26 April 2021 | Last week, the European Research Council (ERC) announced the winners of its 2020 Advanced Grants competition. Among the 209 excellent researchers are 10 affiliated with one of the six EuroTech Universities. We wholeheartedly congratulate the winners – read more about them and their projects on the university websites:
- Professor John Woodley, DTU Chemical Engineering
- Professor Christian Heinis, EPFL School of Basic Sciences (Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering)
- Professor Aleksandra Radenovic, Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology, EPFL
- Professor Michaël Unser, Biomedical Imaging Laboratory, EPFL
- Professor Keita Ito, Department of Biomedical Engineering, TU/e
- Professor Willem Mulder, Department of Biomedical Engineering, TU/e
- Professor Hendrik Dietz, Chair of Biomolecular Nanotechnology, TUM
- Professor Christian Kupatt, Clinic and Polyclinic for Internal Medicine, TUM university hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar
- Professor Mikael Simons, Institute of Neuronal Cell Biology, TUM
- Professor Wolfgang A. Wall, Institute for Computational Mechanics, TUM
ERC Advanced Grants support excellent researchers at the career stage at which they are already established research leaders with a recognised track-record of research achievements. Candidates have to demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their scientific proposal. The projects must be hosted at institutions in the EU or associated countries.