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Large-scale multipartite entanglement on a quantum metrology network (MiNet)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Systems and Communication Engineering
Panel description: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2021-COG, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2694623.0
EU funding (EUR): 2694623.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Hundreds and thousands of fireflies synchronize their dazzling light in summer nights – one of nature’s most beautiful demonstrations on the importance of synchronization and scalability in a network. So we ask the question, is it possible and even necessary to synchronize all components in a complex large-scale quantum network? This is not a question for the future. Rapid experimental progress in recent years has brought first rudimentary quantum networks within reach, highlighting the timeliness and need for unified frameworks. This proposal, MiNet, aims to establish a unified framework on "time", both experimentally and theoretically. Similar to a classical network, a future quantum network may have to attach accurate timing stamps to all events occurred, such as the generation and storage of qubits. However, entanglement swapping, which will be used to scalably connect a large ensemble of quantum nodes, puts a stringent requirement on this timing task, making it beyond today’s technologies. MiNet will build a large-scale multipartite entanglement testbed connecting two science cities in north Germany, Hannover and Braunschweig. Taking advantage of the latest metrology advances, MiNet will use a telecom fiber-based optical clock network to disseminate ultra-stable time/frequency information to devices in three remote laboratories in the two cities. The important requirement on scalability, on the other hand, will be provided by semiconductor quantum dot sources that have incredible improvement recently. This project is at the forefront of semiconductors, quantum communication and metrology. MiNet will be the first of its kind, allowing one to gain the full advantages of available resources within a clocked quantum network. In the long term, the fiber-based optical clock network, as part of a Pan-European collaborative effort, may help to synchronize a large number of quantum computing and communication devices at large scales that can never be reached before.

Keywords: semiconductor quantum dot,single photon sources,entangled photon sources,entanglement swapping,quantum communication,metrology,telecommunication
Fragmentation in Turbulence Revisited - Toward a universal theory for turbulent emulsification (FragTuRe)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Products and Processes Engineering
Panel description: Product and process design, chemical, civil, environmental, mechanical, vehicle engineering, energy processes and relevant computational methods
Countries involved: Austria
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Droplets and bubbles are omnipresent in many environmental and industrial applications that involve atomization and emulsification processes, and the ability to control the size of these dispersed elements in turbulent multiphase flows is essential for design and optimization purposes. Despite the importance of the fragmentation of one fluid in another one by turbulent eddies, a universal theory applicable to a majority of the scenarios is still missing. Following the seminal work of Hinze on characterizing the size of the largest stable droplets in turbulence known as Kolmogorov-Hinze theory, I aim to revisit this concept with a novel deterministic approach through theoretical investigation, experimental characterization, and numerical simulation. In my recent contribution, I have presented a novel description for the Hinze scale based on the concept of enstrophy transport across the scales in turbulence, which could serve as the basis for my deterministic approach to studying turbulent emulsification. By providing the theoretical basis for sustained homogenous isotropic turbulent flows, I will measure the spectral rate of enstrophy transport rates by the vortex stretching, surface tension, and other relevant mechanisms in a drop-laden turbulent flow in the lab using tomographic PIV and shape reconstruction. Furthermore, by performing direct numerical simulation (DNS), I will explore the situations where experimentation may be limited such as highly-dense emulsifications and surfactant-laden environments. The simulations will provide a large dataset based on which we could generate a universal theory for emulsification in turbulent drop-laden and bubbly flows. The FragTuRe project revisits the fundamental understanding of turbulent fragmentation by a concept that has not been employed before and aims at generating a novel case-independent universal correlation for the Hinze scale that is essential in many engineering applications.

Keywords: turbulence,droplets and bubbles,multiphase flow,interfacial flow,direct numerical simulation dns,fragmentation,drop laden flows,multiphase turbulence,tomographic piv measurement,enstrophy
Regreening and Redeveloping organic contaminated sites as carbon-negative Geo-structures (Re2Geo)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 276187.92
EU funding (EUR): 276187.92
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The European Union (EU) has 2.8 million contaminated sites in 2024 that need to be remediated to improve land sustainability and resilience. The number comes to ~23,000 contaminated sites of ~27,000 hectares in the United Kingdom. Unfortunately, the EU has a surprisingly low remediation rate of 8.3%, and current soil remediation practices have never achieved profitability and decarbonisation so far. The migration of pollutants in these sites, especially organic pollutants, threatens human health. My fellowship aims to regreen and redevelop organic contaminated sites as carbon-negative geo-structures (Re2Geo). This is achieved through innovations in three interconnected work packages, involving (i) developing a novel material through nano-materialisation and functionalisation of wastes, (ii) optimising its carbon capture and soil remediation functions, and (iii) transforming remediated soils into carbon-negative geo-structures and sustainability validation. My fellowship project is highly interdisciplinary, requiring me to develop skills and expertise in civil engineering, waste management, geo-environmental engineering, and material science. This is enabled by the training activities and two-way knowledge transfer during the fellowship as planned in detail with the host academic institution. This fellowship allows me to carry out focused and independent research to address the significant scientific challenge, and the outcomes will generate significant academic and industrial impacts. This fellowship allows me to develop into a well-rounded researcher with skills in leadership, teaching, and international academic collaboration and eventually become an emerging leader in the sustainable remediation and redevelopment of contaminated sites, promoting the EU's commitment and leading position in environmental sustainability.

