PRIME Fellows 2016
selection: Late 2016
funding: 2016-2018
The list will be continuously updated to include the profiles of all fellows of the 2016/17 selection cycle. You can search the entire website for any terms using the search function Strg + F.
Social Sciences and Humanities
Field of research:
KeltologiePlanned research project:
Atlantic Outlooks on Place: Place Lore and Storytelling Traditions in Iceland and IrelandGerman host institutions:
LMU MünchenHost during the mobility phase:
University College Cork; IrlandField of research:
HistoryPlanned research project:
Syrian Arab traders of the eastern Mediterranean – An analysis of 18th century Arabic merchant lettersGerman host institutions:
FU BerlinHost during the mobility phase:
Center for Jewish Studies, Graduate Center of the City University of New YorkField of research:
PhilosophyPlanned research project:
Observational Properties as SuperficialGerman host institutions:
Universität TübingenHost during the mobility phase:
University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandField of research:
American StudiesPlanned research project:
Remakes, Sequels, and Prequels in Hollywood Cinema: A Cultural HistoryGerman host institutions:
FU BerlinHost during the mobility phase:
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USAField of research:
Linguistics and cultural studiesPlanned research project:
Political Metaphors in Hittite Diplomatic and Historiographic TextsGerman host institutions:
FU BerlinHost during the mobility phase:
Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven
Nature and Life Sciences
Field of research:
MathematicsPlanend research project:
Zero Forcing, Inverse Eigenvalue Problems for Graphs and Transversally Intersecting ManifoldsGerman host institutions:
Universität KonstanzHost during the mobility phase:
University of ReginaField of research:
ChemistryPlanned research project:
Compound-specific stable isotope values of oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (OPAHs) as tracers of their formation in the environment: method validation and case studiesGerman host institutions:
KIT KarlsruheHost during the mobility phase:
University of Bristol
Field of research:
Agricultural sciencePlanned research project:
Plant available water and related soil physical properties as affected by tillage and residue management in a Mediterranean long-term experiment on clay loamGerman host institutions:
Leibniz Universität HannoverHost during the mobility phase:
University of Thessaly & Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Field of research:
Materials science and metallurgyPlanned research project:
Damage Tolerance of Cemented CarbidesGerman host institutions:
Universität des SaarlandesHost during the mobility phase:
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona
Field of research:
GeosciencePlanned research project:
HelEAd – High-tech elements in European and Australian Zn-Pb depositsGerman host institutions:
TU FreibergHost during the mobility phase:
University of AdelaideField of research:
GeosciencePlanned research project:
NITRO -N2O production pathways and its regulation in OMZsGerman host institutions:
CAU KielHost during the mobility phase:
Princeton University, Geoscience departmentField of research:
BiologyPlanned research project:
Factors impacting the assembly of the microorganism community of a wild primate community in Taï National Park, Côte d'IvoireGerman host institutions:
FU BerlinHost during the mobility phase:
Columbia University
Field of research:
MathematicsPlanned research project:
Discrete holomorphic spinors on Riemann surfaces and the Ising modelGerman host institutions:
TU BerlinHost during the mobility phase:
Université de GenèveField of research:
BiochemistryPlanned research project:
SOLUTION STRUCTURE DETERMINATION WITH MULTIPLE ALIGNMENT DATA SETS MEASURED FROM A SINGLE SAMPLE AT VARIABLE ORIENTATIONSGerman host institutions:
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, GöttingenHost during the mobility phase:
NIDDK, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MDField of research:
MathematicsPlanned research project:
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Universität OsnabrückHost during the mobility phase:
Universität WienField of research:
BotanyPlanned research project:
Plants of the Mesoamerican Gods: Relics of gone-by times or perspectives for the future?German host institutions:
Universität HamburgHost during the mobility phase:
Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y SustentabilidadField of research:
PhysicsPlanned research project:
Classical Simulation of Quantum-Optics CircuitsGerman host institutions:
Leibniz Universität HannoverHost during the mobility phase:
Center for Quantum Information and Control, University of New MexicoField of research:
BiologyPlanned research project:
CI-Brain-Link: Analyzing consequences of cochlear implant stimulation in deaf brains by linking molecular, electrophysiological, and behavioral approachesGerman host institutions:
Universitätsklinikum FreiburgHost during the mobility phase:
City University of Hong Kong, Department of Biomedical SciencesField of research:
PsychologyPlanned research project:
Predicting a language- or face-specific lateralization in cortical processing by attention or emotion networks
German host institutions:
Universität BielefeldHost during the mobility phase:
Universität Ghent, PANLABField of research:
MicrobiologyPlanned research project:
Visualizing Microbial Communities on Plastic Marine Debris: Identification, Interactions and ImpactsGerman host institutions:
University Rostock, Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), RostockHost during the mobility phase:
The Josephine Bay Paul Center - Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MSField of research:
Ecology, environmental sciences, landscape conservationPlanned research project:
Reconstructing forest disturbance dynamics in Central Europe using remote sensingGerman host institutions:
HU BerlinHost during the mobility phase:
Universität für Bodenkultur WienField of research:
Agricultural economicsPlanned research project:
Mitigation of data scarcity in crop insurance pricing by exploiting spatial information:
A Propagation-Separation ApproachGerman host institutions:
HU BerlinHost during the mobility phase:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State UniversityField of research:
MathematicsPlanned research project:
A Conservative Likelihood Framework for Statistical Signal Processing with Nonlinear ModelsGerman host institutions:
Universität Bayreuth, Fakultät für Mathematik, Physik und Informatik, LehrstuhlHost during the mobility phase:
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Mathematics DepartmentField of research:
Theoretical physicsPlanned research project:
Combinatorial renormalization of group-field quantum gravityGerman host institutions:
HU BerlinHost during the mobility phase:
Laboratoire de Physique Theorique Orsay, Universite Paris Sud (XI)Field of research:
PhysicsPlanned research project:
Interaction of neutral chiral molecules with femtoseconds laser pulses:
Photoelectron Circular Dichroism (PECD) and selective control over fragmentationGerman host institutions:
Goethe-Universität FrankfurtHost during the mobility phase:
Photonics Institute, Technical University of ViennaField of research:
BiologyPlanned research project:
Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) ecology and behavior in man-used landscapes in KenyaGerman host institutions:
Ruhr-Universität BochumHost during the mobility phase:
Kenya Wildlife Service
Economics; Management; Laws
Field of research:
EconomicsPlanned research project:
Position in global value chains, technological capabilities and economic performanceGerman host institutions:
Institute of Institutional and Innovation Economics, University of BremenHost during the mobility phase:
Science Policy Research Unit, University of SussexField of research:
ManagementPlanned research project:
The Co-Generation and Co-Resolution of Institutional ComplexityGerman host institutions:
University of HamburgHost during the mobility phase:
Vienna University of Economics and BusinessField of research:
Criminal lawPlanned research project:
A Comparative Study on Bringing Criminal Charges in the United States and GermanyGerman host institutions:
Universität MarburgHost during the mobility phase:
SUNY Buffalo Law School
