4th Lindau Online Sciathon: Finalists
Lindau Alumni and Young Scientists in ten groups participated in the 4th Lindau Online Sciathon in April 2024 with the topic “Physics as a Driver of a Sustainable World.” After careful evaluation, the expert jury determined the projects with the most promising ideas.
These three projects groups received the opportunity to workshop their ideas at the exclusive Sciathon Forum during the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Crucial feedback from business experts will hopelully help them further develop their early-stage ideas.
Physics as a Driver of a Sustainable World
During the Sciathon Forum on 1 July 2024, these three finalists had the opportunity to present their ideas to the audience. Each group gave a five-minute presentation, followed by a discussion during which an expert panel and the audience are encouraged to give feedback on how to improve these early ideas on their way to a viable (business) concept.
We’d like to thank all guests of the workshop for their input, in particular the expert panel of the Sciathon Forum:
- Heiner Linke, Vice President of the Council and Scientific Co-Chair 73rd Lindau Meeting (Chair)
- Kiana Aran, University of California, San Diego
- Jagdeep Bachher, University of California
- Nici Bush, Mars, Inc.
- Jürgen Kluge, Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings
(Finalists listed in alphabetical order of the group name.)
Cleaning Up Our Planet – Through Physical Engineering of Bacterial Enzymes Capable of Degrading Plastics
Group Kandaswamy
Open Source Software Efficiency Project
Group Meißner
Nanomaterial-Based Luminescent Pesticides (NBLPs)
Group Zaidi
Sciathon Expert Jury
We’d like to thank this year’s expert jury for supporting the 4th Lindau Online Sciathon with their time and expertise during the review of the projects:
- Heiner Linke, Vice President of the Council and Scientific Co-Chair 73rd Lindau Meeting (Chair)
- Kiana Aran, University of California, San Diego
- Jürgen Kluge, Chairman of the Board, Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings
- Karl-Georg Schlesinger, Lindau Alumnus 1994, Co-Founder Marvel Fusion, BoS GmbH