Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology

Am 8. Oktober zeichnet die Universitätsgesellschaft des Saarlandes wieder junge Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus allen Fakultäten für außergewöhnliche Leistungen aus. Ab 18 Uhr geben die Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger in der Aula auf dem Saarbrücker Campus (A3 3) einen unterhaltsamen Einblick in ihre ausgezeichnete Forschung. In seiner Festrede erläutert der Geschäftsführer der Universitätsgesellschaft, Professor Frank Mücklich, die Bedeutung der Kreislaufwirtschaft. [...]

To mark the conclusion of Saarland University’s first Startup Launchpad, Demo Day brought together around 150 guests from politics, business, academia and the Saarland start-up scene. At Innovation Center on the Saarbrücken Campus, eight selected teams presented the results of a three-month intensive start-up programme. The teams from Tello, Ascle, Chromamos, Carboslag and Griffi (n3tz) received awards. [...]

The European Union is providing a further €4.6 million in funding for the Master's programme Advanced Materials Science and Engineering (AMASE). This latest award brings the total funding since 2005 to more than €20 million, making it one of the most successful programmes supported under the prestigious Erasmus Mundus scheme. [...]

Scarce resources and vulnerable supply chains pose enormous challenges for companies and policymakers. Value chains need to be reimagined the regional, European and global level. The CircularSaar initiative aims to transform the traditional economic system into a circular economy that preserves value and promotes a sustainable future. [...]

Light is making new, more efficient ways of producing molecules possible, but the underlying processes are not yet fully understood. This poses a major hurdle to employing these methods in industry. Chemist Jola Pospech is investigating how light-driven catalysis can be harnessed for the synthesis of active substances. Pospech, who was recently appointed Professor of Organic Chemistry at Saarland University, aims to understand the underlying mechanisms of these processes in detail. [...]

For many years, the Water Monitoring Research Group at Saarland University has been investigating pollution in Saarland's streams and rivers with the ultimate aim of implementing measures to protect these bodies of water. A new five-year collaborative project undertaken in partnership with the Saarland Ministry for the Environment, Climate, Mobility, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (MUKMAV) was launched in July. [...]

Paper could play a key role in the search for materials that offer both high performance and sustainability. Not only is paper recyclable and fully biodegradable, it could in future also be used as a high-tech material in automotive engineering, sensor systems or even robot construction. [...]

As part of the UniGR-ECHO series, Saarland University is hosting an academic symposium, ECHO 2026 – Sustainability and the Circular Future with UniGR-CIRKLA, on 14 and 15 September 2026. The symposium will cover a spectrum of topics ranging from technical and economic topics to the legal and social aspects of a sustainable circular economy. [...]