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balancing clean water and energy provision under changing climate and extremes

providing clean water and energy simultaneously to a growing global population and under a changing climate is a major challenge the demand for the two and their systemic interdependencies are particularly strong during droughts and heatwaves despite the recent growth in waterenergy nexus studies there is little fundamental understanding of the cascading effects and feedbacks between water and energy systems during extreme weather events because existing global model approaches mainly focus on wholesystem optimisation and are based on coarse spatiotemporal water and energy system representations we lack understanding on how waterenergy system processes cascade in time and space under a changing climate and extremes yet such understanding is urgently needed so that we can balance clean water and energy provision in our changing world in which climate shocks are increasingin bwex i will develop spatially explicit pathways that reveal how the provision of clean water and energy can be balanced under various water management and energy transition developments including the feedbacks and cascading mechanisms under present to future droughts and heatwaves in regions worldwidewith my team i will build a novel global framework which will be the first to integrate high spatiotemporal resolution models of hydrology water quality water use and energy systems to estimate how water and energy system processes cascade in time and space together with key actors we will also develop quantitative water management and energy transition climate action pathways which we will then combine with our new framework enabling us to estimate tradeoffs between water and energy systems during present to future droughts and heatwaves the bwex project will greatly deepen our understanding of the cascading effects and feedbacks between clean water and energy systems development that occur under changing climate and extremes and including climate mitigation actions
changing worldviews at the end of the european bronze age societal insights from technology and lifeways before and after the mycenaean palatial collapse in greece 13001000 bc

established mycenaean palatial systems collapsed during generalised sociopolitical crises in the eastern mediterranean at the end of the bronze age fundamental questions about the social impact of these irreversible transformations remain with implications for fully understanding diachronic human responses to significant environmental and cultural stressors changing world aims to evaluate how social collapse interfered with cultural processes as expressed in metallurgy and lifeways i will examine 150 metal objects warrior equipment jewellery tools utensils microscopically elementally and isotopically from 5 key sites in greece elateia lefkandi pefkakia voudeni nichoria for investigating resource management strategies metalworking choices and supply networks during 13001000 bc i will then integrate the metallurgical results with bioarchaeological data adna stable isotopes on relatedness sex and diet from 300 individuals from elateia and voudeni to shed light on changing worldviews embodied in craft practices this transdisciplinary methodology will offer new theorised multiproxy insights that will directly inform ongoing academic debates about the nature of the mycenaean collapse and will open new pathways for future research on materials and humans and for the study of societies in crisis this project is now possible through combining my extensive analytical skills and access to highly representative newly available study materials prof stockhammers pi lmu recent and ongoing bioarchaeological research in greece and prof degryses secondment pi ku leuven expertise in metals provenancing my analytical mcicpms and theoretical training practice theory and critical understanding of adna data alongside additional training in teaching and student supervision will strengthen my profile for attaining a tenured position at a university and attracting future eu research funding as well as my competences outside academia
extremeaspectratio nanosystems

moores law has dominated the trajectory of nanotechnology for the last half century consistently pushing towards nanocomponents with decreasing size in x y and z dimensions it is widely predicted that moores law will eventually come to an end in 2025 when nanocomponents start to approach the size of individual atoms many wonder what kind of nanotechnology can we expect in the postmoore world rather than asking how much smaller we can go ears will ask how big can we make nanotechnology imagine we could manufacture extremeaspectratio metamaterials which are only hundreds of atoms thick in z but extend out to meter scales in x and y even further consider covering these metersized sheets in nanoscale patterning to give them exceptional material properties not found anywhere in nature or science remarkably these types of extremeaspectratio metamaterials are increasingly at the heart of many future breakthrough initiatives ranging in functionalities from ultrafast sails for spaceexploration to sensors that can detect the smallest fundamental forces of physics ears will combine my unique expertise in nanofabrication and highprecision optomechanics experiments to realize a cuttingedge platform that opens radical trajectories in unmanned space exploration my novel approach will allow me to manufacture the highest aspectratio metamaterials ever produced and to reliably interface their dynamics with some of the most precise optical controls to date ears will herald a new frontier of nanotechnology that has the potential to revolutionize several breakthrough fields of science through metamaterials innovation
learning the origins of temperaturesensivity in nervous systems

