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. Andreas Bahr Electrical Engineering Sensor System Electronics	Lead of project B1 (Sensor Noise Performance and Analogue System Design)
	Prof. Dr. Günther Deuschl Medicine Neurology	Lead of project T1 (Transfer project - Individualized Deep Brain Stimulation)
	Dr. Carolin Enzingmüller IPN Chemistry Education	Lead of project SOP (Science Outrearch Project)
	Prof. Dr. Franz Faupel Materials Science Multicomponent Materials	Lead of project A2 (Hybrid Magnetoelectric Sensors Based on Mechanically Soft Composite Materials), lead of project A4 (∆E-Effect Sensors), lead of project B7 (3D-Imaging of Magnetically Labelled Cells)
	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
	Prof. Dr. med. Ann-Kristin Helmers Center for Neurosurgery University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein	Lead of project T1 (Transfer project - Individualized Deep Brain Stimulation)
	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)
	Dr.-Ing. Florian Niekiel Materials Science Micro-Manufacturing Processes	Lead of project Z1 (MEMS Magnetoelectric Sensor Fabrication)
	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)
	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), lead of project Z2 (Magnetoelectric Sensor Characterization), spokes­person of the CRC 1261
	Prof. Dr. Christine Selhuber-Unkel Materials Science Biocompatible Nanomaterials	Lead of project B7 (3D-Imaging of Magnetically Labelled Cells)
	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Wulfinghoff Materials Science Computational Materials Science	Lead of project A10 (Magnetic Noise of Magnetoelectric Sensors)

Associated leading project researchers
	Dr. Sören Kaps 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. Klaus Raetzke Materials Science Multicomponent Materials	Associated leading project researcher B7 (3D-Imaging of Magnetically Labelled Cells)
	Dr. Thomas Strunskus Materials Science Multicomponent Materials	Associated lead of project A2 (Hybrid Magnetoelectric Sensors Based on Mechanically Soft Composite Materials)