Awarded Projects

Peptaibols are short peptides of 8 to 20 residues that include non-proteinogenic amino acids. They are membrane-active compounds produced by fungi of the species Trichoderma with biotechnological, agricultural and clinical applications.

On average, the genomes of two humans vary by 3 million nucleotide variants.

In the optical spectroscopy of solids, the interaction between bound electron-hole pairs (excitons) and lattice vibrations (phonons) plays a fundamental role in the interpretation of many experimentally relevant quantities, like the shape of optical spectra and peak linewidths.

This project will support a wide range of research in cosmology, fostering technological advancements in data analysis and simulation techniques.

One critical yet largely unexplored aspect of fusion research is related to the impact of fusion-born alpha particles on plasma confinement – a pivotal concern given their role as primary heating mechanism in fusion reactors.

In the last decades, ionic liquids (ILs) and their close relatives deep eutectic solvents (DES) have increasingly attracted a huge research effort due to their varied applicability in many technological fields of societal importance.

How did the Earth and the other terrestrial planets form? Even though there are many models in existence that attempt to solve this question, all of them suffer from specific shortages that can only be overcome with next-generation computation facilities.

In this project we will make use of quantum anharmonic first-principles calculations to predict novel high-Tc ternary hydrides stable or metastable at ambient pressure.

Document Understanding involves analyzing documents to extract and interpret textual content, complex structures, layouts, graphical elements, and handwritten information.