temperature influences living organisms at all the levels from the rates of biochemical reactions within their cells up to their overt behaviour being fundamental to the physiology animals evolved nervous systems capable of sensing temperature influencing in turn the behaviour eg shivering when it is too cold cnidarians like jellyfishes or corals represents the second phylum in the animal kingdom endowed with a nervous system despite the many advancements in the field of thermal neurobiology whether cnidarians possess neurons able to sense temperature is currently unknown acquiring this information and learning the modality of temperaturesensing would shed a light on the functions of the nervous system of the last common ancestor of cnidarians and bilaterians with thermosenso the researcher wants to address this question studying the temperature sensitivity in hydra magnipapillata and nematostella vectensis two related classes of cnidarians the transparency of their body the public availability of their genome and their phylogenetic position make the two species very attractive animal models for this task by associating behavioural testing with in vivo calciumimaging and electrophysiology during delivery of thermal stimuli the researcher wants to detect and characterise temperaturesensitive neurons and their role in these organisms one of the most powerful tools to understand biology is the comparison between species eg darwinian evolution theory by providing to the scientific community a means of comparison with investigations in bilaterians and probing such an unexplored ground thermosenso would give a very strong impulse to the field of thermal neurobiology and to the study of early nervous systems
5g evolution to mutiorbital multiband networks

5g mobile networks will be soon fully available handling all types of applications and providing services to massive number of users in this complex and dynamic network ecosystem an optimized endtoend satellite support is key to manage requirements imposed by multiple vertical industries requiring full global connectivity the european space sector acknowledged this as a key opportunity to expand its business towards the massive deployment of broadband services what resulted in standardization efforts to adapt 5g to satellite needs in this context the aim of trantor is to perform a significant step forward by paving the path for the 5g ntn evolution towards 6g to do so trantor targets the inorbit validation of a complete satellite value chain involving an automated management of satellite resources across multiple bands satellites and orbits and a converged radio access network specifically at the ground segment trantor targets the development of novel satellite network management solutions fully integrated in the 3gpp management framework which allow the significant scaling up of heterogeneous satellite traffic demands and capacities in a costeffective highly dynamic band and orbit agnostic manner ai governance will be a main pillar here enabling real time radio resource management across multiple satellite systems for efficiently and trustworthy addressing satellite client needs in parallel in the user segment trantor aims to radically increase the flexibility of access architecture by enabling pre6g nonterrestrial multiconnectivity it will be supported by the design of a multiorbit and multiband antenna for satellite ues as well as by the development of gnb and ue 5g ntn equipment able to attend the multiconnectivity needs finally trantor aims to introduce security mechanisms to provide resilience to all types of cyberthreads specially those emerging from the integrated management and multiconnectivity framework proposed
organic farming innovations network europe

ohfines is a 48month long project that aim to empower european farmers and smallholders through the definition enhancement and transfer of competitive and efficient organic farming knowledge and alternatives that address farmers capacities consumer needs and evolving food market changes to this end ohfine will create paneuropean organic farming learning community ofc structured in four main technological pillars 1 to develop a multidimensional framework on the organic farming knowledge and practices 2 to establish a multiagent approach organic farming learning system and validate the framework in 5 case of studies areas across europe 3 to collect distribute and disseminate to farmers and other stakeholders of easily accessible practiceoriented knowledge focusing on organic farming and covering cereals oilseeds protein crops and livestock and 4 to develop a decision support system ict tool for farmers
boundaries of quantum chaos

physical systems are both universal and special depending on the physical property under consideration and the corresponding scale such as the energy time or length scale from the perspective of quantum dynamics it has been recently established that the ability of isolated quantum systems to thermalize after being driven away from equilibrium is related to the emergence of universal properties that comply with random matrix theory specific indicators for the onset of ergodicity and quantum chaos are related to the statistical properties of energy spectrum hamiltonian eigenfunction properties and the expectation values of observables in these states at the same time however these indicators also carry fingerprints of nonuniversal properties of a given system remarkable examples of the latter include eg information on the nature of energy and charge transport and the scaling of characteristic relaxation times one of the main conjectures of this erc project is that these indicators despite complying with the universal predictions of the random matrix theory also carry information about proximity of phase transitions here we focus on ergodicity breaking phase transitions which represent a novel type of phase transitions at the boundaries of quantum chaos we then extend the scope of the project to the critical properties at the ergodicity breaking transitions we conjecture that they also exhibit certain universal properties yet likely different from those described by the conventional random matrix theory the outcome of the project is to establish a phenomenological theory of ergodicity breaking transitions that applies to a broad class of quantum systems and to clarify the impact of dimensionality symmetries the nature of interactions and other mechanisms on universal properties of ergodicity breaking transitions
danube sediment restoration towards the deployment and upscaling of sustainable management of the sediments across the danube catchment basin

