Current doctorates

Doctoral Center Life Sciences

  First name Name Department Topic Supervisor*in HSA
1 Johanna Abraham FB 1 Isolation and characterization of bioactive natural products from microalgae of heavy metal contaminated habitats Prof. Dr. Carola Griehl
2 Silvia Ballert FB 7 Identification of Polygonaceae (Rheum / Rumex sp.) ingredients and investigation of antifungal activity Prof. Dr. Carola Griehl
3 Moritz Baumeister FB 1 Effects of different management scenarios on successional pathways after natural disturbances in Central European forest ecosystems Prof. Dr. Markus Meyer
4 Brígida Bowen FB 1 Ecosystem and landscape restoration across spatial scales to enhance vertebrate diversity in agricultural landscape Prof. Dr. Christina Fischer
5 Aline Brosch FB 1 Effects of restoration measures on abundance, diversity and movement of pollinating insects and natural pest control Prof. Dr. Christina Fischer
6 Cathleen Bunzel FB 1 Text-independent information materials in pediatric prevention: Equal opportunity promotion of family nutritional competence Prof. Dr. Katja Kröller
7 Ting Cui FB 7 New technical enzymes from extremophilic bacteria of the Neot-Hovav industrial wastewater basin Prof. Dr. habil. Stephan Schilling
8 Eirini-Styliani Dalalaki FB 1 Biodiversity and land management conflicts under the new EU Green deal Prof. Dr. Markus Meyer
9 Lisa-Michelle Dietz FB 1 Prevention and early detection of eating disorders in the context of pediatric primary care Prof. Dr. Katja Kröller
10 Joanna Dürger FB 1 Non-chemical methods for the management of rodent pests in carrot cultivation Prof. Dr. habil. Christina Fischer
11 Johannes Garlin FB 1 Approaches to multifunctional land use: agroforestry and sustainable peatland management as key elements to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem functionality in the context of climate change mitigation and adaptation Prof. Dr. Annett Baasch
12 Maria Glaubitz FB 1 Process technological characterization, optimization and scale-up of a photobioreactor for peat moss production Prof. Dr. Claudia Grewe
13 Jannes Hahne FB 7 Experimental and numerical analysis of transversal bulk solids dynamics in honeycomb reactors Prof. Dr. Fabian Herz
14 Dorottya Hajnal FB 1 Restoration in solar parks using native seed mixtures in Germany and Hungary: Effects on vascular plant diversity and arthropod communities Prof. Dr. Sabine Tischew
15 Roi Hendler FB 1 Training machine earning algorithms to analize the effects of long-term year-round grazing and movement of mobile links on biodiversity, vegetation structure and species richness in temperate grasslands and heathlands Prof. Dr. Christina Fischer
16 Johanna Hummel FB 1 Antifungal effects of endophytic fungi and their secondary metabolites Prof. Dr. Stephan Schilling
17 Marie-Luise Hüttner FB 7 Analysing the impact of outdoor interventions and courses on students' environmental behavior Prof. Dr. Markus Meyer
18 Franz Hoffmann FB 7 Experimental and numerical analysis of the thermal recycling of lithium batteries Prof. Dr. Fabian Herz
19 Williams Iwebema FB 1 Investigating the Impact of Wildflower Strips on Soil Microbiomes and Plant Nutrient Availability in Agricultural Systems Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rozhon
20 Jana Klose FB 7 Investigations on the inhibition of Zn-dependent metalloenzymes by natural products from algae Prof. Dr. Stephan Schilling
21 Anna Katharina Kottwitz FB 7 Preclinical studies on the development of a therapeutic antibody for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease Prof. Dr. Stephan Schilling
22 Frank Langguth FB 7 Monitoring and optimization of biological water treatment in the paper industry Prof. Dr. Carola Griehl
23 Kolos Makay FB 7 Bioprocess Development for Multi Product Recovery of High-value Lead Compounds from Marine Microalgae Prof. Dr. Claudia Grewe
24 Christopher Mende FB 1 Population survey and habitat use of cervids in the Harz Mountains Prof. Dr. Caroline Stolter
25 Maren Meyer FB 1 Increasing biodiversity in solar farms: Establishment of species-rich wildflower stands and influence on pollinator insects; Increasing biodiversity in solar farms: Establishment of species-rich wildflower stands Prof. Dr. Sabine Tischew
26 Anne Paulus FB 1 Agri-environment schemes to conserve and promote biodiversity and ecosystem services Prof. Dr. Markus Meyer
27 Marie Raab FB 1 Machine learning for the analysis of microbial communities in Agriculture Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rozhon
28 Georg Rieland FB 1 Basics for the development of climate-resilient, diverse plant communities in agricultural landscapes Prof. Dr. Anita Kirmer
29 Paula Schatte FB 1 Measuring and Predicting Agroecosystem Resilience from a Landscape Perspective Prof. Dr. Markus Meyer
31 Svenja Schulz FB 7 Development of an optimized serotype-independent scalable chromatographic purification platform for AAV vectors using a quality-by-design approach Prof. Dr. Stephan Schilling
31 Lea Franziska Sieg FB 1 Ecological effectiveness of perennial wildflower strips for wild bees Prof. Dr. Anita Kirmer
32 Jan Skibbe FB 7 Numerical analysis of flame formation and heat input when using hydrogen in rotary kilns Prof. Dr. Fabian Herz
33 Pia Stein FB 1 Influence of sowing wild herb mixtures in row-crop arable farming on the abundance, diversity and ecosystem functions of small mammals Prof. Dr. Christina Fischer
34 Line Sturm FB 1 The role of vegetation, management, and landscape context for butterflies, wild-bees and grasshoppers in grassland restoration Prof. Dr. Sabine Tischew
35 Karlmarx Thangamani FB 1 Mapping Biodiversity Benefits and Ecosystem Service Interactions through Remote Sensing in Agricultural Landscapes of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Prof. Dr. Uwe Knauer
36 Annika Vogel FB 1 Motivational Factors and Participation Dynamics of Citizen Scientists in Ecological Forest Monitoring Prof. Dr. Markus Meyer
37 Henrike Wild FB 1 Development of forest habitat types in climate change - Spatial and content-related classification of drought stress and thinning/decay events and their significance for areas and habitats of community importance in Saxony-Anhalt as well as development of conceptual approaches for a corresponding monitoring system Prof. Dr. Annett Baasch
38 Eric Wollenhaupt FB 1 Agricultural and economic challenges in the expansion of grain pea cultivation in Central Germany Prof. Dr. Dieter Orzessek

