Humboldt Research Fellows at LMU

The Fellowship Program sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables highly qualified postdoctoral scholars and scientists from abroad to work for a time at German universities, together with their chosen hosts, on projects which the visitors have themselves selected.

The 2020 Fellows, their subject areas and their hosts:

Dr. James Bryson, History of Philosophy (Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, Toronto, Canada). Host: Prof. Dr. Martin Thurner, Faculty of Catholic Theology. January 2020

Prof. Dr. Miryung Kim, Software Technologies (Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA). Host: Prof. Dr. Dirk Beyer, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics. January 2020

Prof. Dr. Joel Thiago Klein, Philosophy (Departamento de Filosofia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil). Host: Prof. Dr. Günter Zöller, Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies. January 2020

Dr. Changxu Liu, Optics, Atomic Physics and Plasma Physics (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, UK). Host: Prof. Dr. Stefan Maier, Faculty of Physics. January 2020

Prof. Dr. Tirussew Teferra, Socialisation, Institutions and the Professions (University College of Education and Behavioral Studies, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). Host: Prof. Dr. Annette Leonhardt, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences. February 2020

Dr. Ricard Torra-Prat, Early Modern History (Departamento de Historia Moderna y Contemporanea, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain). Host: Prof. Dr. Arndt Brendecke, Faculty of History and the Arts. February 2020

Prof. Dr. Jesus Antonio Arroyave, Empirical Social Research (School of Communication, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Columbia). Host: Prof. Dr. Thomas Hanitzsch, Faculty of Social Sciences. March 2020

Prof. Markus Bockmuehl, Theology (Keble College, University of Oxford, UK). Host: Prof. Dr. Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Faculty of Protestant Theology, March 2020

Prof. Dr. Cesar Costa Vera, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Laser Physics (Departamento de Fisica, Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador). Host: Prof. Dr. Matthias F. Kling, Faculty of Physics. March 2020

Dr. Yiou Wang, Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis (Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, UK). Host: Prof. Dr. Jochen Feldmann, Faculty of Physics. March 2020

Dr. Shen Zhao, Experimental Physics of Condensed Matter (Department of Physics, Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris, France). Host: Prof. Dr. Alexander Högele, Faculty of Physics. March 2020

Prof. Dr. Viviana Iacob, Theater Studies and Media Sciences (Centre of Excellence for the Study of Cultural Identity (CESIC), University of Bucharest, Romania). Host: Prof. Dr. Christopher Balme, Faculty of History and the Arts. May 2020

Robert Roreitner, History of Philosophy (Institute for Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Charles University, Czech Republic). Host: Prof. Dr. Peter Adamson, Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies. May 2020

Dr. Arundhati Roy, Bioorganic and Biological Chemistry (ASTAR Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore). Host: Prof. Dr. Ivan Huc, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy. June 2020

Prof. Dr. Boris Z. Spivak, Experimental Physics of Condensed Matter (Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA). Host: Prof. Dr. Viatcheslav Mukhanov, Faculty of Physics. June 2020

Dr. Simon John Barker, Classic Archeology (British School at Rome, Italy). Host: Prof. Dr. Franz Alto Bauer, Faculty for the Study of Culture. July 2020

Prof. Dr. Shuichi Hasegawa, Protestant Theology (Rikkyo University College of Arts, Tokyo, Japan). Hosts: Prof. Dr. Christoph Levin, Prof. Dr. Karen Radner, Faculty of History and the Arts. July 2020

Dr. Leonardo Ariel Carrio Cataldi, Early Modern History (Villa I Tatti/Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Florence, Italy). Host: Prof. Dr. Arndt Brendecke, Faculty of History and the Arts. September 2020

Dr. Ali Mollabashi, Theoretical Physics (Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics (IPM), Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Tehran, Iran). Host: Prof. Dr. Dieter Lüst, Faculty of Physics. September 2020

Dr. Michael Cuffaro, Theoretical Philosophy (University of Western Ontario, London, Canada). Host: Prof. Dr. Stephan Hartmann, Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies. October 2020

Luis Escobar, Molecular Organic Chemistry (Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, (ICIQ), Tarragona, Spain). Host: Prof. Dr. Thomas Carell, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy. October 2020

Dr. Anthony Giambrone, Catholic Theology (Ecole biblique et archeologique francaise de Jerusalem, Israel). Host: Prof. Dr. Knut Backhaus, Faculty of Catholic Theology. October 2020

Teng Teng, Business Administration (Trip.com, PR China). Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias Kretschmer, Faculty of Business Administration. October 2020

Dr. Andre Sehnem, Statistical Physics, Soft Matter, Biological Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics (Institute of Physics, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil). Host: Prof. Dr. Dieter Braun, Faculty of Physics. November 2020

Dr. Kresimir Vukovic, Classical Philology (Department of History, Catholic University of Croatia, Croatia). Host: Prof. Dr. Therese Fuhrer, Faculty of Languages and Literatures. November 2020

Dr. Ibrahim Abdelwahab Abdelsalam Abdelwahab, Optics, Atomic Physics, Plasma Physics (National Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE), University of Singapore). Host: Prof. Dr. Stefan Maier, Faculty of Physics. December 2020

Dr. Marcia de Almeida Monteiro Melo Ferraz, Genetics, Cell and Developmental Biology (Conservation and Research Center, Smithsonian Institution National Zoo, Washington DC, USA). Host: Prof. Dr. Eckhard Wolf, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. December 2020

Prof. Dr. Dr. Walter Howard Dean, Foundations of Mathematics, Logic, Set Theory, (Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, UK). Host: Prof. Dr. Dr. Hannes Leitgeb, Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies. December 2020

Dr. Diego Tajer, Theoretical Philosophy (Sociedad Argentina de Analisis Filosofico, Argentina). Host: Prof. Dr. Dr. Hannes Leitgeb, Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies. December 2020

Dr. Zilong Wang, Experimental Physics of Condensed Matter (Department of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, Italy). Host: Prof. Dr. Matthias F. Kling, Faculty of Physics. December 2020