# Research at Technische Universität Berlin
**Source**: https://www.tu.berlin/en/research
**Parent**: https://www.tu.berlin/en/studying
*©* Felix Noak
*©* Philipp Arnoldt
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Interesting links
- [Excellence Strategy](https://www.tu.berlin/en/berlin-university-alliance/exzellence-strategy)
- [Advising offices & protection against discrimination](https://www.tu.berlin/en/working-at-tu-berlin/working-life/gender-equality-diversity)
- [Open science](https://www.tu.berlin/en/research/research-profile/open-science)
- [Human Resources Strategy for Researchers](https://www.tu.berlin/en/zewk/working-fields/continuing-education/projects/hrs4r)
- ### [The Role of Apartment Buildings in the Housing Debate](https://www.tu.berlin/en/news-from-tu-berlin/das-mietshaus-in-der-wohnungsfrage)
Architecture students present new solutions for Berlin's housing shortage / Exhibition from 19 February to 5 March 2026 at the Tuntenhaus
16/02/2026
- ### [New Microlaser for Applications and Research](https://www.tu.berlin/en/news-from-tu-berlin/neuer-mikrolaser-fuer-anwendung-und-forschung)
Data transmission, autonomous driving, and light-based computers could all benefit
11/02/2026
- ### [Research for Sustainable Shoes and Textiles](https://www.tu.berlin/en/news-from-tu-berlin/forschung-fuer-nachhaltige-schuhe-und-textilien)
TU Berlin secures more than four million euros for EU project
04/02/2026
### Newsroom of TU Berlin
Explore the latest news and read fascinating interviews, portraits, and reports
*©* Kevin Fuchs
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Fontina Petrakopoulou
Seventeen professors accepted their appointments at TU Berlin in 2024. They conduct research and teach at the interface between applied mathematics and computer science, establish new fields of research such as bio-inspired computing, focus their expertise entirely on sustainability, question fundamental assumptions in areas such as building culture, and also examine the negative economic, social, and scientific impacts of machine learning applications. What they have in common is the search for practical solutions. Here, the 17 newcomers present their areas of expertise. \
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[**You can learn more about each professor at our website**](https://www.tu.berlin/en/news/portait-stories/neuberufene-2024)**.**
*©* Felix Noak
### The Fine Art of Packaging
What links the probiotic microorganisms in yogurt and the flavors used in chewing gum? The answer is that they all require a certain type of “packaging”, known as a micro-capsule, which protects the ingredients and releases them precisely where their effects are required. Professor Dr. Stephan Drusch and his team focus on the “packaging materials” required.
*©* Felix Noak
### Measuring the Sky
Perched commandingly on the roof of the engineering building at TU Berlin is a unique piece of equipment in the form of a six-meter by four-meter aluminum construction. It houses a sky scanner, pyrheliometer, and a daylight measurement head. Professor Dr.-Ing. Stephan Volker and his team designed this “open air lab” to research the exact characteristics of daylight.
*©* Dominic Simon
### Who Interacts With Whom and Why?
“They are the most diverse and variable building blocks of life. Nothing happens without proteins – they are key molecules in all living cells,” says Professor Dr. Juri Rappsilber. He and his team aim to understand how proteins fold in their natural environment, what they interact with, and how they arrange themselves into larger structures.
*©* Martin Oczipka, IGB / HTW Dresden
### Open-air lab or UFO landing site?
One of the most remarkable labs TU Berlin researchers can use is the LakeLab at Lake Stechlin. Just getting there is an experience in itself: The directions provided by Professor Dr. Mark Gessner, head of the Chair of Applied Aquatic Ecology at Technische Universität Berlin and the Department of Experimental Limnology at the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) go something like this: “Whatever you do, don’t turn on your GPS, otherwise you’ll never find us.”