Doctoral Center Architecture and Design Research

  First Name Last Name Department Topic HSA Advisor  
1 Akansha Aggarwal Department 3 Understanding Neurodivergences: Exploring Organizational Practices in Adults with ADHD Prof. Dr. Michael Hohl  
2 Rümeysa Aksoy Department 4 Somarchitecture: Embodied Ways of Knowing in Design Prof. Dr. Michael Hohl  
3 Alexa Becker Department 5 Scaffolding scenario-based participatory workshops to create alternative smart home futures Prof. Dr. Arne Berger  
4 Virginia Binsch FB 4 The Tactility of Emotions – Multisensory Design of Active Materials Prof. Dr. Manuel Kretzer  
5 Leonardo Mesa Cabrera FB 4 Acting Local, Exchanging Globally: Exploring third places and their role in designing sustainable futures Prof. Dr. Michael Hohl  
6 Liá Duarte Rodríguez FB 3 Hidden labors, (in)visible landscapes: Tracing the spatial dynamics of global-local (un)care Prof. Dr. Elke Beyer  
7 Marvin Gabler FB 3 MSC-6 Development of a novel, spatially high-resolution multispectral environmental measurement system for mapping land surfaces with a view to analyzing forest condition Prof. Dr. Marion Pause  
8 Juan Francisco García Guillén Department 3 Novel concepts for wood-polymer multilayer composites through computational design and robotic manufacturing in contemporary Architecture (DIA) (all courses taught in English) Prof. Dr. Stefan Reich  
9 Almedina Hadzic FB 5 How do the UX/UI structures in learning management systems encode pedagogical assumptions and hidden curriculum—and what design principles might better serve diversity in secondary schools Prof. Dr. Arne Berger  
10 Hauke Hoppe FB 3 Development of a method for determining the plausibility and for self-correction of machine learning methods for soil classification using Sentinel-2 satellite data Prof. Dr. Marion Pause  
11 Anibal Alberto Iberbuden FB 4 Mindfulness meditation and its potential application to the Design Thinking process Prof. Dr. Michael Hohl  
12 Christina Klus FB 4 Design and evaluation of a virtual reality learning application using a mixed-methods design to derive recommendations for the development and implementation of virtual reality learning applications in a higher education context Prof. Dr. Michael Hohl  
13 Hannes Mollenhauer FB 3 Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks to Support Europe’s Long-Term Environmental Monitoring Infrastructures Through Validation of Remotely Sensed Multispectral Data Prof. Dr. Marion Pause  
14 Danny Ott FB 4 Lignin—Ecological Management of Renewable Resources for the Production of Bio-based and Biodegradable Composite Materials Using Thermoplastics Prof. Dr. Manuel Kretzer  
15 Şan Yalçın Sarabil FB 5 The Application of IoT and HCI in Crafting Inclusive Architectural Experiences Prof. Dr. Arne Berger  
16 Joseph Smithard FB 3 Landscapes of Energy Infrastructure: Spatial Imaginaries of Energy Transitions and Planetary Infrastructural Regimes Prof. Dr. Elke Beyer  
17 Abhinav Thakar FB 3 Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Earthen Architecture – Building Prototypes for Urban Development in German Learning Spaces From the 20th Century Until Today. Prof. Dr. Elke Beyer  
18 Daniel Theidel FB 5 Tools in the Landscape Architecture Design Process Prof. Dr. Arne Berger  
19 Florian Thürkow FB 3 Detection of Microanomalies on Agricultural Land Using Multisensory UAV Data Prof. Dr. Marion Pause  
20 Manikanta Raghu Sagar Vanapalli Department 3 Innovative Techniques for Achieving Sharp Bent Glass Prof. Dr. Stefan Reich  

