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YRS 2026
Talks and poster pitches by doctoral students on October 15, 2026
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Conference Agenda
October 15th, 2026 at Fraunhofer Center Kaiserslautern
Fraunhofer Platz 1, 67663 Kaiserslautern
Welcome speech: Melanie Steffens, Nicolas Fröhlich
Introduction: Johann-Nikolaus Seibert
| Slot | Title | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| T1 | Where`s Zinc? Using an Organelle-Specific Fluorescence Sensor for Finding Zinc | Annika Müller (RPTU) |
| T2 | Extra chromosomes - extra stress: mitochondria dysfunction in aneuploidy | Olha Kurpa (RPTU) |
| T3 | Optimizing Vaccination Strategies for Rapidly Evolving Viral Diseases | Marvin Schulte (Fraunhofer ITWM) |
| T4 | From sugar transport to food security: Engineering climate-resilient Cassava | Michelle Fritzler (RPTU) |
| T5 | Diagnosing and Supporting Chemistry Students’ Learning Demands: Math, Stress and Learning | Leon Richter (RPTU) |
For each talk 15 min. will be scheduled (12 min. presentation and 3 min. discussion).
Coffee, tea, cold drinks, snacks & networking.
The presenters will have 3 minutes to present their research ("pitch") and encourage the audience to visit their poster during the poster session and the breaks:
| Slot | Title | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| P1 | Minor cannabinoids as modulators of neuronal and glial function in the central and enteric nervous system | Dunya Arabi (HS Kaiserslautern) |
| P2 | One Tutor for Every Student: Individualized AI-Feedback in Programming Education | Marvin Ballat (RPTU) |
| P3 | What Is the Distribution of Individual Carbon Emissions in Germany and How Are They Shaped by Income, Education, and Gender? | Tom Behringer (RPTU) |
| P4 | Transforming Noisy Audio to Enhance Speech Accessibility | Eduardo Costa de Aquino (RPTU) |
| P5 | Metabolic Engineering of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to Enhance Photosynthesis, Growth, and Thermostability for a Changing Climate | Niayesh Forghanisardaghi (RPTU) |
| P6 | LLM-supported Framework for the Evidence-Grounded Safety Assessment of Medical Devices | Tuhinangshu Gangopadhyay (Fraunhofer IESE) |
| P7 | Tiny Brain Organoids for Big Questions in Glioblastoma Research | Gina Gräßle (RPTU) |
| P8 | Quantum-Inspired Homogenization: Tensor Networks for Scalable Material Simulation | Sascha Hauck (Fraunhofer ITWM) |
| P9 | I’m Not a Robot! The Dark Side of Digital Team Communication | Sophie Hess (RPTU) |
| P10 | AI-based particle separation in computed tomographic (CT) images of aggregates | Felix Hilgert (RPTU) |
| P11 | Exploring Language Awareness in Chemistry Teaching through 360-degree Video Vignettes | Carla Jänicke (RPTU) |
| P12 | GNSS-Based Closed-Loop Implement Guidance for Precision Crop Care in Specialty Row Crops | Meeran Ali Khan (RPTU) |
| P13 | Termination Strategies for Temporal Majority Voting in Helper-Data-Free SRAM PUF Authentication | Florian Lehn, Pascal Ahr, Christoph Lipps (DFKI) |
| P14 | Promoting Scientific Argumentation through Metacognitive Scaffolding and AI Feedback | Laura Leppla (RPTU) |
| P15 | Can ChatGPT Study at RPTU? | Rébecca Loubet (RPTU) |
Coffee, tea, cold drinks, snacks & networking.
The presenters will have 3 minutes to present their research ("pitch") and encourage the audience to visit their poster during the poster session and the breaks:
| Slot | Title | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| P16 | AI-Supported Geodata Analysis for Identifying Urban Climate Risk and Potential Areas | Pierre Müller (RPTU) |
| P17 | Dynamic Integrated Urban Development Concepts (dISEK): A Methodological Framework for Evidence-Based and Adaptive Municipal Planning | Patrycja-Jadwiga Sankowska (RPTU) |
| P18 | Rare-Earth-Magnet-Free Design of an Axial Flux Synchronous Reluctance Motor | Rashim Satwani (HS Kaiserslautern) |
| P19 | From deformation to perception: Engineering the feeling of every step | Katherine Sirois, Yuchen Deng (HS Kaiserslautern) |
| P20 | Tailoring Multiscale Textile Behavior Through Stiff Inclusions and Geometric Design | Petra Sočo (Fraunhofer ITWM) |
| P21 | Sensorless Force Estimation for Electromechanical Drum Brakes | Daniel Stümke (RPTU) |
| P22 | Green’s Observation Operators for Learning PDE Dynamics on Submanifolds | Jan Tauberschmidt (DFKI) |
| P23 | Towards Transferable AI for Recycling | Pelle Thielmann (DFKI) |
| P24 | One Ring to Rule Them All: Forging the Epoxide with Copper Complexes | Celine Warga (RPTU) |
| P25 | Model Predictive Control for District Heating Networks with Heat Demand Forecasting | Fabian Weik (Fraunhofer ITWM) |
| P26 | Aerosol Biofilm Reactors: An Innovative Platform for Biotransformation of Volatile Hydrophobic Chemicals | Nina Zistler (RPTU) |
As a participant of the Young Researchers Symposium you will have free lunch.
The lunch will be offered in the “Großer Seminarraum”.
