12.01.2012 – The EU initial training network PEPMIP or »Robust Affinity Materials for Applications in Proteomics and Diagnostics« will focus on the development of robust “antibodies” made of plastic and other tailor-made materials, for applications in bioanalysis. It is supported with roughly three million Euro and will be coordinated by PD Dr. Börje Sellergren from the Faculty of Chemistry at Technische Universität Dortmund.
01.12.2011 – Prof. Sonja Herres-Pawlis obtains the NRW-Innovation Prize in the category young scientist which includes prize money of 50,000 Euro. With this prize the head of a junior research group at the Faculty of Chemistry of Technische Universität Dortmund and professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich was awarded for her outstanding research. She succeeded in finding a chemical key for the development of compostable plastic – her vision is a world without plastic waste. The prize was awarded in Düsseldorf in the presence of the Minister-President Hannelore Kraft on November, 14th.
24.10.2011 – Prof. Dr. Sebastian Engell, Process Dynamics and Operations Group of the Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering of TU Dortmund (Principal Investigator), and Prof. Dr. Hans Georg Bock, Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing of Universität Heidelberg (Co-Investigator), have been selected for an ERC Advanced Investigator Grant by the expert panel of the European Research Council. The overall funding of 3.5 million € is recommended for the joint project »Model-based Optimizing Control – from a vision to industrial reality«.