Heisenberg Programme of the DFG

Professor Irina Wuntsdorff has been researching the configurations of aesthetics in (eastern) Central European modernism since 2020 with support from the DFG’s Heisenberg Programme.
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The DFG’s Heisenberg Programme helps outstanding researchers who meet all the prerequisites for appointment to a tenured professorship to prepare for academic leadership positions while continuing their work on related research topics. To be eligible for consideration, candidates may, but do not have to, choose a project-based approach.

Researchers at the University of Münster currently receiving funding through the Heisenberg Programme

Funded person	Funded project	Funding period
Prof Dr Oliver Koch	Structure-based and data-oriented methods for the computational molecular design of bioactive compounds	2022–2027
Dr Phillip Jardine	Angiosperm morphological evolution: combining extant and fossil pollen data to understand the evolution of form	2024–2026
Prof Dr Gerd Meyer zu Hörste	Understanding lymphocytes in nervous system border-associated compartments	2022–2026
Prof Dr Till Ischebeck	Functional Characterization of Plant Lipid Droplets	2021–2026
Prof Dr Milos Galic	Curvature-Dependent Self-Organization in Cellular Systems	2022–2025
Prof Dr Tim Hahn	Machine Learning in Mental Health: From individual Prediction to personalized Intervention	2022–2025
Prof Dr Christina Lill	Translational Epidemiology	2022–2025
Prof Dr Irina Wutsdorff	Aesthetic Configurations in Eastern and Central European Modernity	2020–2025
PD Dr Sebastian Rumpf	From Degeneration to Regeneration: Developmental Neuronal Remodeling in Drosophila	2020–2025
Dr Felicitas Lips	Synthesis and Reactivity of Strained Silicon Ring Compounds	2020–2025
PD Dr Christoph Michels	The performance of knowledge in the political communication of democratic Athens. Fields of aristocratic interaction in the letters of Fronto. Between adoption and differentiation. 'Ideology transfer' in hellenistic kingship	2020–2025

last updated: 05/2025