For the second time this year, the ZIN has welcomed new members. Prof. Bodo Philipp, Prof. Cornelia Denz, Prof. Christian Kray and Dr. Fabian Dielmann join the ranks of the thirteen members. Through their their respective research focuses, they broaden the interdisciplinary perspective of the ZIN by introducing points of views from the natural sciences.

Prof. Bodo Philipp holds the chair for Microbial Biotechnology at the WWU Münster since 2011. In his research, he focuses on bacterial metabolism and bacterial transformation as well as on chemical communication, antibiosis, cell aggregation and biofilm formation of microorganisms. The ZIN has already cooperated twice with Prof. Philipp in the past in course of the interdisciplinary module “Bioeconomics” for students of the Master’s program in Biotechnology (more information on this cooperation can be found here).

Prof. Cornelia Denz has been a professor of Applied Physics at the Department of Physics of the WWU Münster since 2004. She also organizes the working group on nonlinear photonics. Her research interests include nonlinear physics, nonophotonics, biophotonics and microscopy as well as cell mechanics. In addition, she has been Vice Rector for International Affairs and Young Scientists at the University of Münster since 2010. Prof. Denz heads the MExLab ExperiMINTe, which is currently hosting the project “Form Your Future” to which the ZIN contributes.

Prof. Christian Kray is professor at the Institute of Geoinformatics at the WWU Münster. With his working group SITCOM (Situated Computing and Interaction Lab), he examines the potential of spatial technologies to contribute to a sustainable future. In this context, he designs and evaluates technologies based on their ability to involve their users in social processes and to make their lives more ecologically compatible.

Dr. Fabian Dielmann acquires his habilitation at the Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry since 2013. Together with his research group, he works on new catalysts for renewable energies and the development of chemical energy stores and fuels by converting small molecules.