Research

Roughly half of the world’s population carry the bacteria Helicobacter pylori (H. Pylori) in their stomach, known to be the most significant risk factor for ulcers, MALT lymphoma and adenocarcinoma. A research team from FAU has now discovered a mechanism which controls the causes of infection with H. pylori and triggers the development of stomach diseases.

Prof. Dr. den Hollanders' research areas include the theory of stochastic processes and their applications in physics, biology and computer science. In particular, he deals with the theory of large deviations, processes in the random medium and metastable behaviour. Prof. Dr. den Hollander is currently a guest researcher at the Department of Mathematical Stochastics at FAU.

The periodic table turns 150 years. We took this as an opportunity to ask our scientists about their favorite element. Today: Prof. Dr. Hellerbrand on iron.

Glyphosate is not only one of the most widely-used herbicides in the world, but also one of the most controversial chemical compounds, as it is suspected of being carcinogenic. A team of researchers from FAU have demonstrated how glyphosate can be removed from water using a straightforward technique.

The periodic table turns 150 this year. We took this as an opportunity to ask our scientists about their favorite element. Today: Prof. Dr. Sasaki on helium.

How do we learn language? In the Linguistics Lab at FAU, Prof. Ewa Dąbrowska and Prof. Thomas Herbst are conducting research into usage-based construction grammar. In an interview with their colleague, Prof. Stefan Evert, they explain what impact the new theory could have on language teaching and why the Linguistics Lab was set up.

Already in the late 1990s, Prof. Dr. Chandrajith came to Erlangen to receive a doctorate in Geochemistry from FAU. Ten years later, he came back to Erlangen in the frame of a George Forster Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to do postdoctoral research at FAU. From July 2019 until January 2020, Prof. Dr. Chandrajith is studying seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers and also the geo-environmental factors affecting the kidney disease with unknown etiology in Sri Lanka at FAU. His research stay is supported by a Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship.

Prof. Dr. Walter Daesslé-Heuser is Professor of Environmental Geosciences at the Independent University of Baja California, Mexico. In 2007, he received a George Forster Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to conduct research at the FAU on the sedimentology and hydrochemistry of the lower Colorado River Basin south of the American-Mexican border. He is currently back at FAU and is working with Prof. Johannes Barth on various groundwater studies.

FAU has unique expertise in the area of energy and climate research. Researchers are working across the faculties to develop innovative methods and processes for an integrated energy system.

The periodic table turns 150 this year. We took this as an opportunity to ask our scientists about their favorite element. Today: Prof. Dr. Büttner on gold.