Keywords: waste derived functionalised nanomaterial sustainable resilient remediation carbon capture soil stabilisation waste based geopolymer sustainability assessment tool engineering net zero
A whole-brain model of stimulus valence integration: From sensory processing to adaptive behaviour (valence_to_behaviour)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-05-01
End date: 2027-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 260347.92
EU funding (EUR): 260347.92
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Approach or avoidance of meaningful stimuli with positive or negative valence underlie many adaptive, goal-directed behaviours. Stimulus valence can be innate or learned upon experience, and both must be integrated continuously to guide behaviour in each moment. In the insect brain, this integration occurs in the convergence of two pathways, encoding innate and learned valences, the lateral horn and the mushroom body, respectively. Prior research has focused on encoding stimulus identity separately for innate or learned valence and learned behaviour initiation. However, insights into the interaction and integration of innate and learned valences are sparse. Deploying the available synaptic-level connectome of the entire Drosophila larva brain, I will implement the first whole-brain model to dynamically investigate processing from sensory input to behaviour. After creating the network architecture from the connectome, I will fit the model parameters using calcium imaging data that quantifies the response of key neurons in the valence integration circuit to sensory stimuli before, during, and after learning. Using the resulting comprehensive model, I will investigate the mechanisms of valence integration and examine the contributions of innate and learned valence in each moment. This multidisciplinary approach combines the complementary benefits of model and lab experiments. I will use the model to infer the functional roles of individual circuit components. Predictions from these simulations will be tested in naturalistic experiments using camera tracking of freely behaving larvae to quantify changes in approach and avoidance behaviour to sensory stimuli before, during, and after learning as proxies for innate and learned valence. Optogenetic activation or inactivation of neurons will allow me to test model predictions directly. This project aims to understand how stored and new information about sensory stimuli interact to influence animal behaviour jointly.

Keywords: learning and memory,associative learning,learned preference,innate preference,adaptive behaviour,reinforcement prediction,insect,mushroom body,valence integration
When Communication Fails: Investigating the Effect of Behavioural Realism in Customer Care Avatars on Consumers’ Emotions, Cognition, and Performance Outcomes (AvatarBAR)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Economic Sciences
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-18
End date: 2026-04-17
Duration (months): 31.0
Total project cost (EUR): 214934.4
EU funding (EUR): 214934.4
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Recent technological advancements have increased companies’ use of virtual human-like characters with anthropomorphic appearances, called “avatars” for customer care. Responding to the increased use of such humanlike customer care avatars (CCA), this project aims to investigate how and under which circumstances CCAs’ level of behavioural realism affects consumers’ emotions, cognition, and performance outcomes during consumer-CCA communication, with a particular focus on communication failure incidents, utilizing qualitative and quantitative investigations. Particularly, a systematic literature review and in-depth interviews for qualitative investigation, and a series of experimental studies for the quantitative investigation will be employed. The project takes an interdisciplinary perspective by combining knowledge from marketing, technology, communication, and psychology. As such, this research is expected to contribute novel knowledge to the customer-technology interface literature, which is an area that the Marketing Science Institute has identified as one of the top research priorities for 2022. As experts estimate that the use of avatars will increase by 241% in the hospitality and by 187% in the consumer goods industry, understanding customer-avatar interfaces is of utmost importance within this research area. Moreover, this project is proposed in response to the European Union’s declaration of funding research and innovation that supports Europe’s digital transformation with a new generation of technologies as one of the top priorities for 2019-2024.

