Zum Hauptinhalt springen
TU Graz
Focus on TU Graz
University
Overview: University
TU Graz at a Glance
Organisational Basis
Mission Statement
Key Objectives and Focus Areas
Cooperations
Climate-Neutral TU Graz
TU Graz Portfolio of Affiliated Companies
Data Protection at TU Graz
History
Info Portal: Sexual Harassment
Accessibility at TU Graz
University Gazettes
Career
Overview: Career
Job Vacancies
Professional Fields
Professorships
Apprenticeships
TU Graz as an Employer
Living in Graz
Starting Work at TU Graz
Accessible Working
Services
Overview: Services
News+Stories
Follow TU Graz
TU Graz events
Media Service
Form a Partnership with TU Graz
Founders at TU Graz
Publish Job Vacancies
Services for Children and Young People
Offers for Schools
TU Graz Library
Archive Research
Services for Alumni
Childcare
Nostrification
Organisational Structure
Overview: Organisational Structure
Organisational Chart
Rectorate of TU Graz
Senate of TU Graz
University Council of TU Graz
Deans
Service Departments and Staff Units
Representative Bodies for Members of TU Graz
Committees
Close Menu
Studying and Teaching
Focus on Studying and Teaching
Degree and Certificate Programmes
Overview: Degree and Certificate Programmes
Bachelor's Degree Programmes
Master's Degree Programmes
Teacher Education Programme
Doctoral Programmes
Continuing Education
Studying at TU Graz
Overview: Studying at TU Graz
Prospective Students
New Students
Students
Graduates
Studying Internationally
Overview: Studying Internationally
Incoming Students – Exchange at TU Graz
Outgoing Students – Study Abroad
International Students
International House
Summer and Winter Programmes
Blog
Teaching at TU Graz
Overview: Teaching at TU Graz
Strategy Teaching and Learning
Services and Advancements for Teaching Staff
Teaching in Dialogue
Teaching Blog
International Teaching
Close Menu
Research
Focus on Research
Fields of Expertise
Overview: Fields of Expertise
Advanced Materials Science
Human & Biotechnology
Information, Communication & Computing
Mobility & Production
Sustainable Systems
Research at TU Graz
Overview: Research at TU Graz
Services for Researchers
Research Centers
Lead Projects at TU Graz
Christian Doppler (CD) Laboratories
ERC Grants at TU Graz
Research Cooperation Ventures
Business Enterprises – Start-ups and Spin-offs
Responsible Science
Doctoral Schools
TU Graz Research Portal
Cooperate with TU Graz
Overview: Cooperate with TU Graz
Joint Research
Support Students and Attract Young Talents
Form a Partnership with TU Graz
Collaboration Partners from Business and Industry
International Research
Overview: International Research
Research Stays Abroad
Research Stays at TU Graz
Research and Technology Advisory Committee
Close Menu
Faculties and Institutes
Overview: Faculties and Institutes
Faculty of Architecture
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Electrical and Information Engineering
Faculty of Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Economic Sciences
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Geodesy
Faculty of Technical Chemistry, Chemical and Process Engineering, Biotechnology
Close Menu
Information for...
Quick Links
Prospective Students
Researchers
Teaching Staff
Pupils
Internationals
Companies
New Students
Continuing Education
Media Representatives
Alumni
Prospective Employees
Close Menu
TU Graz
Graz University of Technology
TU Graz/ TU Graz/ Services/ News+Stories/

Young Talents

Planet Research

In the Young Talents section you will meet emerging researchers who have already demonstrated remarkable research success – from award-winning master’s and doctoral theses to national and international research awards and grants as well as first authorships in renowned scientific journals.
A young man points to a fusion reactor

Nuclear Fusion: A Promising Futuristic Research Field

Markus Markl is a theoretical physicist at TU Graz working on nuclear fusion – a clean form of energy that we want to copy from the sun.   Read more 20. November 2024

Planet Research Columns

Current Articles 
FoE Advanced Materials Science
FoE Human & Biotechnology
FoE Information, Communication & Computing FoE Mobility & Production FoE Sustainable Systems Research Infrastructures Young Talents
All Planet Research Articles
ein Mann klettert an einer Felswand

Many Roads Lead to the Operating System

Lukas Maar tracks down all the various ways attackers infiltrate computer systems. He has just presented several research findings at the renowned Usenix conference.   Read more 26. August 2024

The following may also interest you

Contact

Birgit BAUSTÄDTER
Science Communications
Rechbauerstraße 12/I
8010 Graz, Austria
Phone: +43 316 873 6064
birgit.baustaedternoSpam@tugraz.at
A man with dark hair looks into the camera. He is holding a silver, round object in his hand.

“I just loved knowing what things are made of.”

This sentence comes from TU Graz researcher Ricardo Buzolin. The 30-year-old is actually a mechanical engineer, but switched to materials science because “every machine is made of materials”.

21. September 2022
A woman at her laboratory.

Sniffing out carcinogens in foodstuffs

Andrea Hochegger, an analytical chemist at TU Graz, investigates whether foodstuffs can be tainted with harmful substances from packaging or during production.

25. August 2022
A woman is sitting at a desk in front of her computer. There are many green plants set up.

Compost turner provides fertile ground for doctorate

Eva Reitbauer plots paths for autonomous compost turners as they move through compost heaps. A doctoral student from the Institute of Geodesy at TU Graz, she specialises in positioning and navigation.

11. August 2022
Lia Gruber is standing in front of the word "Energie".

Lia Gruber: The “Powerhouse” at Campus Inffeldgasse

Lia Gruber started her academic career at a school with a focus on theatre. Then she switched from acting to electrical engineering. Today she is working on energy communities.

17. January 2022
Portraits of Matthias Wolf, Birgit Wassermann and Sebastian Bock.

Award-Winning Research: Microbiomes, Hydrogen and Exoskeletons

Birgit Wassermann is conducting research on microbiomes, Sebastian Bock on hydrogen and Matthias Wolf on exoskeletons. Coming from diverse disciplines, all three won the Technology and Society Forum’s Sponsorship Awards.

6. December 2021
Niklas Pontesegger is standing in his lab wearing a white lab coat. There are three apples right in front of him.

Niklas Pontesegger: Science in the Apple Orchard

Niklas Pontesegger visits apple trees for scientific reasons to investigate how climate change is affecting the fruit. For his work he has received a young talent award.

22. March 2021
Three young men.

Solar storms as danger for the power grid

Power cuts have a wide variety of causes. Mostly we think of damaged power lines due to wind and weather or unplanned power surges that overload the grid. But solar storms can also lead to them.

23. December 2020
Samir Kopacic stands in his office wearing a white lab coat. He is holding a piece of paper in the one hand and a piece of plastic in the other.

Samir Kopacic: From crude oil to bioplastics

TU Graz researcher Samir Kopacic would like to contribute to less plastic and more biodegradable materials being used in the future. Meanwhile he is developing his own paper-based packaging.

18. November 2020