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News from the faculty

2026

University (8 October 2026)

Two New Members of the University Council

honorary designation (24 September 2026)

Heidelberg University Appoints Bernhard Eitel Senior Professor distinctus

Research (16 September 2026)

Without Bacteria or Chemicals: How Methanol and Formaldehyde Form Abiotically in Nature

ERC Starting Grant (3 September 2026)

Two ERC Starting Grants for Scientists at Universität Heidelberg

Research (2 September 2026)

Heidelberg Geoinformation Scientists Classify Global Road Networks

Research (19 August 2026)

Light-based 3D printing: Innovative ‘ink’ enables a closed-loop material cycle

Research (4 August 2026)

New Findings on the Eruption History of the West Eifel Maar Volcanoes

Research (27 July 2026)

Complex Simulations: New Findings on Proton Transport in Water

Research (22 July 2026)

Molecular Model for Semiconductor Surfaces Developed

heiCOLLECTIONS: Heidelberg University’s museums and collections will open their doors on 17 July

Research (28. Mai 2026)

Ultrafast Microscopy Method for Optical Processes

Research funding (2. April 2026)

Heidelberg Geoscientist Coordinates Priority Programme on Research Vessels

Award (31. March 2026)

Ruperto Carola Honours Geoffrey Boulton with Great University Medal

Award (5. March 2026)

Science award for outstanding Master's thesis in Chemistry

Research (18. February 2026)

Machine Learning Helps Solve Central Problem of Quantum Chemistry

2025

ERC Consolidator Grant (09. Dezember 2025)

Prof. Dr. Lutz Greb receives ERC Consolidator Grant

Research (24. September 2025)

3D Model of Highest Steep Face in the Alps

Research (14. August 2025)

How the Atlantic Ocean Circulation Has Changed Over the Past 12,000 Years

Funding (08. August 2025)

Heidelberg Researcher Tandem Receives State Funding

Study (27.06.2025)

Promovierende der Universität Heidelberg bei der Nobelpreisträgertagung in Lindau

ERC Advanced Grant (17. June 2025)

Valuable Funding for Five Researchers at Universität Heidelberg

Research (06. June 2025)

Openly Available Geodata for High-resolution Maps for Targeted Mosquito Control

Excellence Strategy (22. May 2025)

Universität Heidelberg Successful With Three Applications for Clusters of Excellence

Award (17. April 2025)

Rolf Kentner Dissertation Prize: Award for Thesis on Housing Crisis in the USA

Research (11. April 2025)

Predicting the Kinetic Energy of Molecular Quantum Systems Using Artificial Intelligence

University (26. March 2025)

Outstanding Dissertations with High Relevance for Environmental Research

University (26. March 2025)

Heidelberg Center Latin America: Intensive German-Chilean Collaboration

Donation (21. March 2025)

Geographisches Institut erhält private Kartensammlung

Award (26. February 2025)

Lutz Gade erhält Ehrendoktorwürde der Universität Montpellier

Research (07. February 2025)

Spliceosome: How Cells Avoid Errors When Manufacturing mRNA

Research (28. January 2025)

Lead Contamination in Ancient Greece Points to Societal Change

Research (16. January 2025)

Speleothem and Ice Cores: Natural Climate Archives Offer New Insights into the Climate History of Central Europe

2024

Research (20. December 2024)

Dripstones Offer Insights into Climate Dynamics in Europe

Funding (20. December 2024)

Schwerpunkt Transformative Umweltforschung im Masterstudiengang Geographie

Research funding (19. December 2024)

Research at Universität Heidelberg Supported by a Heisenberg Professorship

Research (16. December 2024)

Newly Discovered Carbon Pathway Could Explain Faster Plant Growth Under Rising CO2 Concentrations

Studies (10. December 2024)

Innovatives Lehrmodul im Chemiestudium der Universität Heidelberg

Research (09. December 2024)

Digital Elevation Models Provide Information on Aufeis Fields in Trans-Himalaya

Studies (06. December 2024)

