Awards

Luca Abel's recent paper, 'Body Movements as Biomarkers: Machine Learning-Based Prediction of HPA Axis Reactivity to Stress,' published in Psychoneuroendocrinology, has been highlighted in the journal as an Editor's Choice. See here the Editor's Choice Commentary: Can our movements reveal our st...

Marina Ritthaler, associate doctoral researcher in sub-project B01, received the VDE Bayern Award 2025 in recognition of her exceptional master's thesis. The award ceremony took place on November 20, 2025, as part of the VDE Bayern Evening held at the Bayerischer Hof in Munich. Congratulations, Mari...

We are pleased to announce that Marie Oesten, a doctoral researcher in subproject D05, has received the Vera-Dammann-Prize 2024 for her Master's Thesis titled 'Radar-Based Investigation of Pulse Wave and Heart Sound Propagation.' The award was presented on November 13th and 14th in Leipzig by the Fa...

Prof. Dr. Alexander Kölpin, PI in EmpkinS sub-project A04, will be awarded the IEEE Microwave Theory & Technology Society Microwave Application Award! 🎉 This recognition is for "outstanding contributions to interferometric radar technology for medical applications" - a field that has been his...

🏆 WiGeP Innovation Award 2025 in the field "Virtual product development"! Our group leader, PD Dr. Jörg Miehling (subprojects C02 and C03), along with former EmpkinS-associated doctoral researcher David Scherb (human-machine systems, TU Bergakademie Freiberg) and Patrick Steck (KTmfk), under the ...

Robert Richer was honored with this year's dissertation award by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Digitale Medizin e.V.! Congratulations, Robert! 🏆

Dr. Tabea Ott attended the annual conference of the Görres-Gesellschaft zur Pflege der Wissenschaft e.V. at the Katholische Akademie in Berlin, where she was honored with the first prize in "Natural Science and Theology". Congratulations on this outstanding achievement, Tabea! 💐

EmpkinS PI Dr.-Ing. habil. Jörg Miehling (subproject C02 and C03) has successfully completed his habilitation in the field of human-centered engineering processes! Congratulations from the entire EmpkinS team on this remarkable achievement! 🏆🥳🥂✨ Here, you can learn more about Jörg's motivation an...

Tabea Ott, former EmpkinS doctoral researcher and now PI of the EmpkinS WIKO project, has been awarded first place for her dissertation in the Science Prize for the Dialogue between Science and Theology, presented by the Görres-Gesellschaft zur Pflege der Wissenschaft e.V. and the Apfelbaum Foundati...

Prof. Dr. Cornelia Weise, Chair of Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Health Technology, associated member and future EmpkinS PI, has recently received the Teaching Award from her psychology students. This achievement is especially remarkable considering that Cornelia joined FAU just a year ago. Wha...