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Two members of the Chair of Science, Technology and Gender at FAU have been appointed to the EU working groups on science diplomacy: Prof. Dr. Maria Rentetzi and research assistant Ralf Mitschke.

In science, the exchange of ideas and resources between researchers from different disciplines forms the foundation for progress and innovation. Cooperation not only increases efficiency, but also promotes new findings. This is why the FAU Profile Center Light.Matter.QuantumTechnologies (LMQ) supports several high-ranking projects.

Despite all the challenges facing society at present, as the year comes to a close we can reflect with pleasure on the many successes FAU celebrated in 2023.

She studied physics at FAU, was "Wettkönigin" on the TV show “Wetten,dass…?” and lived in China for a few years: FAU alumna Ines Brunn. In an interview with the FAU Alumni Management, she shows us her television appearance on “Wetten,dass…?”, talks about her time as a student and reveals why she became a real celebrity in China.

FAU president Joachim Hornegger visits researchers that have just recently joined FAU. At the Institute of Applied Quantum Technologies he chats with Prof. Dr. Roland Nagy.

The Center for National High-Performance Computing at FAU has ordered the installation of two supercomputers. With the new high tech devices, the NHR location in northern Bavaria is continuing to grow, providing researchers from the whole of Germany with even more performance capacity.

A research team at Uniklinikum have investigated the biological properties of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant Pirola.

Fatigue, backache or insomnia – during pregnancy almost all women suffer from the strain of symptoms such as these. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from FAU have now investigated when such complaints are particularly common and how they progress.

FAU Alumnus Michael Kobr has been writing the popular detective stories about Inspector Kluftinger with his school friend Peter Klüpfel for 20 years. Already during his studies at FAU, he was praised for his writing talent in term papers and exams. In an interview with the FAU Alumni management, he tells us how he became a crime novel author and a lot more.

The most efficient solar module in the world at the current time has been developed by FAU and HI ERN. This proves that organic photovoltaic technology can rival silicon and the like in the future.