The FNR is pleased to communicate that 27 of 88 eligible PhD projects have been selected for funding in the 2017 AFR Call. This represents an FNR commitment of 4.56 MEUR.
AFR is one of the FNR’s longest-running funding schemes and now serves the specific purpose of providing funding for the training of doctoral candidates. Grants are awarded in the form of an employment contract with the host institution, rather than in the form of a scholarship.
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Funded projects
Domain Biomed, Life and Environmental Sciences: 7 projects
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Beatrice Yasmin Loulou Peisl |
University of Luxembourg |
Paul Wilmes |
Elucidation of previously uncharacterized metabolites involved in human‐microbial cross‐talk |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Gilles Tossing |
Universite de Montreal |
Alex Parker |
InveStigating Axonal Regeneration pathways in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Huntington’s disease. |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Michele Petit |
University of Innsbruck |
Pidder Jansen‐Durr |
Role of oxaloacetate decarboxylase FAHD1 in regulation of cell proliferation and cellular senescence |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Joel Rodrigues Vitoria |
Universite Libre de Bruxelles |
Vincent Detours |
Survey of A‐to‐I RNA editing and single‐cell RNA sequencing in breast cancer |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Daniel Wiesen |
University Hospital Tubingen |
Hans‐Otto Karnath |
Unresolved issues in unilateral neglect: An update |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Valentin Ambroise |
LIST ‐ Luxembourg Institute of ScieScience & Technology |
Kjell Sergeant |
Cross protection between different abiotic stresses in non‐ herbaceous plants |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Isabel Rosety |
University of Luxembourg |
Jens Schwamborn |
Analysis and rescue of mitochondrial phenotypes caused by Parkinson’s disease associated mutation in GBA1. |
Domain Humanities & Social Sciences: 7 projects
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
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Martin Sacher |
University of Luxembourg |
David Howarth |
European Union Economic and Fiscal Policy Coordination after the Sovereign Debt Crisis – What Role for the European Commission? |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
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Tom Sadler |
University of Luxembourg |
Michel Margue |
The armies of the house of Luxembourg from Henry the Fifth to John the Blind (1247‐1346): Warfare, Society and Representation |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Dominique Santana |
University of Luxembourg |
Andreas Fickers |
Intertwined destinies, strengthened ties: Migration paths from Luxembourg to Brazil (1920‐1965) |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Oksana Domina |
University of Luxembourg |
Robin Samuel |
Employability among young people in Luxembourg: The role of lifestyle and linguistic repertoire |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Melissa Bellesi |
University of Luxembourg (SnT) |
Charles Max |
“Space” as a catalyst of a sustainable smart school environment Systemic conceiving and achieving of conviviality for the school of the 21st century |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Marie Marthe Dany Prum |
London School of Economics and Political Science |
Katerina Dalacoura |
Identity Politics of Sovereignty |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Michel Summer |
Trinity College Dublin |
Immo Warntjes |
Echternach and the formation of Carolingian Europe (7th‐8th centuries) |
Domain IT and Mathematics: 6 projects
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Kisub Kim |
University of Luxembourg (SnT) |
Tegawende Bissyande |
Source Code Search for Semantically Similar Functionalities |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Gary Philippe Cornelius |
University of Luxembourg (SnT) |
Holger Voos |
Model‐Driven Software Engineering for Social Robots |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Pingfan Kong |
University of Luxembourg (SnT) |
Jacques Klein |
Android Malicious code Localisation: Catch Me if You can! |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Mojtaba Varmazyar |
University of Luxembourg (SnT) |
Shiva Nejati |
Model Testing of Satellite Control Systems |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Frank Jean E. Plein |
Universite Libre de Bruxelles |
Martine Labbe |
Models and methods ‐ Gas networks in a decentralized setting. |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Carole Marie‐Jo Muller |
Universite Libre de Bruxelles |
Samuel Fiorini, Gwenaël Joret |
Excluded minors for isometric embeddings and network design |
Domain Physics, Materials and Engineering: 6 projects
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Tanja Kebig |
University of Luxembourg |
Stefan Maas |
Structural Health Monitoring of bridges by HIGH RESolution Photography |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Bhageshvar Mohan |
University of Luxembourg |
Bernhard Peters |
Improvement in design and operation of Fluidised Bed Reactors by the Extended Discrete Element Method (XDEM) |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Friedrich Wieland Goetzke |
University of Oxford |
Stephen Fletcher |
Development of diastereodivergent dynamic kinetic transformations |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Foni Raphael C. Lebrun‐ Ricalens |
The University of Sussex |
Winfried Hensinger |
Experimental Demonstration of Key Operations for Networked Quantum Logic in a Scalable Ion Trap Architecture |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Philippe Klein |
Technical University of Munich |
Lukas Hintermann |
The Multi‐Component‐Catalyst (MCC) Principle: Design of Functional Catalyst Precursors for a Systematic Reaction Development |
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Joakim Heiser |
Institut Charles Sadron |
Giuseppe Nicolas |
Integration of light‐FUelled molecular MOtors combined with Releasing units into a contractile gel |
Domain Law and Economics: 1 project
| APPLICANT NAME |
HOST INSTITUTION |
PHD SUPERVISOR |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Antonio Ancora |
Universite du Luxembourg |
Aikaterini Pantazatou |
The implications of Commission’s state aid decisions for Luxembourg, the EU transfer pricing rules and the world. “Pacta sunt servanda”? |
In addition to the 27 projects selected for funding in this AFR Call, 4 projects are on the reserve list. This page was last updated 11 July 2017.