danser represents a multidisciplinary holistic and scientific based approach focused on the danube river basin a vital yet sensitive ecosystem facing climate change and human impacts danser addresses pressing sediment management needs in the danube river ecosystem incorporating cuttingedge technologies and aligning with eu policies and directives especially attaining the core guidelines of the danube sediments management guidance danser delivers a pilot phase and envisages the deployment phase with a strong emphasis on demonstrating active and passive innovative solutions such as a spatiotemporal mapping of natural and anthropogenic fluvial processes b sediment transport modelling c sediment dating by radionuclide and radiometric methods d historical pollution analysis e geophysical survey and 3d historical reconstruction of the demonstration sites f rivergroundwater dynamics and pollution transport modelling g river processes forecast simulations based on historical and active processes h sediment budget analysis based on sedimentation measuring stations uav and bathymetry surveys i water levels and quality monitoring and analysis j riverside arm hydrotechnical connectivity interventions k stakeholderengaged sediment parametric evaluation and co management and l nature based solutions for biodiversity characterization monitoring and improvement on the soft measures side danser enforces proactively a transnational sediment task force from cooperating with all related instances and commits with local communities and citizens engagement including participatory toolsdanser seeks to restore sediment balance improve sediment flow and quality characterise pollution transport mechanisms and integrate such actions and knowledge with eu and worldwide counterparts while still sustaining local and regional economies danser will contribute significantly to the create a sustainable and harmonious humandanube relationships
lowpower consumption heavymetalfree widespectrum image sensors for massmarket computer vision applications

the imaging industry is experiencing a paradigm shift due to megatrends such as autonomous cars the metaverse and service robotics all applications powered by computer vision cv this subset of artificial intelligence al is expected to contribute more than 2 trillion to the global economy by 2030present imaging technologies were designed to fulfil the needs of humans for highquality photography but not for machines autonomous and intelligent systems will require reinventing image sensors to deliver reliability and resilience under lowvisibility conditions while increasing the amount of information they capture and analyse qurv a company operating in this space that brings together unique world expertise has identified power consumption and toxic materials as the common drawbacks of current solutions hindering massmarket uptake to address these challenges the project qstack will develop and validate a widespectrum image sensor technology and business case that delivers unprecedented cost performance to massmarket powersensitive computer vision applications this ambitious overarching aim will be achieved through the following objectivesi achieve the integration of highperformance widespectrum cmos tmdc heavymetalfree stack swir sensitive image sensors as demonstrated by imaging and electrical characterisation analysisii achieve a reduction of the total image sensors power consumption enabled by a 1000x decrease in the pixel engine power consumption iii increase the investment readiness of qstack as demonstrated by the number of early users interested in pilots and evaluation kits together with the creation of investment materialqstack envisions putting the european semiconductor industry in an advantageous position to seize the opportunity in massmarket computer vision applications that will have an enormous impact on consumer electronics personalised health and safe mobility
spin textures and dynamics in 3d complex nanostructures

nanoscience is revolutionizing the 21st century in a multitude of areas from nanomedicine to communication technologies and nanomagnetism is playing a key role in this revolution the recent move to three dimensional nanomagnetic systems brings with it not only the appearance of novel and unconventional magnetic states but also the realisation of unprecedented properties in particular the threedimensionality is predicted to have a significant influence on the dynamics of magnetic domain walls solitonlike textures that form the basis of many proposed spintronics devices in recent years despite these promising opportunities most of these exciting new properties remain predictions and have not yet been realised experimentally speedy aims to establish for the first time an experimental understanding of magnetic domain wall dynamics in systems with a complex 3d structure we will determine the influence of 3d geometry by the introduction of curvature and torsion on the domain wall motion through the study of carefully designed systems with increasing complexity the project will be conducted in the group of dr c donnelly at the max planck institute for chemical physics of solids including two secondments of three months in the group of dr o fruchart in spintec speedy also constitutes a career development project aimed at enhancing the creative and innovative potential of the applicant providing excellent working conditions in a highlevel highly collaborative research environment this opportunity will prepare the applicant to become a wellestablished independent scientist and will be key to building her successful scientific research career in europe
mechanicstailored functional ceramics via dislocations

