NEW RESEARCH TRAINING GROUP IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

A new Research Training Group (RTG) in materials science is to be established at Heidelberg University. Jointly organised with the University of Stuttgart, RTG 2948 “Mixed Ionic-Electronic Transport: From Fundamentals to Application” – a programme to promote early career researchers – will be financed by the German Research Foundation with approximately 7.4 million euros over a period of five years. The RTG, with research groups from chemistry, physics and engineering sciences, will explore how ions and electrons interact in organic, hybrid and nanostructured materials and how this interplay can be used for creating new functionalities, for example, in bioelectronics. Spokesperson is Prof. Dr Jana Zaumseil (Heidelberg); co-spokesperson is Prof. Dr Sabine Ludwigs (Stuttgart).