Principal Investigators
Prof. Dr. Claudia Blümle
History and Theory of Form
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Horst Bredekamp
Art History
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Matthias Bruhn
Art Research and Media Philosophy
Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
Dr. Myfanwy E. Evans
Emmy Noether Independent Research Group Leader "Geometry and Topology of Entangled Soft Matter"
Technische Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Fratzl
Director at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam
Prof. Finn Geipel
Architectural Design and Building Science
Director of LIA – the Laboratory for Integrative Architecture
Technische Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. Regine Hengge
Microbiology
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Christian Kassung
Cultural Techniques and History of Knowledge
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Sharon Macdonald
Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Social Anthropology
Director of CARMAH – the Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Claudia Mareis
Design Theory and Research
Director of the Institute of Experimental and Media Culture (IXDM)
FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel
Prof. Dr. Claudia Müller-Birn
Web Science/Human-Centered Computing (HCC)
Freie Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. Jörg Niewöhner
Social Anthropology and Human-Environment Relations
Director of IRI THESys – the Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. John A. Nyakatura
Morphology and History of Forms
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
PD Dr. med. Thomas Picht
Head of the Image Guidance Lab
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Prof. Dr. Konrad Polthier
Mathematical Geometry Processing
Freie Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. med. Johann Pratschke
Medical Director Department of Surgery
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Friedemann Pulvermüller
Neuroscience of Language and Pragmatics
Freie Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. Jürgen P. Rabe
Experimental Physics/ Physics of Macromolecules
Director of IRIS Adlershof – the Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Patricia Ribault
History and Theory of Gestaltung
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Christiane Sauer
Material Design in Spatial Context
Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin
Prof. Dr. med. Igor Sauer
Head of Experimental Surgery
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schäffner
Cultural History of Knowledge
Director of the Hermann von Helmholtz Center for Cultural Techniques
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jürgen Sieck
Computer Science
Head of the Research Group "Information and Communication Applications" (INKA)
University of Applied Sciences, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Matthias Staudacher
Mathematical Physics of Space, Time and Matter
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Sabine Thümmler
Director of the Museum of Decorative Arts
Museum of Decorative Arts, State Museums of Berlin, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Prof. Dr. Joseph Vogl
Literature, Cultural and Media Studies
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Carola Zwick
Product Design
Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin