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Awakowicz, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, RUB | RUB | 2010–2022 |
| CRC/TRR 103 From atom to turbine blade – scientific foundations for a new generation of monocrystalline superalloys | Prof. Dr.-Ing Gunther Eggeler, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, RUB | RUB | since 2012 |
| CRC/TRR 160 Coherent manipulation of interacting spin excitations in tailored semiconductors | Prof. Dr. Manfred Bayer, Faculty of Physics, TUDo | RUB, TUDo | since 2015 |
| CRC/TRR 196 Mobile Material Characterization and Localization by Electromagnetic Sensing (MARIE) | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Kaiser, Faculty of Engineering, UDE | RUB, UDE | 2017–2024 |
| CRC/TRR 247 Heterogeneous Oxidation Catalysis in the Liquid Phase | Prof. Dr. Malte Behrens, Faculty of Chemistry, UDE | RUB, UDE | since 2018 |
| CRC/TRR 287 BULK-REACTION - Reacting and moving granular assemblies with gas flow | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Viktor Scherer, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, RUB |
RUB | since 2020 |
| CRC/TRR 296 Local Control of Thyroid Hormone Action – LOCOTACT | Prof. Dr. Dr. Dagmar Führer-Sakel | UDE | since 2020 |
| CRC/TRR 289 The Impact of Expectation on Health Outcome – Treatment Expectation | Prof. Dr. Ulrike Bingel | UDE | since 2020 |
| CRC 823 Statistical modelling of nonlinear dynamic processe | Prof. Dr. Walter Krämer, Faculty of Statistics, TUDo | RUB, TUDo, UDE | 2009–2021 |
| CRC 837 Interaction Modelling in Mechanised Tunnelling | Prof. Dr. Günther Meschke, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, RUB | RUB | 2010–2022 |
| CRC 874 Integration and Representation of Sensory Processes | Prof. Dr. Denise Manahan-Vaughan, Faculty of Medicine, RUB | RUB | 2010–2022 |
| CRC 876 Providing Information by Resource-Constrained Data Analysis | Prof. Dr. Katharina Morik, Faculty of Computer Science, TUDo | TUDo, UDE | 2011–2022 |
| CRC 1093 Supramolecular Chemistry on Proteins | Prof. Dr. Thomas Schrader, Faculty of Chemistry, UDE | UDE | since 2014 |
| CRC 1242 Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Condensed Matter in the Time Domain | Prof. Dr. Uwe Bovensiepen, Faculty of Physics, UDE | UDE | since 2016 |
| CRC 1280 Extinction learning | Prof. Dr. Onur Güntürkün, Faculty of Psychology, RUB | RUB, TUDo, UDE | since 2017 |
| CRC 1316 Transient atmospheric plasmas – from plasmas to liquids to solids | Prof. Dr. Achim von Keudell, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, RUB | RUB | since 2018 |
| CRC 1430 Molecular Mechanisms of Cell State Transitions | Prof. Dr. Hemmo Meyer, Faculty of Biology, UDE | TUDo, UDE | since 2021 |
| CRC 1439 Degradation und Erholung von Fließgewässerökosystemen unter multiplen Belastungen – RESIST | Prof. Dr. Bernd Sures, Faculty of Biology, UDE | RUB, UDE | 2021–2025 |
| Co-proposer | |||
| CRC/TRR 63 Integrated Chemical Processes in Liquid Multiphase Systems | Prof. Dr. Matthias Kraume, TU Berlin | TUDo (Co-proposer) | 2010–2021 |
| CRC/TRR 110 Symmetries and the Emergence of Structure in QCD | Prof. Dr. Ulf-G. Meißner, Universität Bonn | RUB (Co-proposer) | since 2012 |
| CRC/TRR 129 Oxyflame - Development of Methods and Models to Describe the Reaction of Solid Fuels in an Oxy-Fuel Atmosphere | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhold Kneer, RWTH Aachen | RUB (Co-proposer) | since 2013 |
| CRC/TRR 142 Tailored Nonlinear Photonics: From Fundamental Concepts to Functional Structures | Prof. Dr. Artur Zrenner, Universität Paderborn | TUDo (Co-proposer) | since 2014 |
| CRC/TRR 188 Damage Controlled Forming Processes | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhart Hirt, RWTH Aachen | TUDo (Co-proposer) | since 2017 |
| CRC/TRR 191 Symplectic Structures in Geometry, Algebra and Dynamics | Prof. Hansjörg Geiges PhD., Universität Köln | RUB (Co-proposer) | since 2017 |
| CRC/TRR 270 Hysteresis design of magnetic materials for efficient energy conversion (HoMMage) | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oliver Gutfleisch, TU Darmstadt | UDE (Co-proposer) | since 2020 |
| Participation | |||
| CRC/TRR 88 Cooperative Effects in Homo- and Heterometallic Complexes (3MET) | Professor Dr. Gereon Niedner-Schatteburg, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern | RUB | 2011–2022 |
| CRC/TRR 128 Initiating/effector versus regulatory mechanisms in Multiple Sclerosis – progress towards tackling the disease | Prof. Dr. med. Heinz Wiendl, Universitätsklinikum Münster | RUB | since 2012 |
