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TUM Ambassadors

Many international researchers have contributed their expertise and experience to our university over the past decades. Every year since 2013,  a cohort of world-class international researchers are selected and awarded the honorary title of TUM Ambassador.

You would like to recommend someone as a TUM Ambassador?

All you need to do is fill in a form and send it to alumniandcareer@tum.de. More information about the relevant criteria can be found in this document.

YearAmbassadorTUM Host
2013Prof. Charles CaseyProf. Wolfgang Herrmann
 Prof. Pierre BraunsteinProf. Wolfgang Herrmann
 Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i MorralProf. Gerhard Abstreiter
2014Prof. Janet TateProf. Helmut Kinder
2015Prof. Alexander EfrosProf. Gerhard Abstreiter
 Prof. Gary HallerProf. Johannes Lercher
 Prof. David AndelmanProf. Erich Sackmann
 Prof. Jonathan VeinotProf. Bernhard Rieger
 Prof. Eli PollakProf. Mathias Nest
 Prof. Mei WangProf. Wolfgang Herrmann
 Prof. Brian FreemanProf. Johannes Buchner
 Prof. Alice Gast†Prof. Erich Sackmann, Prof. Wolfgang Herrmann
2017Prof. Helgard RaubenheimerProf. Hubert Schmidbaur
 Prof. Ben FeringaProf. Thorsten Bach
 Prof. Harald BruneProf. Johannes Barth
 Prof. Polly ArnoldProf. Fritz Kühn
2018Prof. Andrzej SobolewskiProf. Wolfgang Domcke
2020Prof. Yannis KevrekidisProf. Katharina Krischer
2021Prof. Matteo MaestriProf. Karsten Reuter
 Dr. Heike RielProf. Alexander Holleitner
2023Prof. Hristo SvilenovProf. Johannes Buchner
 Dr. Andreas KronfeldProf. Nora Brambilla, Prof. Antonio Vairo
 Prof. Ramona VogtProf. Nora Brambilla
2025Prof. Shobhana NarashimhanProf. Johannes Barth
 Prof. Vivek Vitthal BuwaProf. Olaf Hinrichsen

 

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TUM Ambassadors, Public Outreach, Diversity, Chemistry, Physics, Award | 05.02.2026

NAT School celebrates two new TUM Ambassadors

Prof. Shobhana Narasimhan and Prof. Vivek Vitthal Buwa recognized for their contributions and collaborations at TUM [read more]

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