Principal Investigators

The CRC 1261 involves 22 principal investigators, from which eight hold full professorships, six hold associate professorships and seven are in a wider sense junior group leaders. Prof. Deuschl has retired but holds the first senior professor position at Kiel University and has a permission contract with UKSH / Kiel University to undertake the work described within this proposal. Prof. Faupel successfully applied for a shift of his retirement to ensure his participation over the full second funding period. Prof. Bahr and Prof. Rieger were appointed as additional junior and associate professors in electrical engineering, respectively, to strengthen the activities of the CRC. As a consequence, the CRC consists of a team comprising of well-renowned senior scientists in combination with highly qualified younger scientists and thus guarantees a well-balanced expertise for the suggested work program. Eight of the contributing principal investigators belong to the Institute for Materials Science, five are within the Institute of Electrical and Information Technology, four are with the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, one is with the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, two are with the Leibniz-Institute for Science and Mathematics Education in Kiel, and two are with the Fraunhofer Institute of Silicon Technology in Itzehoe. Thus, the team represents the broad interdisciplinary competence that is a key signature of this CRC.

Project leading researchers
	Prof. Dr. Rainer Adelung Materials Science Functional Nanomaterials	Lead of project A2 (Hybrid Magnetoelectric Sensors Based on Mechanically Soft Composite Materials), lead of project A5 (Piezotronic Magnetoelectric Composites)
	Prof. Dr. Zeynep Altintas Materials Science Bioinspired Materials and Biosensor Technologies	Lead of project B12 (Bioinspired Nanocomposites for Early Detection of Complications in Gastrointestinal Surgery)
	Prof. Dr. Tayebeh Ameri Materials Science Composite Materials	Lead of project A2 (Mechanically Soft Micro and Macrocomposite for Wearable Devices)
	Prof. Dr. med. Robert Bergholz Medizine Pediatric Surgery	Lead of project B2 (Digital Signal Processing)
	Prof. Dr. med. Mark Ellrichmann Medizine Interdisciplinary Endoscopy, Medical Department 1	Lead of project B2 (Digital Signal Processing) lead of project B13 (Magnetoelectric 3D Mapping in Gastrointestinal Diagnostics)
	Dr. Carolin Enzingmüller IPN Chemistry Education	Lead of project SOP (Science Outrearch Project)
	Prof. Dr. med. Norbert Frey Cardiology and Angiology Department for Internal Medicine III	Lead of project B10 (Magnetoelectric Sensor Systems for Cardiologic Applications)
	Prof. Dr. Martina Gerken Electrical Engineering Integrated Systems and Photonics	Lead of project A8 (Modelling of Magnetoelectric Sensors), IRTG (Integrated Research Training Group) steering board member
	Dr. Bjoern Gojdka Fraunhofer Insitute for Silicon Technology ISIT MEMS Applications	Lead of project Z1 (MEMS Magnetoelectric Sensor Fabrication)
	Dr. Jan-Paul Gundlach Medicine Clinic of General, Visceral-, Thoracic-, Transplantation- and Pediatric Surgery	Lead of project B12 (Bioinspired Nanocomposites for Early Detection of Complications in Gastrointestinal Surgery)
	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Höft Electrical Engineering Microwave Group	Lead of project B1 (Sensor Noise Performance and Analogue System Design), lead of project T1 (Transfer project - Individualized Deep Brain Stimulation), lead of project Z2 (Magnetoelectric Sensor Characterization)
	Prof. Dr. Lorenz Kienle Materials Science Synthesis and Real Structure	Lead of project A6 (Microstructure and Structural Change of Magnetoelectric and Piezotronic Sensors)
	Dr. Fabian Lofink Microsystem Technology Fraunhofer Institute	Lead of project A9 (Surface Acoustic Wave Magnetic Field Sensors)
	Prof. Dr. Walter Maetzler Medicine Neurology	Lead of project B9 (Magnetoelectric Sensors for Movement Detection and Analysis), IRTG (Integrated Research Training Group) steering board member
	Prof. Dr. Jeffrey McCord Materials Science Nanoscale Magnetic Materials	Lead of project A1 (Magnetostrictive Multilayers for Magnetoelectric Sensors), lead of project A10 (Magnetic Noise of Magnetoelectric Sensors), IRTG (Integrated Research Training Group) steering board member
	Dr. Dirk Meyners Materials Science Inorganic Functional Materials	Lead of project A1 (Magnetostrictive Multilayers for Magnetoelectric Sensors), lead of project Z1 (MEMS Magnetoelectric Sensor Fabrication)
	Dr. Bridget Murphy Physics Interface Physics	Lead of project A6 (Microstructure and Structural Change of Magnetoelectric and Piezotronic Sensors)
	Prof. Dr. Ilka Parchmann IPN Chemistry Education	Lead of project SOP (Science Outreach Project)
	Prof. Dr. Eckhard Quandt Materials Science Inorganic Functional Materials	Lead of project A7 (Electrically Modulated Magnetoelectric Sensors), lead of project A9 (Surface Acoustic Wave Magnetic Field Sensors)
	Prof. Dr. Robert Rieger Electrical Engineering Networked Electronic Systems	Lead of project A4 (∆E-Effect Sensors) lead of project Z2 (Magnetoelectric Sensor Characterization)
	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Schmidt Electrical Engineering Digital Signal Processing	Lead of project B2 (Digital Signal Processing), lead of project B9 (Magnetoelectric Sensors for Movement Detection and Analysis), lead of project B10 (Magnetoelectric Sensor Systems for Cardiologic Applications), spokes­person of the CRC 1261
	Dr. Benjamin Spetzler Materials Science Energy Materials	Lead of project A4 (∆E-Effect Sensors)
	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Wulfinghoff Materials Science Computational Materials Science	Lead of project A10 (Magnetic Noise of Magnetoelectric Sensors)

Associated leading project researchers
	Dr. Thomas Strunskus Materials Science Multicomponent Materials	Associated lead of project A2 (Hybrid Magnetoelectric Sensors Based on Mechanically Soft Composite Materials)