18 young researchers receive grants totalling DKK 132 million from the Villum Foundation's Young Investigator Programme. Villum Young Investigators is given to researchers at the beginning of their careers so that they can pursue the ideas they are most passionate about and build their own research groups.
Associate Professor Birgitte Zeuner, DTU Bioengineering, receives DKK 7 million for the project "REGENZYME: Mastering regioselectivity in enzymatic synthesis". The project aims to investigate the regioselectivity of a wide range of enzymes and combine several methods to understand the enzyme-carbohydrate interactions that determine regioselectivity at the molecular level.
Researcher Pieter van Denderen, DTU Aqua, receives DKK 7 million for the project “Challenging the fish growth paradigm in a changing climate”. The project aims to investigate what types of fish growth strategies are successful across various marine regions and how this may change in the coming decades.
Associate Professor Yang Hu, DTU Energy, receives DKK 7 million for the project "Electrocatalysts with 3D active sites (CAT3D)". The project aims to overcome the fundamental limitation of traditional catalyst structures by investigating three-dimensional active sites with a minimum of two binding sites arranged in a three-dimensional structure.
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