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VIP Gallery: Renowned International Scholars

Contributing to Doctoral and Postdoctoral Education at RUB

So far, Research School has funded 97 renowned international scientists from more than 30 countries through this program. We thank each and every one of them for their commitment in fostering international exchange and contributing to graduate education on our campus!

The individual reports can be found in our Map of International Research Activities MIRA

Funded VIPs from Social Sciences and the Humanities

Marnie Lloyd
Victoria U of Wellington
Call 22, Host: P. Thielbörger
Law
Ramona Vijeyarasa
U of Technology Sydney
Call 20, Host. P. Thielbörger
Law
Hillary Angelo
UC at Santa Cruz, USA
Call 18, Host: S. Berger
Sociology
Scott Cole
York St. John's U, UK
Call 17, Host: S. E. Blackwell
Psychology
Nico Orlandi
UC at Santa Cruz, USA
Call 15, Host: T. Schlicht
Philosophy
María Rock-Nuñez
Universidad San Sebastian, Chile
Call 15, Host: S. Berger
History
Edward Q. Wang
Rowan U, USA & Peking U, China
Call 14, Host: S. Berger
History
Louise Barrett
U of Lethbridge, Canada
Call 11, Host: T. Schlicht
Philosophy
Robert Rupert
U of Colorado, USA
Call 11, Host: T. Schlicht
Philosophy
William E. DeMars
Wofford College, USA
Call 11, Host: D. Dijkzeul
Social Science
Olesia Khromeychuk
King's College, UK
Call 11, Host: S. Maß
History
Alexander Bibkov
Moscow State University, Russia
Call 8, Host: N. Plotnikov
Philology
Helen Verran
Charles Darwin University, Australia
Call 8, Host: E. Sørensen
Social Science
William C. Cron
Texas Christian U, USA
Call 9, 2018-2020
Host: S. Alavi, Business
Martina Rau
U of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Call 8, Host: N. Rummel
Philosophy
Sari K. Autio-Sarasmo
University of Helsinki, Finland
Call 8, Host: St. Plaggenborg
History
Ofer Arieli
Acad. College Tel-Aviv Yaffo, Israel
Call 7, Host: Ch. Straßer
Philosophy
Helmut Puff
U of Michigan, USA
Call 7, Host: M. Lorenz
History
Robin Geiss
University of Glasgow, UK
Call 6, Host: P. Thielbörger
Law
Marco Valente
University of L'Aquila, Italy
Call 6, Host: M. Roos
Economics and Business
Zachary Hall
Texas Christian University, USA
Call 6, Host: J. Wieseke
Economics and Business
Stephen Butterfill
University of Warwick, UK
Call 6, Host: T. Schlicht
Philosophy
Louisa Lombard
Yale University, USA
Call 6, Host: G. Hirschmann
Law
Richard Menary
Macquarie University, Australia
Call 5, Host: A. Newen
Philosophy
Colin Vincent Klein
Macquarie University, Australia
Call 5, Host: A. Newen
Philosophy
Marissa Brookes
UC Riverside, USA
Call 5, Host: S. Zajak
History
Sean Scalmer
University of Melbourne, Australia
Call 5, Host: S. Berger
History
Tamirace Fakhoury
Lebanese American University
Call 5, Host: P. Thielbörger
Law
Jakob Hohwy
Monash University, Australia
Call 4, Host: A. Newen
Philosophy
John Torpey
City University of NY, USA
Call 4, Host: C. Goschler
History
Benjamin Hett
City University of NY, USA
Call 4, Host: M. Wala
History
Ira Gang
Rutgers University, USA
Call 3, Host: Th. Bauer
Economics
Penelope Deutscher
Northwestern University, USA
Call 2, Host: A. Deuber-Mankowsky
Philology
Nadine Gaab
Harvard University, USA
Call 2, Host: S. Weigelt
Psychology
Saskia Tessa Roselaar
Leiden University, the Netherlands
Call 2, Host: B. Linke
History
Gelinada Grinchenko
Karazin Kharkiv National U, Ukraine
Call 2, Host: St. Plaggenborg
History
Shelley Feldman
Cornell University, USA
Call 2, Host: E. Gerharz
Social Sciences
Zara Pogossian
John Cab University, Italy
Call 2, Host: V. Krech
Protestant Theology
Lutgarde Vandeput
British Institute of Archaeology, Turkey
Call 2, Host: Ch. Berns
History
more
to
come
!
2 Calls
per year
end June 15
and Nov 15