advanced functional ceramics play an indispensable role in our modern society and they are typically engineered by point defects or interfaces the potential of dislocations onedimensional atomic distortions in functional ceramics has been greatly underestimated until most recently exciting proofsofconcept have been demonstrated for dislocationtuned functionality such as electrical conductivity superconductivity and ferroelectric properties revealing a new horizon of dislocation technology in ceramics for a wide range of nextgeneration applications from sensors actuators to energy convertershowever it is widely known that ceramics are hard difficult to deform and brittle easy to fracture making it a great challenge to tailor dislocations in ceramics this pressing bottleneck hinders the dislocationtuned functionality and the true realization of dislocation technology to break through this bottleneck mecerdis employs mechanicsguided design coupled with external fields thermal light illumination electric field to manipulate the 3 most fundamental factors of dislocation mechanics nucleation multiplication and motion these external fields greatly impact the charged dislocation cores in ceramics and open new routes for mechanical tuning with these novel approaches mecerdis aims to generate control and stabilize dislocations in large plastic volumes up to mmsize with high density up to 1015m2 to allow largescale preparation for functionality assessment another essential benefit is dislocations are an effective tool to combat the brittleness of ceramics by improving the damage tolerance and fracture toughnessmecerdis will not only fulfil the key prerequisite of dislocationtuned functionality but also secure the mechanical integrity and operational stability of future dislocationbased devices with its success mecerdis will define a new paradigm of engineering functional ceramics using mechanics and dislocations
quantifying the resilience of vertebrates to changing climates worldwide

climate change remains one of the most critical issues facing global biodiversity and has already had a widespread negative impact on substantial numbers of terrestrial species despite these negative impacts not all species are expected to respond equally to a changing climate identifying species that are vulnerable to climateinduced population declines is therefore vital for conservation efforts life history and demographic differences between taxa are a key candidate for explaining differences in these responses but we currently lack a clear empirical link between demography and climate vulnerability across species the novel framework of demographic resilience provides a promising tool to predict how a species will respond to environmental change however there is a desperate need to apply the populationresilience framework to recently developed datasets gathering demographic data and population changes for thousands of species in the current fellowship using demographic and abundance data from vertebrates across the worlds ecosystems i will develop quantitative tools to quantify which species are currently the most resilient to a changing climate to achieve this i will address the following three broad research topics 1 quantify speciesspecific population responses to the climate anomalies and speciesspecific demographic resilience across the terrestrial vertebrates 2 assess whether demographic resilience predicts populationlevel responses to climate change and 3 infer taxonomic groups that are most vulnerable to a changing climate and use this information to improve conservation assessments this fellowship will bridge the gap between population demography and environmental change improving our understanding of how humaninduced climate change is reshaping the natural world
loam walls with algorithmically generated 3d natural reinforcement

we aim to develop loam walls with algorithmically generated 3d natural fibre reinforcement algoloam as the first completely biodegradable made of exclusively natural materials selfsupporting reinforced light loam wall solution totally or partially prefabricated algoloam will be developed by an interdisciplinary team of architects material scientists textile technology experts biomimetics experts sustainability experts mechanical engineers loamclay product developers and programmers through collaborative iterative processes to create critical interactions between disciplines we will explore the applicability and limitations of using exclusively natural and sustainable co2 negative materials to create a wall solution with multiple applications in architecture and interior design with the potential to reduce relative and absolute contributions of greenhouse gas emissions embodied in new buildings the natural 3d reinforcement embedded in the wall elements will act as a biomimetic textile inspired skeleton making the wall solution a symbiotic mutually interdependent and enabling natural composite material system optimal usage of materials and improved mechanical properties and loadbearing capabilities of the loam volume will be ensured by applying topology optimisation and through algorithmic and parametric variation of the natural composite algoloam will be optimised for a co2 neutral production process as digital fabrication digitally enabled and optimised by the use of computational models we will modell and generate algorithmically digital twins of the wall elements to will include information about material choices implications and consequences such as heritage sourcing to end of life cycle cradle to cradle and life cycle assessment analysis through which we aim for a holistic approach to building design construction operation and decommissioning