Doctoral Center Engineering Sciences and Information Technologies

  First Name Last Name Department Topic HSA Advisor  
1 Bilal Azzam Department 5 Augmented reality-based in-situ prototyping of navigation concepts in an augmented reality HUD Prof. Dr. Korinna Bade  
2 Maria Ignacia Devoto Acevedo Department 6 Applications of electrically conductive adhesives in interconnects for advanced solar cell concepts Prof. Dr. Ralph Gottschalg  
3 Hrishikesh Chinchkar Department 2 Multiscale Modeling of High-Frequency Cycling in Salt Cavern Hydrogen Storage: Thermomechanical and Operational Constraints Prof. Dr. Markus Holz  
4 Sebastian Dittmann FB 6 Development of characterization techniques and applications of bifacial solar cells and modules Prof. Dr. Jörg Bagdahn  
5 Sebastian Gersch FB 6 Investigation of the actual potential of superposition effects from compressive residual stresses and resulting tensile stresses for optimizing the fatigue strength of LPBF-manufactured single-tooth geometries Prof. Dr. Jörg Bagdahn  
6 Paul Geßner FB 6 Investigations into additive-subtractive manufacturing of gears with intrinsic lubrication Prof. Dr. Jörg Bagdahn  
7 Ahmad Hashem Department 6 Transferable AI Framework for Fault Diagnosis in PV Systems Prof. Dr. Ralph Gottschalg  
8 Max Ingrisch Department 6 Evaluation of Machine Learning Algorithms and Models for Use in Robotics with a Focus on Object Recognition and Handling Prof. Dr. Ingo Chmielewski  
9 Zonghan Jiang FB 6 Ultraviolet Fluorescence (UVF) System to Evaluate Encapsulant Degradation of PV Modules Prof. Dr. Ralph Gottschalg  
10 Kirill Karpov FB 6 Optimization of Big Data Transport in Global Environments Prof. Dr. Eduard Siemens  
11 Nata Kozaeva FB 5 Development and evaluation of a generative model for time series generation in the context of predictive maintenance Prof. Dr. Korinna Bade  
12 Andrés Sebastián López Goyes FB 5 Development of Geometrically Motivated Algorithms for Optimizing Memory Accesses Prof. Dr. Mike Scherfner    
13 Marius Lüdemann FB 6 Degradation Mechanisms of Polymer Encapsulant Materials for Use in Photovoltaic Modules Prof. Dr. Ralph Gottschalg  
14 Nikolai Mareev FB 6 Congestion control algorithm for long fat networks and delay-sensitive applications Prof. Dr. Eduard Siemens  
15 Jishnu Nair FB 6 Lifetime prediction of PV modules by focusing on encapsulants and backsheet reliability Prof. Dr. Ralph Gottschalg  
16 Subashkumar Rajanayagam FB 6 Socially Assistive Robots: Speaker- and Object-Aware Human-Robot Interactions in Shared Elderly Care Spaces Prof. Dr. Stefan Twieg  
17 Vladyslav Romashchenko FB 6 Analysis and Optimization of Converting Algorithms for System-on-Chip Programming Prof. Dr. Ingo Chmielewski  
18 Hugo Andrés Sanchez Ortiz FB 6 Light Pattern Models for Bifacial Modules Prof. Dr. Ralph Gottschalg  
19 Masoum Salehi FB 5 Sustainable Software through Analysis of Sustainability Anti-Patterns in Software Development Prof. Dr. Sandro Schulze  
20 Anastasia Sapeha FB 6 Enhancement of Route Prediction Models Through Integration of GPS Data and Speech Analysis Based on Audio Recordings Prof. Dr. Eduard Siemens  
21 Simeon Trendov FB 6 An LPWAN protocol for energy- and resource-optimized operations in IoT environments Prof. Dr. Eduard Siemens  
22 Patrick Wessel FB 6 Non-destructive testing of polymer encapsulants for use in PV modules. Prof. Dr. Ralph Gottschalg  
23 Guido Willers FB 6 Particle-Surface Interaction Under the Influence of Nanoscale/Microscopic Water Films During Soiling on the Surfaces of Solar Power Systems Prof. Dr. Ralph Gottschalg  

