2021.10.18 | Ida Hammerich Nielson
Fifteen AU researchers have received funding to delve further into their green projects. Photo: Colourbox
This article is based on press material from the IRFD
Fifteen green AU projects are to receive funding from the Independent Research Fund Denmark (IRFD). The IRFD has awarded a total of DKK 280 million to 55 outstanding research projects. The aim is to provide talented researchers with financial backing to make new research breakthroughs in areas such as climate and the environment.
All research areas that can contribute to the green transition were welcome to apply for funding from the thematic research pool, and the 55 research ideas were selected by the IRFD Green Transition Committee, which consists of 20 Danish and international researchers.
Søren Rud Keiding, professor at Aarhus University, who chaired the green transition committee for the second consecutive year says:
"It's good to see collaboration across many so disciplines to solve a major social problem. It’s also important that we fund many smaller research projects. This will help ensure that we have diversity in our approach to solving climate challenges."
The grant recipients at Aarhus University are:
- Associate Professor Ditte Alexandra Winther-Lindqvist, Danish School of Education: Green Transition and World-Care in Early Years Education, DKK 5,568,932
- Ji Chen, Department of Agroecology: Core Soil Extracellular Enzymes for Sustainable Biomass Production with Perennial Crops (CoreEEs), DKK 2,878,128.
- Professor Mogens Støvring Hovmøller, Department of Agroecology: Temperature-induced disease resistance, DKK 11,391,279.
- Associate Professor Jo Philips, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering: MES-MODEL: A mathematical model to improve microbial electrosynthesis, DKK 2,878,734.
- Assistant Professor Zongsu Wei, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering: Let it Wave: Ultrasound Enhanced Power-to-Hydrogen (Up2H2), DKK 2,876,505.
- Professor Jeppe Vang Lauritsen, iNANO: Earth-Abundant Metal Oxides for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production, DKK 2,879,496.
- Professor Duncan S. Sutherland, iNANO: Passive and responsive materials for building solar-thermal management, DKK 2,879,777.
- Associate Professor Pourya Forooghi, Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering: Drag Reduction Strategies for Upgrading Energy Efficiency in Danish Utility and Maritime Sectors, DKK 2,874,212.
- Associate Professor Qi Zhang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: eTouch: Edge Intelligence for Immersive Telerobotics in Touch-enabled Tactile Internet, DKK 2,875,766.
- Postdoc Harish Lakhotiya, Department of Chemistry: High-Entropy NAnoparticles based Proton-Exchange Membrane water electrolyzer (HENA-PEM), DKK 2,876,014.
- Lars Kjerulf Petersen, Department of Environmental Science: Towards Climate Friendly Vacation Practices, DKK 5,894,486.
- Professor Kai Bester, Department of Environmental Science: Enhanced biogas production and antimicrobials removal from manure (BioMan), DKK 6,157,915.
- Professor Anders Bentien, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering: Hybrid Electrochemical System for Electricity & Hydrogen Storage (HeySYS), DKK 6,073,675.
- Professor Jesper Givskov Sørensen, Department of Biology: Resource efficiency, environmental impact and consumer acceptance: Paving the way for Black soldier aircraft (Hermetia illucens) in the feed and food industry, DKK 6,191,419.
- Professor Mogens Christensen, Department of Chemistry: Compaction of Magnets, a Property and Structure Study (COMPASS), DKK 6,190,000.
See all 55 research projects
Read the press release from the IRFD (in Danish only)
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