Funded VIPs from Engineering Sciences

Mahdi Taiebat
U of British Columbia, CN
Call 20, Host: T. Wichtmann
Civil Engineering
Lalit Kukreja
Epi-knowledge Foundation, India
Call 20, Host: C. Esen
Mechanical Engineering
Renator Leitão
Embrapa, Brazil
Call 19, Host: M. Wichern
Environmental Engineering
Lais Mujica Roncery
UPTC, Colombia
Call 18, Host: S. Weber
Mechanical Engineering
Mark Setterfield
New School for Social Research, USA
Call 9, Host: M. Roos
Economics and Business
Peter Gregorcic
U of Ljubljana, Slowenien
Call 8, Host: E. Gurevich
Mechanical Engineering
Edison Pigneton de Freitas
UF Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Call 7, Host: S. Cheng
Informatics
Marc Cawkwell
Los Alamos National Lab, USA
Call 6, Host: R. Drautz
Mechanical Engineering
Zoltán Forgó
Sapentia University, Romania
Call 6, Host: B. Kuhlenkötter
Mechanical Engineering
Robert N. Nickel
Bucknell University, USA
Calls 6 & 10, Host: D. Kolossa
Electrical Engineering
Martin Trusler
Imperial College, UK
Call 4, Host: R. Span
Mechanical Engineering
Osvalda Seneca
Inst. di Rich. sulla Combustoine, Italy
Call 4, Host: V. Scherer
Mechanical Engineering
Jeffrey Bergthorson
McGill University, Canada
Call 3, Host: V. Scherer
Mechanical Engineering
Carlo Callari
University of Molise, Italy
Call 1, Host: G. Meschke
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Snehasis Tripathy
Cardiff University, UK
Call 1, Host: T. Schanz
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sergio Paul Rivera Rodriguez
National University of Colombia
Call 4, Host: M. Mönnigmann
Mechanical Engineering
Eric May
University of Western Australia
Call 3, Host: M. Richter
Mechanical Engineering
Julian Schulze
U of West Virginia, USA
Call 1, Host: Th. Mussenbrock
Electrical Engineering and IT

Funded VIPs from Natural and Life Sciences

Sounak Roy
BITS, India
Call 19, Host: M. Muhler
Chemistry
Renato Montagnolli
UFSCar, Brazil
Call 18, Host: J. Bandow
Biology
Ludovic van Waerbeke
U of British Columbia, Canada
Call 18, Host: H. Hildebrandt
Physics and Astronomy
Heather E. McFarlane
University of Toronto, Canada
Call 17, Host: B. Ebert
Biology and Biotechnology
Bidzina Shergelashvili
Ilia State University, Georgia
Call 15 & 19, Host: H. Fichtner
Physics and Astronomy
Henrik B. Vaegter
U of Southern Denmark
Call 10, Host: M. Hasenbring
Medicine
Diana Northup
U of New Mexico, USA
Call 10, Host: A. Pflitsch
Geosciences
Michael Perlin
U of Louisville, USA
Call 9, Host: D. Begerow
Biology and Biotechnology
Xuesong Yang
Jinan University, China
Calls 7 & 10, Host: B. Brand-Saberi
Medicine
Juan Pablo Milana
U Nacional de San Juan, Argentina
Call 7, Host: S. Wohnlich
Geosciences
Ali Mahdavi Mazdeh
Imam Khomeini Int'l U, Iran
Call 9, Host: S. Wohnlich
Geosciences
Richard Sydora
University of Alberta, Canada
Call 9, 2018-2020
Host: R. Grauer, Physics
Joscha Prochno
University of Hull, UK
Call 7, Host: Ch. Thaele
Mathematics
Benjamin Martin
University of Aberdeen, UK
Call 7, Host: G. Röhrle
Mathematics
Justin Gooding
U of New South Wales, Australia
Call 7, Host: W. Schuhmann
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Maarit Karppinen
Aalto University, Finland
Call 5, Host: A. Devi
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Abdel-Jalil Raid
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Call 4, Host: R. Stoll
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Charles Dermer
George Mason University, USA
Call 4, Host: R. Schlickeiser
Physics and Astronomy
Seth Cohen
UC San Diego, USA
Call 3, Host: N. Metzler-Nolte
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Yuri Litvenenko
University of Waikato, New Zealand
Call 3, Host: H. Fichtner
Physics and Astronomy
Judith Irwin
Queen's University, Canada
Call 2, Host: R.-J. Dettmar
Physics and Astronomy
Karen Anne Moxon
Drexel University, USA
Call 2, Host: P. Krieger
Medicine
Richard Edden
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Call 1, Host: T. Schmidt-Wilcke
Medicine
Mark Allendorf
Sandia National Lab, USA
Call 1, Host: R. Fischer
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Peter H. Yoon
U of Maryland, USA
Call 1, Host: R. Schlickeiser
Physics and Astronomy
Joseph Heitmann
Duke University, USA
Call 1, Host: U. Kück
Biology and Biotechnology
Russell Kerr
U of Prince Edward, Canada
Call 1, Host: R. Kourist
Biology and Biotechnology
2 Calls
per year
end June 15
and Nov 15