Collaborative Research Centers
Collaborative Research Centers are sponsored by the German Research Foundation (DFG). They are long-term research facilities at universities, set up to provide a place for scientists to work together in an interdisciplinary research program.
Currently funded Research Centers
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SFB 1242Non-equilibrium dynamics of condensed matter in the time domain
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Uwe Bovensiepen |
Deputy: Prof. Dr. Jürgen König |
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CRC/TRR 270Hysteresis design of magnetic materials for efficient energy conversion
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Oliver Gutfleisch |
Deputy: Prof. Dr. Michael Farle |
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CRC/TRR 247Heterogeneous Oxidation Catalysis in the liquid phase
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Malte Behrens |
Deputy: Prof. Dr. Martin Muhler |
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CRC/TRR 173Spin in its collective environment
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Martin Aeschlimann |
Deputy: Prof. Dr. Burkard Hillebrands Deputy: Prof. Dr. Mathias Kläui |
Expired Collaborative Research Centers
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SFB 876Availability of information by analysis under resource constraint
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Katharina Morik |
Deputy: Prof. Dr. Peter Marwedel |
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SFB/TRR 80From Electronic Correlations to Functionality
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Philipp Gegenwart |
Deputy: Prof. Dr. Christian Pfleiderer |
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SFB 616Energy dissipation on surfaces
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. M. Horn-von Hoegen |
Deputy: Prof. Dr. Eckart Hasselbrink |
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SFB 445Nanoparticles from the gas phase - Origin, structure, properties
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. A. Lorke |
Deputy: Prof. Dr. M. Winterer |
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SFB 491Magnetic heteroscales: structure and electronic transport
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. H. Zabel |
Deputy: Prof. Dr. M. Farle |
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SFB/TR 12Symmetries and Universality in Mesoscopic Systems
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Alexander Altland |
Deputy: Prof. Dr. Martin Zirnbauer Deputy: Prof. Dr. Thomas Guhr Deputy: Prof. Dr. Alan Huckleberry |