Keywords: digital marketing,digital communications,avatars,customer care communication,human computer interaction,social studies of science and technology,cognition,and emotions
Supporting Nature's Contributions to People and social equity in the face of climate change (EquitES)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: France,Germany
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2026-04-30
Duration (months): 32.0
Total project cost (EUR): 211754.88
EU funding (EUR): 211754.88
Participants: 3
Project status: TERMINATED

Increasing pressures on land resources necessitate landscape management solutions that simultaneously deliver multiple benefits to diverse stakeholder groups with competing interests. Yet, there are enduring inequities in the benefits derived from nature by social groups. These inequities are expected to be amplified by climate change, which typically affects vulnerable people the most. However, a quantification of the effects of climate change on the overall contribution of nature to people’s quality of life (referred to as “multifunctionality”, defined here as overall supply of Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP) weighted by their relative prioritisation by people), and its distribution across social groups, is missing. This project aims to fill these gaps by 1) identifying the main socio-demographic factors underlying disparities in supply, demand and access to NCP; and their impacts on quality of life; 2) quantifying the impact of climate change on the distribution of multifunctionality across social groups; and 3) identifying land management solutions to increase multifunctionality for most groups, and minimise inequities, under future climate change. This project will thus provide new insights into factors driving people’s benefits from nature, and provide a synthetic assessment of climate change impacts on social inequities via their effects on nature and NCP. As fighting inequities and environmental change become increasingly pressing and intertwined issues in policy, this research will provide land managers and policy makers with a basis for informed decision-making for guiding equitable and sustainable development. The project will additionally provide me with a unique opportunity to expand my collaboration network as well as my conceptual, technical and project management skills, paving the way towards my professional independence and leadership in the field of social-ecology.

Keywords: social equity ecosystem services multifunctionality
Implications of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy for Psychosocial Functioning and Social Relationships of Transgender People (AFFIRMRelationships)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Soci al World and Its Interactions
Panel description: Sociology, social psychology, education  sciences , communication  studies
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2021-STG, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Transgender health is an area of increasing focus for researchers and medical practitioners across Europe, in part due to rapidly escalating numbers of people identifying as transgender. A crucial oversight in this area is that very little research has examined how gender-affirming hormone therapy, the most common form of medical intervention for transgender people, shapes psychosocial functioning and ultimately social relationship experiences. Given the paramount importance of social relationships to health and well-being, evidence for psychosocial effects of gender-affirming hormone therapy is vital to ensuring health equity for transgender people, who suffer from alarmingly high rates of social disruption and suicide risk. I draw together independent strands of research on biological effects of hormones from social neuroendocrinology and health influences of psychological and sociocultural factors from social psychology and epidemiology to propose a novel biopsychosocial model linking gender-affirming hormone therapy to psychosocial functioning in transgender people. Drawing upon this model, I propose a programme of research involving four complementary work packages, triangulating across a variety of novel and cutting-edge research methods. This work will be guided by three key aims: A) to isolate causal pathways from a biopsychosocial model linking gender-affirming hormone therapy to psychosocial functioning, B) to empower transgender people to give voice to their own personal and relational experiences in the context of gender-affirming hormone therapy, and, C) to guide policy and practice for gender identity services in line with the informed consent model, directing focus to the improvement of psychosocial functioning and social relationship outcomes. This interdisciplinary programme of research will sit at the forefront of gender-affirming healthcare and treatment for transgender people.

Keywords: transgender and gender diverse social relationships hormone therapy psychosocial functioning social stigma
Empower citizeNs to join Forces with public authORities in proteCting the Environment (ENFORCE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: France,Spain,Italy,Netherlands,Greece,Romania,Belgium,Germany,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Austria,Czechia
Call: Empowering citizens to monitor, report and act in partnership with relevant public authorities to protect their environment in the context of environmental compliance assurance (HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6365498.75
EU funding (EUR): 6365498.75
Participants: 27
Project status: SIGNED

Assuring environmental compliance requires a strong network of stakeholders, from citizens and researchers to governments and environmental organisations. Through creative toolkits and protocols, ENFORCE aims to tackle the frequent mismatch between the environmental data gathered by citizens and what authorities require for enforcement purposes. The project will address the challenges in data reporting coming from both the citizens side and the authorities’ side, in order for the obtained data to be usable for environmental enforcement. In this line, ENFORCE introduces the concept of Data Readiness Level (DRL) to assess the maturity of data to be used as evidence in environmental compliance cases. In addition, the project will capitalize on the use of geo-spatial intelligence and AI-enhanced tools, strengthening their capacities, promoting good practices and preparing an inventory on geo-spatial intelligence and AI use. The proposed solution will ensure alignment with the Green Deal Data Space to ensure trustworthy data exchange among the relevant stakeholders. The project encompasses 8 case studies that involve all relevant actors including grassroots organizations, local and regional authorities and a diverse group of experienced researchers forming a scientifically robust interdisciplinary team. The lessons learnt and evaluation results from the case studies will feed the replication guidelines that will be promoted through the ENFORCE capacity building programme and associated policy recommendations to create a multiplier effect for the adoption of citizen science data to support environmental compliance.

Keywords: environmental compliance green deal data space geospatial intelligence