Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

The department conducts research in the fields of chemistry, mathematics and physics.

• The Institute of Chemistry and Bioengineering conducts research at the interface between chemistry, biology and technology. The aim of the research is to develop environmentally friendly methods for the synthesis, characterization and effect of drugs, active substances and environmental toxins on cells and tissues. Research topics range from classical organic synthesis, nanoparticles, analytics and bionanotechnology to biotechnological methods and stem cell and cancer research.

• Research at the Institute of Mathematics covers the entire spectrum of mathematics: analytical problems such as systems theory, control and regulation, mathematical foundations of quantum engineering, optimization, stochastics and data science, as well as discrete mathematics such as graph theory or combinatorics.

• The research of the Institute of Physics focuses on the physics of condensed matter and its interaction with light and other electromagnetic fields. The questions range from fundamental physics at the temperature of liquid helium, surface analysis and NMR to solar water splitting and nanostructured battery electrodes.