| JUN.-PROF. DR. SILVANA DEILEN
Discipline: Translation Studies
Research project: The Geometry of Understanding: Information-Geometric Approaches to Intralingual Complexity Reduction | Research interests:
- Interlingual translation processes
- Intralingual translation processes
- Accessible communication
- Eye tracking
- Machine translation
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| PROF. DR. JAN CHRISTIAN GERTZ
Discipline: Theology
Research project: Why Are We Interested in Cosmology? | Research interests:
- Literary History of the Old Testament
- Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Legal History
- Pentateuch
- Biblical Primeval History
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| PROF. DR. CHRISTIAN GILLE
Discipline: Neonatology
Research project: Before, During, and After Birth – Systems of Ontogenetic Resilience and Vulnerability | Research interests:
- Early-Life Conditioning
- Early-Life Exposome
- Immune System Development
- Microbiome Development
- Social Influences on the Mother–Child Dyad
- Developmental Support
- Preterm Infants
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| PROF. DR. FRED HAMPRECHT
Discipline: Scientific AI
Research project: AI in Higher Education Teaching | Forschungsschwerpunkte:
- Machine Learning
- Quantum Chemistry
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| PROF. DR. ADRIANA HANULÍKOVÁ
Discipline: German as a Foreign Language Studies
Research project: Social Closeness to Machines? Linguistic, Psychological, and Neural Mechanisms of Human–Robot Interaction | Forschungsschwerpunkte:
- Multilingualism and Cognition
- Linguistic Variation
- Social Cognition
- Phonetics
- Individual Differences in Language Processing and Use
- Social Networks
- Social Robotics
- Human–Machine Interaction
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| PROF. DR. ANNETTE HAUßMANN
Discipline: Practical Theology
Research project: Before, During, and After Birth – Systems of Ontogenetic Resilience and Vulnerability | Forschungsschwerpunkte:
- Caring Communities
- Religion, Pastoral Care, and (Mental) Health
- Care Relationships and Family Care
- Digitalization and Pastoral Care / Digital Pastoral Care and Spiritual Care
- Pastoral Care and AI
- Empirical Research on Religion and Pastoral Care
- Volunteer Pastoral Care
- Pastoral Care in the Context of Life-Cycle Rituals
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| PROF. DR. ROLAND HERZOG
Discipline: Scientific Computing and Optimization
Research project: The Geometry of Understanding: Information-Geometric Approaches to Intralingual Complexity Reduction | Forschungsschwerpunkte:
- High-Dimensional Optimization
- Optimization on Manifolds
- Numerical Linear Algebra
- Optimal Experimental Design
- Optimization Problems Constrained by Partial Differential Equations
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| PROF. DR. UTE HÜSKEN
Discipline: Cultural and Religious History of South Asia / Indology
Research project: Before, During, and After Birth – Systems of Ontogenetic Resilience and Vulnerability | Forschungsschwerpunkte:
- Buddhism
- Hinduism
- Ritual and Festival Studies
- Gender Studies
- Research on South Indian Temple Cultures
- Combining Philological Methods (Sanskrit, Pali, Tamil) with Cultural Anthropology
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| PROF. DR. PETER MARSCHIK
Discipline: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Research project: Before, During, and After Birth – Systems of Ontogenetic Resilience and Vulnerability | Forschungsschwerpunkte:
- Early Childhood Development
- Neuroethology
- Developmental Psychopathology
- Early Motor Development
- Typical and Atypical Language Acquisition
- Developmental Trajectories
- Rare Genetic Disorders: Rett Syndrome and Fragile X Syndrome; Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Autism
- Multimodal, Multidimensional, Non-Invasive Assessment of Early Childhood Developmental Domains in a Longitudinal, Systems-Based, and Interdisciplinary Context
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| PROF. DR. FRIEDRICH RÖPKE
Discipline: Theoretical Astrophysics
Research project: Why Are We Interested in Cosmology? | Forschungsschwerpunkte:
- Theoretical Astrophysics
- Physics of Stellar Objects
- Numerical Simulations
- Supernovae
- Nucleosynthesis
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| PROF. DR. BASTIAN SCHILLER
Discipline: Clinical Neuropsychology
Research project: Social Closeness to Machines? Linguistic, Psychological, and Neural Mechanisms of Human–Robot Interaction | Forschungsschwerpunkte:
- Biopsychological Foundations of (Dys)functional Social Interaction (e.g., Stress Effects, Interactive Gaze Behavior, Neural Markers of Individual Differences)
- Biopsychological Differences Between Face-to-Face and Digital Social Interaction (e.g., Relationship Building, Social Support, and Resource Allocation Decisions)
- Social Enrichment of Digital Interactions (e.g., AI-Assisted Eye Contact, Remote Forearm Touch, Presentation of Body Odors)
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| PROF. DR. BIRGIT SPINATH
Discipline: Educational Psychology
Research project: AI in Higher Education Teaching | Forschungsschwerpunkte:
- Teaching and Learning Research in School and Higher Education Contexts
- Motivational Factors Influencing Learning and Achievement
- Self-Regulation in Educational Processes
- Teacher Education
- Higher Education as a Field of Work and Research
- Psychology Education and Evaluation
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| PROF. DR. MICHAEL STRUBE
Discipline: Computational Linguistics
Research project: The Geometry of Understanding: Information-Geometric Approaches to Intralingual Complexity Reduction | Forschungsschwerpunkte:
Computational Linguistics:
- Automatic Discourse Processing
- Coreference Resolution
- Coherence Modeling
- Ethics in NLP
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