Hans Fischer Fellowship Program

The TUM Georg Nemetschek Institute (GNI) collaborates with TUM-IAS (Institute for Advanced Study) on the call for applications for Hans Fischer GNI Fellowships. While the GNI is responsible for the definition of specific research fields for one of these fellowships annually and provides for its funding, the IAS – together with the GNI Scientific Advisory Board –performs the evaluation and connects IAS Fellows with its large and multidisciplinary scholarly community, offering comprehensive professional support services during the fellowship.

Aiming to explore new scientific areas and to establish and extend, long-term collaborations, Hans Fischer (for early-career researchers) and Hans Fischer Senior Fellowships offer outstanding guest scientists optimal conditions for working with their Munich partners. In addition to personal support, the Fellowship includes the funding for a doctoral researcher for three years, jointly advised by the Fellow and their host institute at TUM.

Please check the IAS website, for more information on the Hans Fischer Fellowship.

 

Current Fellow

Siobhan Rockcastle has been selected as a Hans Fischer GNI fellow at the Technical University of Munich.

Siobhan is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Oregon, Director of the Baker Lighting Lab and co-founder of OCULIGHT dynamics, a company offering daylight design support to promote healthy indoor occupation. She examines topics at the intersection of architectural design, environmental dynamics, human perception, and lighting performance with a focus on well-being. Her research uses both experimental design and building simulation to measure and evaluate the impact of environmental conditions on human subjects. Siobhan was awarded the 2021 ARCC New Researcher Award and was on the organizing committee of two SimAUD symposia as Scientific Chair in 2018 and General Chair in 2019.  She received her PhD in 2017 from the LIPID lab in the Doctoral Program in Architecture and Sciences of the City (EDAR) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland (EPFL) where her dissertation was awarded with ‘special distinction‘.

Siobhan earned her professional BArch from Cornell University in 2008 and her SMArchS degree in Building Technology from MIT in 2011. Her previous academic experience includes assistant and full-time teaching positions at Cornell, Northeastern, MIT, and EPFL. Her professional work experience includes the companies KVA matX in Boston, Snøhetta NY, MSR design in Minneapolis, Epiphyte lab in Ithaca, and Gensler NY. 

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