Cluster Principal Investigator Christopher Barner-Kowollik has been awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship 2025. The award was officially presented in Berlin on 12 May by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The Alexander von Humboldt Professorship is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space and is considered one of the most prestigious international research awards in Germany. It supports pioneering research and provides recipients with exceptional scientific freedom and long-term research perspectives. Barner-Kowollik recently joined the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) from the Queensland University of Technology in Australia, where he now leads the Institute for Functional Interfaces (IFG). His research focuses on photochemistry and the precise control of chemical reactions using light, with applications in materials science, advanced manufacturing, and medicine.
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