KIT-Nachwuchsgruppe

In view of the numerous and diverse funding instruments for the establishment of junior research groups, KIT has defined uniform quality criteria for official recognition as a "KIT-Nachwuchsgruppe".

As a junior research group leader at KIT, apply for recognition as "KIT-Nachwuchsgruppe" (KIT Junior Research Group) to make your group more visible inside and outside of KIT. The recognition certifies the high quality of your group and paves the way to further opportunities and perspectives at KIT.

Thus, the certificate is required if you wish to participate in the doctoral procedures of members of your junior research group. For this purpose, heads of a KIT-Nachwuchsgruppe can apply for the status KIT Associate Fellow. In addition, they may apply for membership in the Young Investigator Network (YIN).

KIT-Nachwuchsgruppe: Call for application

Contact person at KIT Research Office:

Aleksandra Olszynka
Scientific Awards and Paths to Professorship

Tel.: 0721 608 48440

aleksandra olszynkaQfw5∂kit edu

Current leaders of a KIT-Nachwuchsgruppe:

Emmy Noether Junior Research Groups

Group Title	Head of Group	Institute
Analyte Detection with High Affinity Chemosensors	Dr. Frank Biedermann	Institute of Nanotechnology (INT)
BNT-BT as the future lead-free funtional material for PTCR, actuator and sensor applications	Dr.-Ing. Manuel Hinterstein	Institute for Applied Materials - Ceramic Materials and Technologies (IAM-KMT)
Forests out of balance: Impacts of extreme events on carbon and water cycling	Dr. Nadine Rühr	Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU)
Quantum Coherent Control of Atomic and Molecular Spins on Surfaces	Dr. Philip Willke	Physikalisches Institut (PHI)
Pulsed Metallurgy on Metallic Thin Films	Dr. Karsten Woll	Institute for Applied Materials - Materials and Biomechanics (IAM-WBM)

Helmholtz Young Investigator Groups

Group Title	Head of Group	Institute
Fixed-Point Methods for Numerics at Exascale (FiNE)	Dr. Hartwig Anzt	Steinbuch Centre for Computing (SCC)
Sub-seasonal atmospheric predictability: understanding the role of diabatic outflow	Dr. Christian Grams	Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Department Troposphere Research (IMK-TRO)
Solving the Cirrus Cloud Puzzle: Do Cirrus Warm or Cool our Climate?	Dr. Emma Järvinen	Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Aerosol Research (IMK-AAF)
A big unknown in the climate impact of atmospheric aerosol: Mineral soil dust	Dr. Martina Klose	Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Department Troposphere Research (IMK-TRO)
Hyperpolarized Magnetic Resonance	Dr. Benno Meier	Institut für Biologische Grenzflächen - Magnetic Resonance (IBG-4)
Advanced Optics and Materials for Next Generation Photovoltaics	Dr. Ulrich Paetzold	Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT)
Multiscale Biomolecular Simulation	Dr. Alexander Schug	Steinbuch Centre for Computing (SCC)
Hierarchically Structured Biomaterials	Dr. Manuel Tsotsalas	Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG)

BMBF Junior Research Groups

Group Title	Head of Group	Institute
InSEIde	Dr. Julia Maibach	Institute for Applied Materials - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS)

European Research Council (ERC) Groups

Group Title	Head of Group	Institute
ERC Consolidator Grant Deformation Mechanisms are the Key to Understanding and Tayloring Tribological Behaviour (TriboKey)	Dr. rer. nat. Christian Greiner	Institute for Applied Materials - Computational Materials Science (IAM-CMS)
ERC Starting Grant Digital Radio Detectors for Galactic PeV Particles (PeV-Radio)	Dr. Frank Schröder	Institute for Astroparticle Physics (IAP)

Junior Research Group with other funding sources

Group Title	Head of Group	Institute
NEW E²: Electrochemistry for Batteries	Dr. Dominic Bresser	Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) for Electrochemical Energy Storage
Extrusion of Biopolymeric Systems	Dr. M. Azad Emin	Institute for Process Engineering in Life Sciences: Food Process Engineering (LVT)
Quality-driven System Evolution	Dr. Robert Heinrich	Institute for Program Structures and Data Organization (IPD)
Dicoordinate Main Group Element and Transition Metal Nitrides	Dr. Alexander Hinz	Institute for Inorganic Chemistry (AOC)
Corporate Finance	Dr. rer. pol. Daniel Hoang	Institute for Finance (FBV) - Department of Finance and Banking
Knowledge Graph-based Artificial Intelligence Systems	Dr.-Ing. Tobias Käfer	Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (AIFB)
Vector Foundation Young Investigator Group (YIG) Green Mobility	Dr.-Ing. Luise Kärger	Institut für Fahrzeugsystemtechnik (FAST)
Lattice Boltzmann Research Group	Dr. Mathias Krause	Institute of Applied and Numerical Mathematics (IANM) 2 / Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics MVM)
Computational Cardiac Modelling	Dr.-Ing. Axel Loewe	Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBT)
Nonlinear Helmholtz Equations	Dr. Rainer Mandel	Institute for Analysis (IANA)
Sylvanus	Dr. Somidh Saha	Institute for Technology Assessment and System Analysis (ITAS)
X-ray Microscopy in Catalysis	Dr. Thomas Sheppard	Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry (ITCP)
Robust Production Systems	Dr.-Ing. Nicole Stricker	wbk Institute of Production Science
Interfacial properties of pectin-based biopolymers	Dr.-Ing. Ulrike van der Schaaf	Institute of Process Engineering in Life Sciences: Food Process Engineering
Numerical Analysis of Multiscale Methods	Dr. Barbara Verfürth	Institute for Applied and Numerical Mathematics (IANM)
Climate change and land-use impacts on European bumblebee populations	Dr. Penelope Whitehorn	Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospherical Environment Research (IMK-IFU)