We would like to thank Mr. Christian Tischner, Thuringian Minister for Education, Science and Culture, Dr. Bernd Uwe Althaus, State Secretary in the Thuringian Ministry of Education, Science and Culture and Ms. Mandy Kandler, Deputy Head of Department in the Thuringian Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.
Many thanks also for the contributions from Prof. Dr. Andreas Marx, President of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Prof. Dr. Bernd Rech, Scientific Director of the Helmholtz Center for Materials and Energy Berlin (HZB). We would also like to thank Dr. Thoralf Held, Chancellor of the FSU Jena, Mr. Benjamin Koppe, Mayor of the City of Jena, Mr. Dirk Lange, Head of the City of Jena, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Ruckdäschel, our cooperation partner from the University of Bayreuth and co-speaker of the DFG’s joint graduate school GRK3040, and the entire HIPOLE Jena team as well as the employees of the FSU Jena (JCSM and CEEC Jena).