Doctoral Center Social, Health and Economic Sciences

  First Name Last Name Department Topic HSA Advisor  
1 Jasmin Boudjefdjouf Department 2 Sustainable Optimization of Parts Logistics in Daimler Truck’s After-Sales Division: An investigation of holistic logistics concepts for efficient and environmentally sustainable parts provision, from procurement through transportation and warehousing to reverse logistics and remanufacturing. Prof. Dr. Sebastian Trojahn  
2 Vanessa Fehlig Department 2 Transformative Teaching Methods: Evaluation of Digital Tools for Business Administration Degree Programs Using Blended Learning Approaches Prof. Dr. Sebastian Trojahn  
3 Marisa Gohlke FB 2 Use of Rule-Based AI Systems for the Standardization and Automation of Funding Criteria: Potential, Risks, and Regulatory Limits Prof. Dr. Sebastian Trojahn  
4 Jens Gundhart FB 6 Overcoming the Attitude-Behavior Gap in the Context of Corporate Social Responsibility: Analysis of the Effects of Sustainable Products and Their Use in Advertising on the Purchase Decision-Making Process of Different Consumer Types Prof. Dr. Michael Brusch  
5 Alexandra Maierhofer FB 2 A Concept for the Continuous Integration of Production Planning and Control with Reliable Predictive Maintenance Measures in the Field of Single-Unit and Small-Batch Production of Highly Complex Mechanical Products with a Wide Range of Variants in the Context of Industry 4.0 Prof. Dr. Sebastian Trojahn  
6 Caroline Mountfield FB 2 Climate Transition Planning and Decarbonization in Capital-Intensive Industries Prof. Dr. Daniel Michelis  
7 Anisah Musa FB 6 The Quality of University-Business Linkages and Startup Innovation Performance in Germany: How Absorptive Capacity and Regional Innovation Systems Shape Outcomes Prof. Dr. Carsten Fussan  
8 Carolin Rautenberg FB 2 Impact of Digital ESG Systems on Socio-Ecological Corporate Transformation Prof. Dr. Daniel Michelis  
9 Adrian Schröder FB 2 A Contribution to the Establishment of 5G Technology in Civil Engineering Prof. Dr. Sebastian Trojahn  
10 Elias Teufel FB 2 Continuous Efficiency Improvements in Logistics Through the Implementation of Method-Based Management Systems: A Comparison of Fragmented and Integrated Management Systems, as well as Total Quality Management, Theory of Constraints, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Six Sigma, and Lean Six Sigma Methods Prof. Dr. Sebastian Trojahn  

Cooperative doctorates

  First name Name Department Topic Supervisor*in HSA Cooperating university
1 Andrea Höpfner FB 3 Influences of the application of 4D-BIM in the planning and construction process: A quantitative analysis in a global context Prof. Dr. Matthias Stange HafenCity University Hamburg
2 Abtahi Ishmam FB 6 Deep Learning-based Characterization of Gastric Carcinomas and Peritoneal Lesions using Hyperspectral and Whole Slide Imagin Prof. Dr. Marianne Maktabi University of Leipzig
3 Ari Kanemaki FB 5 Time to Get in Touch: A Case Study of Networked Music Performance in Classical Chamber Music Using a Yamaha Disklavier Hybrid Instrument (working title) Prof. Dr. Alexander Carôt TU Berlin
4 Benjamin Kemper FB 4 Transient Systems: 3D Printing of Thermoplastic Starch in Architecture Prof. Dr. Manuel Kretzer ETH Zurich
5 Aisan Kianmehr FB 3 Smart healing: The study of patient satisfaction in smart hospital environments towards achieving a healing environment Prof. Dr. Andrea Haase TU Berlin
6 Veronika Kirova FB 6 Available Bandwidth Estimation in presence of Interrupt Coalescence Prof. Dr. Eduard Siemens Odessa National Academy of Telecommunications (ONAT)
7 Erik Rötzscher FB 3 A risk-based simulation of follow-up costs from maintenance backlogs in university buildings: A model for sustainable planning of future investments Prof. Dr. Matthias Stange HafenCity University Hamburg
8 Christian Schlimok FB 2 Collaborative Online International Learning for Public Welfare-Oriented Entrepreneurship Prof. Dr. Daniel Michelis University of the Arts Berlin
9 Josefine Singer FB 2 Investigation of municipal problems in the provision of low-income housing and possible solutions. Leipzig, Dresden and Düsseldorf in comparison Prof. Dr. Michael Kuhn MLU Halle-Wittenberg
10 Mariia Tkachenko FB 6 Advancing Intraoperative Cancer Detection: Integrating Hyperspectral Imaging with Machine Learning Algorithms Prof. Dr. Marianne Maktabi University of Leipzig
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