On the menu:
Soup & salad
Focaccia, Sandwiches
The posters will be exhibited during the entire course of the conference. The poster session (and coffee breaks) offers time for more in-depth-discussion at the poster.
| Slot | Title | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| P1 | Minor cannabinoids as modulators of neuronal and glial function in the central and enteric nervous system | Dunya Arabi (HS Kaiserslautern) |
| P2 | One Tutor for Every Student: Individualized AI-Feedback in Programming Education | Marvin Ballat (RPTU) |
| P3 | What Is the Distribution of Individual Carbon Emissions in Germany and How Are They Shaped by Income, Education, and Gender? | Tom Behringer (RPTU) |
| P4 | Transforming Noisy Audio to Enhance Speech Accessibility | Eduardo Costa de Aquino (RPTU) |
| P5 | Metabolic Engineering of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to Enhance Photosynthesis, Growth, and Thermostability for a Changing Climate | Niayesh Forghanisardaghi (RPTU) |
| P6 | LLM-supported Framework for the Evidence-Grounded Safety Assessment of Medical Devices | Tuhinangshu Gangopadhyay (Fraunhofer IESE) |
| P7 | Tiny Brain Organoids for Big Questions in Glioblastoma Research | Gina Gräßle (RPTU) |
| P8 | Quantum-Inspired Homogenization: Tensor Networks for Scalable Material Simulation | Sascha Hauck (Fraunhofer ITWM) |
| P9 | I’m Not a Robot! The Dark Side of Digital Team Communication | Sophie Hess (RPTU) |
| P10 | AI-based particle separation in computed tomographic (CT) images of aggregates | Felix Hilgert (RPTU) |
| P11 | Exploring Language Awareness in Chemistry Teaching through 360-degree Video Vignettes | Carla Jänicke (RPTU) |
| P12 | GNSS-Based Closed-Loop Implement Guidance for Precision Crop Care in Specialty Row Crops | Meeran Ali Khan (RPTU) |
| P13 | Termination Strategies for Temporal Majority Voting in Helper-Data-Free SRAM PUF Authentication | Florian Lehn, Pascal Ahr, Christoph Lipps (DFKI) |
| P14 | Promoting Scientific Argumentation through Metacognitive Scaffolding and AI Feedback | Laura Leppla (RPTU) |
| P15 | Can ChatGPT Study at RPTU? | Rébecca Loubet (RPTU) |
| P16 | AI-Supported Geodata Analysis for Identifying Urban Climate Risk and Potential Areas | Pierre Müller (RPTU) |
| P17 | Dynamic Integrated Urban Development Concepts (dISEK): A Methodological Framework for Evidence-Based and Adaptive Municipal Planning | Patrycja-Jadwiga Sankowska (RPTU) |
| P18 | Rare-Earth-Magnet-Free Design of an Axial Flux Synchronous Reluctance Motor | Rashim Satwani (HS Kaiserslautern) |
| P19 | From deformation to perception: Engineering the feeling of every step | Katherine Sirois, Yuchen Deng (HS Kaiserslautern) |
| P20 | Tailoring Multiscale Textile Behavior Through Stiff Inclusions and Geometric Design | Petra Sočo (Fraunhofer ITWM) |
| P21 | Sensorless Force Estimation for Electromechanical Drum Brakes | Daniel Stümke (RPTU) |
| P22 | Green’s Observation Operators for Learning PDE Dynamics on Submanifolds | Jan Tauberschmidt (DFKI) |
| P23 | Towards Transferable AI for Recycling | Pelle Thielmann (DFKI) |
| P24 | One Ring to Rule Them All: Forging the Epoxide with Copper Complexes | Celine Warga (RPTU) |
| P25 | Model Predictive Control for District Heating Networks with Heat Demand Forecasting | Fabian Weik (Fraunhofer ITWM) |
| P26 | Aerosol Biofilm Reactors: An Innovative Platform For Biotransformation Of Volatile Hydrophobic Chemicals | Nina Zistler (RPTU) |
| Slot | Title | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| T6 | Cryogenic NV Magnetometry for Imaging Two-Dimensional Magnetic Materials | Sebastian Westrich (RPTU) |
| T7 | Leaching in Active Protective Coatings Captured In-Situ Using Synchrotron Radiation Nano-CT | Jelena Zaninović (Fraunhofer ITWM) |
| T8 | The Best of Both Worlds: 3D Printing Steels That Are Strong, Flexible, and Smart | Marc Hoffmann (RPTU) |
| T9 | Green Waste to Green Chemicals: A Scale-Up Case Study | Wolfgang Laudensack (RPTU) |
| T10 | Improving Fan Performance Using Passive Flow Control Mechanisms: An Experimental and High Fidelity Simulation Study | Gagan Deep Prakash (RPTU) |
For each talk 15 min. will be scheduled (12 min. presentation and 3 min. discussion).
Coffee, tea, cold drinks, snacks & networking.
| Slot | Title | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| T11 | Beyond Body Pose: Spine-Aware Motion Tracking for Biomechanical Digital Humans | Muhammad Saif Ullah Khan (DFKI) |
| T12 | Why Does AI Call a Parrot a Sleeping Bag? | Tobias Nauen (DFKI) |
| T13 | The Predictive Robotic Mind: Why Robots Should Learn to Be Surprised | Catharina Helten (RPTU) |
| T14 | Trustworthy Explanations for High-Risk AI | David Dembinsky (DFKI) |
| T15 | Generative XAI: A Framework for Interpreting Deep Learning Models | Payal Varshney (DFKI) |
| T16 | Interaction-Aware Maneuver and Lane Change Prediction Using Deep Learning Architectures for Autonomous Driving | Petrit Rama (RPTU) |
For each talk 15 min. will be scheduled (12 min. presentation and 3 min. discussion).
Voting and Chill out with music ("Malefiz") and fingerfood.