At the TUM School of Natural Sciences, scientists from different disciplines work together on research topics in the fields of bioscience, chemistry, and physics. This fundamental research generates knowledge that facilitates a better understanding of our world and the development of new technologies.
To make research achievements efficiently accessible and visibly available to the outside world, TUM has established a Research Information System (FIS). It collects information on publication performance, awards, and research areas of individuals and organizational units at TUM.
Our School is committed to an integrative and dynamic learning environment engaged in pioneering research across the natural sciences. In three departments and in interdisciplinary integrative research centers, we explore, understand, and predict nature’s phenomena at all scales. Combining physical, chemical, and biological concepts bridged by engineering approaches, we create solutions for the fundamental societal challenges and educate the next generation.
Across three departments, nine integrative research institutes, five clusters of excellence, four collaborative research centers, contributions from the Max Planck Institutes, two venture labs, and numerous federally and EU-funded projects, the research focuses of the NAT School are concentrated on six main research areas.
Our research activities are bundled in three departments: Bioscience, Chemistry, and Physics. Each department is led by a Head of Department, and each professorship in our School belongs to one of these departments.
The structure of the Professional Profiles, led by the respective Academic Program Directors (APDs), ensures the integration of research content with specific cross-disciplinary competencies into teaching. The aim is to develop these competency profiles further across universities by utilizing the full portfolio of TUM.
Clusters of Excellence are innovative, world-class research projects funded under the national Excellence Initiative, which connects universities with leading German research institutes and businesses. The School of Natural Sciences contributes to five of these clusters.
For key areas of interdisciplinary research, TUM has established its own central or integrative research centers, in which our School of Natural Sciences is strongly represented. The scientific opportunities resulting from the interdisciplinary diversity on the Garching campus attract scientists from all countries and fields.
The School of Natural Sciences participates in a number of interdisciplinary and inter-institutional research projects, which are funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
The high-tech campus Garching north of Munich is TUM's largest location and one of the most modern research and training facilities in Europe.
At the TUM School of Natural Sciences, cutting-edge research infrastructure enables pioneering discoveries in chemistry, physics, and the biosciences. From high-tech laboratories and core facilities to state-of-the-art research buildings and collaborative platforms – our scientists benefit from resources that drive innovation and scientific excellence
Organic Letters
Abstract: The photocycloaddition of 1,1-dimethylallene to various aromatic carbonyl compounds was found to occur exclusively at the benzene core. While the reaction with methyl 2-methoxybenzoate resulted in a…
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Abstract: A series of N,N-disubstituted buta-2,3-dienamides was prepared from 3-butynoic acid and probed as substrates in a light-induced photocyclization. It was found that xanthen-9-one (10 mol%) promotes the…
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Abstract: Upon catalysis (1 mol %) by a chiral cobalt porphyrin, quinazolinones with a tethered diazo alkane precursor underwent an enantioselective C–H alkylation at carbon atom C4. Formation of five-, six-,…
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Abstract: Chromanes are frequently encountered as chiral structure elements in active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). We have now discovered an access to enantiopure chromanes, which employs a 1:1 mixture of…
Bioengineering
Abstract: Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been the standard for computer vision tasks including applications in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Recently, Vision Transformers (ViTs) have been introduced,…
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Abstract: Background: Fetal magnetocardiography (fMCG) is the most accurate method to assess fetal heart rhythm and conduction. New quantum sensor technology makes it possible to use less expensive devices. The…
Physics Letters B
Abstract: We explore the possibility that the underlying flavour structure of the Standard Model could be determined by mass chains on a fractal geometry. We consider, as an example, the theory space on a…
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Abstract: Accurate single photoelectron (SPE) characterization of photosensors is essential for controlling systematic uncertainties in low-light neutrino and dark matter detectors. We present a compact…
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Abstract: Over 25,600 3-inch photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) have been instrumented for the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory. Each PMT is equipped with a high-voltage divider and a…
Langmuir
Abstract: The amyloidogenesis of the pancreatic metabolic hormone human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) is associated with dysfunction of the pancreatic β-cell function in type II diabetes. Although the…