Neue digitale Lehr- und Lernkonzepte zum Thema Hitze und Gesundheit

Research (25. November 2024)

Funding for Collaborative Research Centre in Chemistry: German Research Foundation provides around 10,9 million €

Research Funding (20. November 2024)

Interdisciplinary Joint Project: New Bioengineering Approaches for the Automated Production of Complex Organoids

Research (17. October 2024)

New Class of Fellows at Marsilius Kolleg

Research (02. September 2024)

Geoinformatics: Using Artificial Intelligence to Take Better Aim Against Mosquitoes

Research (13. August 2024)

Peptide Boronic Acids: New Prospects for Immunology

Research (09. August 2024)

3D Laser Printing with Bioinks from Microalgae

Research (05. August 2024)

New Insights Into the Formation of the Antarctic Ice Sheet

Research (29. July 2024)

A Blue Miracle in the Eifel: How Sapphires Formed in Volcanoes

Research (12. July 2024)

How Plant Cold Specialists Can Adapt to the Environment

Research (09. July 2024)

Building Materials for Water-Rich Planets in the Early Solar System

Award (09. July 2024)

Erich Hückel Prize for Lorenz Cederbaum: Outstanding achievements

Rectorate (08. July 2024)

Universität Heidelberg Establishes AI Board

Research (27. June 2024)

Aromatic Compounds: A Ring Made up Solely of Metal Atoms

Honour (24. May 2024)

Budapest Universities: High Academic Awards for Prof. Dr Bernhard Eitel

Olympia Morata Programme (3. May 2024)

On the Way to a University Career

Funding (11. April 2024)

ERC Advanced Grants for Five Researchers at Universität Heidelberg

Research (17. January 2024)

Stalagmites as Climate Archive

Geoinformatics (16. January 2024)

Award for Flood Monitoring by App

Research (08. January 2024)

Optimising Food Production and Carbon Storage

2023

Sustainability (21. December 2023)

Practice-Oriented Toolbox Aims to Help Reduce Climate-Harmful Air Travel

Research (19. December 2023)

New Findings on Rock Movements from the Earth’s Interior

Cooperation (08. December 2023)

Catalysis Laboratory CaRLa: Successful Cooperation Extende

Research (10. November 2023)

Research Expedition: Climate and Cultural Change in the Aegean Sea

Chemical Research (05. October 2023)

Generating Circularly Polarised Light

Transfer (12. September 2023)

InnovationLab mit neuem Schwerpunkt in der dreidimensionalen Drucktechnologie

Research - Biogeochemistry (16. August 2023)

Methane Formation in the Inanimate Environment

Olympia-Morata-Programm (23. May 2023)

Auf dem Weg zur Hochschulkarriere

Research (16. May 2023)

“Warm Ice Age” Changed Climate Cycles

Hengstberger-Symposium (10. May 2023)

Tagung: Zusammenspiel von Biologie und Elektronik

Funding -Materials science (08. May 2023)

New Research Training Group in Materials Science

Research - Palynology and Palaeoenvironmental dynamics (02. May 2023)

Progressive Climate Change: Desertification Threatens Mediterranean Forests

Award (25. April 2023)

Expert in the Field of Paleoclimate Research: Honorary Doctorate for Gerald H. Haug

Research - Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry (06. April 2023)

Ancient Magma Reveals Signs of Life

Research - Geoinformatcs (04. April 2023)

Using Geoinformatics to Capture Complex Change of a Rock Glacier

Chemical Research (06. February 2023)

Tailor-made Metal Complexes for Medical Diagnostics and Therapy

2022

Research - Geomorphology and Geoinformatics (15. December 2022)

Tracing the Surface Dynamics of Star Dunes with Laser Scanning

Hermann Schnell Scholarship (14. September 2022)

Award for Heidelberg Chemist Prof. Blasco

Chemical Research (22. July 2022)

Porous Crystals Bind Fluorine-containing Greenhouse Gases

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