In order to face climate change, we have to understand the processes and mechanisms which are triggering it. One central pillar of climate and energy research at FAU is, as a result, fundamental research. Understand bundles the different research areas that FAU professors focus on in this context. As a full-spectrum university, FAU covers all levels from fundamental research to practical application. Thanks to the great innovation ecosystem, FAU guarantees the transfer of fundamental research into practical applications by working together with renowned research institutions and industrial companies. The areas cover geological processes and their effects on ecosystems in the past and in the future, the analysis of the climate system and consequences of human action to fundamental research on new areas of biology, chemistry or physics, such as natural adaptation strategies, materials and interfaces or energy conversion.
Chair of Chemistry of Thin Film Materials
Chair of Applied and Environmental Geology
Professorship for Geography (Remote Sensing and GIS)
Chair of Geography (Physical Geography)
Chair of Solid-State Physics
Chair of Computer Science 7 (Computer Networks and Communication Systems)
Chair of Physical Chemistry I
Chair of Palaeoenvironmental Research
Professorship for Geochemistry and Economic Geology
Chair of Computer Science 10 (System Simulation)
Chair of Interface Research and Catalysis
Professorship of Applied Mathematics (Integer and Robust Optimization)
Chair of Applied Mathematics (Mixed-Integer Linear and Nonlinear Optimization)
Professorship for Palaeontology (Facies Analysis)
Professorship of Climatology
Professorship for Computer Science (numerical simulation using high performance computing)
Junior Professorship for Energy Informatics, Head of Group Smart Energy
Chair of Computer Science 10 (System Simulation)
Chair of Physical Chemistry II
Chair of Separation Science & Technology