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Nobel Sustainability Award Laudatio by Prof. Sieber
On November 20, 2024, Mathis Wackernagel received the 2024 Sustainability Award for Leadership in Implementation by the Nobel Sustainability Trust for his contribution to the sustainability transformation. It has been a powerful recognition. Prof. Volker Sieber, Rector of TUMCS, delivered the Laudatio below on behalf of the selection committee. He is a Professor for Chemistry of Biogenic Resources and Rector of the Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability of the Technical University of Munich (TUM). He also served on the Nobel Sustainability Trust’s selection committee.
VDI Prize for Tim-Wei Schüler
Outstanding engineering achievements impress not only with their high degree of innovation, but also with their direct benefits for the economy and society. To honour such extraordinary achievements, the VDI Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (Association of German Engineers), Munich, Upper and Lower Bavaria district, has been awarding the renowned VDI Prize since 1984.
From lecture to climate conference: Students experience decision-making processes first hand
The 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) recently took place in Baku, Azerbaijan. Delegates from almost every country in the world came together to discuss measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The conference is considered an important milestone in international efforts to achieve the goal of the Paris Climate Agreement – to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius, preferably 1.5 degrees.
TUM leads in biotechnology
In three subjects, the TUM is among the top 10 universities in the ‘Shanghai Rankings’. In remote sensing, agricultural sciences and biotechnology, the ranking places its research achievements among the best in the world. Biotechnology is one of the main research fields at the TUM Campus Straubing and demonstrates the great importance of this forward-looking area at the Straubing location.
Joachim-Walter-Schultze Preis für Prof. Marc Ledendecker
Prof. Marc Ledendecker has been awarded the Joachim Walther Schultze Prize 2024 for his pioneering work in the development of stable nanoparticles for electrochemical reactions. The German Association of Electrochemical Research Institutes (AGEF e.V.) awards the prize, endowed with 2.000 Euro, every two years to early career independent researchers for their important contribution to electrochemistry-related research topics.
An unforgettable time in Straubing
The TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS) for Biotechnology and Sustainability held a graduation ceremony for its graduates on Friday. Around 120 Bachelor’s and Master’s students received a certificate and a flower as a small gift from Rector Prof. Volker Sieber, Vice-Rector Prof. Anja Faße and Dean of Studies Prof. Cordt Zollfrank.
Success in the last EIC Pathfinder!
We are honored to coordinate the new EIC Pathfinder project BioSinFin over 1110 applications (<4 % success rate). Together with our partners at CSIC and AIMPLAS (Spain), UNITO, ABIEL and LifeCARES (Italy), and ULUND (Sweden), we will focus on developing bio-inspired singlet fission photon multipliers with a novel artificial protein hybrid design to demonstrate efficient and stable multi-photon generation via intramolecular singlet fission to sensitize low-energy emitters in solution and polymer coatings. …
AFRECAR @ EUCAR Conference in Brussels
As part of an innovative project study of the Technical University of Munich, a team of four master’s students from the Campus Straubing, guided by Prof. Magnus Fröhling and Vanessa Heinrich, is contributing to the AFRECAR project under EUCAR’s supervision. This...
Protecting water as the elixir of life
On Monday, 4 November 2024, the third Straubing Sustainability Talks will take place at the TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS) – a joint format of Hochschulstadt Straubing e.V. and the TUM Campus. This time, the colloquium will focus on water. With the event, in which the Bavarian Minister of the Environment, Thorsten Glauber (Free Voters), will also take part, the organisers want to highlight the dangers to which the elixir of life, water, is exposed and how this valuable resource can be sustainably protected.
An outstanding materials scientist
The Straubing campus of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is gaining high-level expertise in the field of materials science: Prof. Dr. Wenwen Fang (35) has been teaching and conducting research in biotechnology and sustainability at the TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS) since the beginning of September. Prof. Fang heads the professorship for particle and fiber technology for bio-based materials there. The young scientist has already received prestigious EU start-up funding for her research.