| CRC/TRR 154 Mathematical Modelling, Simulation and Optimization using the Example of Gas Networks | Prof. Dr. Alexander Martin, Universität Erlangen | UDE | since 2014 |
| CRC/TRR 156 The skin as sensor and effector orchestrating local and systemic immunity | Prof. Dr. Alexander Erik, UK Heidelberg | UDE | since 2015 |
| SFB/TRR 173 Spin+X - Spin in its collective environment | Prof. Dr. Martin Aeschlimann, TU Kaiserslautern | UDE | since 2016 |
| CRC/TRR 240 Platelets – Molecular, cellular and systemic functions in health and disease | Prof. Dr. Bernhard Nieswandt, Universität Würzburg | UDE | since 2018 |
| CRC 900 Chronic Infections: Microbial Persistence and its Control | Prof. Dr. Thomas Schulz, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover | UDE | since 2010 |
| CRC 1044 The Low-Energy Frontier of the Standard Model: From Quarks and Gluons to Hadrons and Nuclei | Prof. Dr. Marc Vanderhaeghen, Universität Mainz | RUB | since 2012 |
| CRC 1053 MAKI - Multi-Mechanism-Adaptation for the Future Internet | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Steinmetz, TU Darmstadt | UDE | since 2013 |
| CRC 1101 Molecular Encoding of Specificity in Plant Processes | Prof. Dr. Klaus Harter, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen | RUB | since 2014 |
| CRC 1102 Information Density and Linguistic Encoding | Prof. Dr. Elke Teich, Universität des Saarlandes |
RUB | since 2014 |
| CRC 1116 Master switches in cardiac ischemia | Prof. Dr. Jens W. Fischer, HHU Düsseldorf | UDE | since 2015 |
| CRC 1119 Cryptography-Based Security Solutions: Enabling Trust in New and Next Generation Computing Environments | Prof. Dr. Johannes Buchmann, TU Darmstadt | UDE | since 2014 |
| CRC 1167 Macht and Herrschaft – Premodern Configurations in a Transcultural Perspective | Prof. Dr. Matthias Becher, Universität Bonn | RUB | since 2016 |
| CRC 1279 Exploiting the Human Peptidome for Novel Antimicrobial and Anticancer Agents | Prof. Dr. Frank Kirchhoff, Universität Ulm | UDE | since 2017 |
| CRC 1287 Limits of Variability in Language: Cognitive, Grammatical, and Social Aspects | Prof. Dr. Isabell Wartenburger, Universität Potsdam | TUDo | since 2017 |
| CRC 1309 Chemical Biology of Epigenetic Modifications | Prof. Dr. Thomas Carell, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | TUDo | since 2018 |
| CRC 1342 Global Dynamics on Social Policy | Prof. Dr. Herbert Obinger, Universität Bremen | UDE | since 2018 |
| CRC 1372 Magnetoreception and navigation in vertebrates: from biophysics to brain and behaviour | Prof. Dr. Henrik Mouritsen, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg | RUB | since 2019 |
| CRC 1399 Mechanisms of drug sensitivity and resistance in small cell lung cancer | Prof. Dr. Roman Thomas, Universität zu Köln | UDE | since 2019 |
| CRC 1411 Design of particulate products | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Peukert, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg | UDE | since 2020 |
| CRC 1461 Neurotronics: Bio-inspired Information Pathways | Prof. Dr. Hermann Kohlstedt, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | RUB | since 2021 |
Global Young Faculty
The Global Young Faculty is an initiative of Stiftung Mercator in cooperation with the University Alliance Ruhr and is coordinated by the Mercator Research Centre Ruhr (MERCUR) in Essen.
The program brings together outstanding and dedicated early career researchers researchers from universities and non-university research institutions based in the Ruhr area. It supports them in their efforts to forge new professional contacts and share ideas beyond institutional and disciplinary borders.
Explore Materials Chain (EXMAC)
EXPLORE Materials Chain (EXMAC) enabled 30 Materials Chain Junior Professors and Junior Research Group Leaders to invite international postdocs to the three UA Ruhr Universities. Within a two-week stay, from 27 October to 14 November 2018, invitees had the opportunity to work on joint research projects, proposals or partake in excursions. The concept was developed by the flagship program Materials Chain and the Research Academy Ruhr. In 2018, EXMAC received an award in the DFG competition "International Research Marketing".
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* Abbreviations:
RUB = Ruhr-Universität Bochum
TUDo = TU Dortmund University
UDE = University of Duisburg-Essen