News Archives - TUM Campus Straubing

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.

A global problem

Every year, people throw away about a third of the food produced worldwide – a fact that has serious ecological, economic and social consequences. Food waste contributes significantly to climate change. At the same time, one billion people worldwide suffer from malnutrition. In this context, reducing food waste is a central step towards a more sustainable and fairer world. In line with the Global Food Waste Challenge Week, leading scientists from the US, Asia and Europe, along with representatives from the retail sector, have now developed strategies to reduce food waste at the TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS).

ERC Grants awarded to TUMCS researchers

The European Research Council supports nine further ERC grants to support projects by researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Two of the funded projects move to the TUM Campus Straubing this year.

Climate Policies: Social Norms Promote Support

Climate change and the destruction of the environment pose an existential threat to the world. With its Climate Protection Act and the National Climate Protection Initiative, the German government wants to conserve resources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The ambitious goal is to make Germany climate-neutral by 2045. However, in order to achieve this ambitious goal, the public needs to support this climate policy. A recent study by economists from the Straubing Campus for Biotechnology and Sustainability at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) shows that the perceived support for climate policy in Germany is generally underestimated.

ERC-“Proof of Concept” Grant for Prof. Costa

Prof. Rubén D. Costa is honored to be supported by the European Research Council (ERC) to realize the Proof of Concept (PoC) project CERES – Crop Efficient Red Emitting Sources. This generous funding will allow Prof. Costas Chair of Biogenic Functional Materials to explore new avenues of our multidisciplinary research portfolio supported by ERC-Co InOutBioLight.

Award for new approaches to municipal flood mitigation

The two researchers Prof. Clemens Thielen from the Professorship of Complex Networks at HSWT on the TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS) and Dr. Jan Boeckmann were awarded the EURO Prize for OR for the Common Good 2024 by the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) at the beginning of July for the research article resulting from their project on heavy rainfall prevention.