Awards

IDC researcher Vasilis K. Papanikolaou, together with his co-authors Alexis A. Dowhuszko (Aalto University, Finland), Máté Galambos (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary), Carlos Guerra-Yánez (Czech Technical University in Prague), Henrique M. Salgado (University of Porto, Portugal), Goran T. Djordjević (University of Niš, Serbia), Philipp Kleinpaß (DLR, Germany), and Niek Doelman (TNO, Netherlands), has received…

Former IDC member Dr.-Ing. Friedemann Laue won third prize in the IEEE ComSoc Four‑Minute‑Thesis (4MT) competition at IEEE ICC 2026. After advancing from the first round, he was one of 20 finalists invited to present his PhD research to a non‑specialist audience in just four minutes. Competitors were judged on comprehension and content as well…

Maximilian Schäfer has been elected to the Board of Die Junge Akademie for the 2026/2027 term. The new Board began its one-year term of office on 28 June 2026, with the handover taking place during the academy’s annual celebration in Berlin. Die Junge Akademie, founded in 2000 as the world’s first academy for outstanding young…

IDC’s Bastian Heinlein has been accepted into the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt) Graduate Center for Doctoral Researchers. The Graduate Center brings together researchers investigating the impact of the digital transformation and the researchers shaping technologies for the digital transformation. As part of his research at the Institute for Digital Communications, Bastian works…

Timo Jakumeit has received a travel grant from the IEEE Communications Society to attend the 3rd Workshop on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communication (MBMC) in Glasgow, where he will present his research on molecular communications. The funding will help cover travel and accommodation costs associated with his participation. The workshop will take place on 28–29 May 2026 alongside the IEEE International Conference…

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has accepted Dr.-Ing. habil. Maximilian Schäfer, senior researcher at IDC, into the Heisenberg Programme with his Project “Molecular Communications Engineering: From Fundamental Theory to Experimental Validation”. The Heisenberg Programme supports outstanding researchers who have qualified for a scientific leadership position and assists them in preparing for a permanent professorship. It…

We are very proud to announce that Dr.-Ing. habil Maximilian Schäfer has successfully completed his habilitation in the field of electrical engineering in February 2026. The dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marc Stamminger, congratulated him on receiving his teaching qualification when handing him over his habilitation certificate on March 3, 2026. The…

Robert Schober received on 18.02.2026 his certificate as a new member of Leopoldina. Leopoldina was founded in 1652 in Schweinfurt/Germany and is thus the oldest continuously existing academy of natural sciences and medicine in the world. The Academy selects its members among outstanding scientists. Since its foundation over 7,000 individuals were appointed members. These include,…

Teena tom Dieck and Johanna Fröhlich have been awarded the Luise-Prell-Preis and the Fritz-und-Maria-Hofmann-Preis, respectively, for their outstanding master’s theses. Teena tom Dieck was honored for her thesis “Optical-to-Chemical Signal Modulation with Functionalized Nanodevices,” in which she developed mathematical models for light-controlled nanodevices used in miniaturized bioreactors, laying the groundwork for their optimization and future application in…