projects

4f for Future
“Cluster of Excellence of the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft”
Coordinator: Prof. M. Roesky, KIT
Period: 01.01.2023 – 31.12.2026
Project Share (Ruben): 200 000 €

Post-Lithium Batteries
“Cluster of Excellence of the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft”
Coordinator: Prof. M. Fichtner, Helmholtz Center Ulm
Period: 01.01.2019 – 31.12.2026
Project Share (Ruben): 200 000 €

3Met
3rd Funding period of the TRR 88 program of the "DeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)"
Coordinator: Prof. G. Niedner-Schatteburg, TU Kaiserslautern
Period: 01.01.2019 – 31.12.2022
Project Share (Ruben): 95 000 € (including 1 PhD position)

Spin Qudits
Frontiers of Chemical Research (FRC) of the University of Strasbourg
Period: 01.12.2018 – 30.11.2021
Project Share (Ruben): 300 000 €

COORNETs
Within the SPP 1928 program of the "DeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)"
Coordinator: Prof. Roland A. Fischer, Technische Universität München
Period: 01.01.2017 – 31.12.2021
Project Share (Ruben): 36 000 € and 1 PhD position

3Met
Within the TRR 88 program of the "DeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)"
Coordinator: Prof. G. Niedner-Schatteburg, TU Kaiserslautern
Period: 01.01.2014 – 31.12.2018
Project Share (Ruben): 90 000 € (including 1 PhD position)

Functional Nanostructures
"Priority Program of the Land Baden-Würtemberg"
Coordinator: Prof. Schimmel; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Period: 01.01. 2012 – 01.01.2016
total volume: 1.2 Mill €
Project Share MOLNano (Ruben): 134 000 € (including 3/4 post-doc position)

MoQuAS
FET-OPEN in the VII-Framework-Program of the "European Commission"
Coordinator: Dr. Wolfgang Wernsdorfer
Period: 01.11.2013 – 31.10.2016
total volume: 2.3 Mill. €
Project Share (Ruben): 321 000 € (including 1 post-doc position)

Graphene
within the Priority Program of the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)"
Coordinator: Prof. D. Seiller, University of Chemnitz
Period: 01.07.2013 – 30.06. 2016
total volume: 1,3 Mill. €
Project Share (Ruben): 160 000 € (including 3/4 post-doc position)

3Met
Within the TRR 88 program of the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)"
Coordinator: Prof. G. Niedner-Schatteburg, TU Kaiserslautern
Period: 01.01.2011 – 31.12. 2013
Project Share (Ruben): 2 PhD + 14 000 Euros

Graphene
within the Priority Program of the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)"
Coordinator: Prof. D. Seiller, University of Erlangen
Period: 01.07.2010 – 30.06. 2013
total volume: 1,7 Mill. €
Project Share (Ruben): t.b.d.

SMALL
"Marie-Curie Training Network within the VII-Framework Program of the „European Commission"
Coordinator: G. O'Shean; University of Nottingham/UK
Period: 01.10.2009 – 30.09.2012
total volume: 1,7 Mill. €
Project Share (Ruben): 2 PhD positions + 70.000 €

INTERNET
within the European NanoSciERA II program
Coordinator: S. J. van der Molen; Leiden University/NL
Period: 01.01. 2009 – 01.01.2012
total volume: ca. 400.000 €
Project Share (Ruben): 1 post-doc position + 15 000 €

Functional Nanostructures
"Priority Program of the Land „Baden-Würtemberg"
Coordinator: Prof. Schimmel; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Period: 01.01. 2009 – 01.01.2012
total volume: 1.2 Mill €
Project Share (Ruben): 1/2 post-doc position + 45 000 €

Centre of Functional Nanostructures
"Cluster of Excellence of the „Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft"
Coordinator: Prof. Wegener; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Period: 01.12. 2006 – 30.11.2010
total volume: ca. 3.2 Mill €
Project Share (Ruben): 1/2 post-doc position + 70 000 €

FUNSMARTs II - Assembly and Manipulation of Functional Supramolecular Nano-Architectures at Surfaces
EUROCORE-SONS-Program of the "European Science Foundation"
Coordinator: Dr. Mario Ruben
Period: 01.12.2006 - 30.11.2009
total volume: 1,2 Mill. Euro
Project Share: 1 post-doc position + 63.000 Euro

"Quantum Transport at the Molecular Scale"
Priority Program of the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft"
Coordinator: Prof H. Fraunheim, University of Paderborn
Joint project M. Ruben, INT Karlsruhe, and Prof. H.Weber, University of Erlangen:

„Inducing Charge States in Single-Molecule Junctions“
project funded by the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)" Period: 01.04.2006 - 01.03.2008
volume: 150.000 Euro

Multifunctionality by Self-Assembly of Hybrid Molecular Materials
1st ERA-NET-Chemistry of the VI. Framework Program of the European Commission
Coordinators: Dr. Mario Ruben and Dr. José-Ramon Galan-Mascaros, University of Valencia
Period: 01.01.2006 - 31.12.2008
Total Volume: about 400.000 Euro
Project Share: 1 post-doc position + 15.000 Euro

Nanofunctionalized Surfaces through Molecular Self-Assembly
Baden-Württemberg Network of Excellence"Functional Nanostructures"
Coordinator: Dr. Mario Ruben and Prof. Klaus Kern, MPI Stuttgart
Period: 01.01.2006 - 31.12.2008
Project Share: about 150.000 Euro

Kondo Molecule and Molecular Spintronics
Joint project funded by the „Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)“
Coordinator: Dr. Mario Ruben and Prof. Heiko Weber, University of Erlangen
Period: 01.04.2005 - 30.03.2007
total volume: 143.000 Euro

BIOMACH: Molecular Machines - Design and Nano-Scale Handling of Biological Antetypes and Artificial Mimics
STREP in the VI-Framework-Program of the "European Commission"
Coordinator: Dr. Mario Ruben
Period: 01.03.2004 - 30.03.2007
total volume: 2,3 Mill. Euro

FUNSMARTs - Assembly and Manipulation of Functional Supramolecular Nano-Architectures at Surfaces
EUROCORE-SONS-Program of the "European Science Foundation"
Coordinator: Dr. Mario Ruben
Period: 01.12.2003 - 30.11.2006
total volume: 1,6 Mill. Euro
Project Share: 0,75 post-doc position + 21.500 Euro

"MOLMEM - Highly Integrated Molecular Electronic Elements"
Joint project of the "Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung" in collaboration with the Infineon AG and the Research Centers Jülich and Karlsruhe
Coordinator: Dr. Marcel Mayor, Institute of Nanotechnology, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
Project (Ruben): "Single Molecule Transport Measurements of Transition Metal Complexes
Period: 01.05.2002 - 30.10.2005
Project Share: 1 post-doc positon + 60.000 Euro

"Molecular Magnetism"
Priority Program of the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft" (DFG)
coordinator: Prof. H. Krüger, TU Kaiserslautern
Project (Ruben): "Magnetic Lanthanide Carbamates"
Period: 01.03.2002 - 01.03.2004
Project Share: 0,5 post-doc position + 10.000 Euro