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Professor Sabine Ludwigs, who is our podcast guest today is heading an interdisciplinary and international research team of polymer chemists, physical chemists and material scientists who are developing functional and intelligent polymer materials and devices. We talk with her about chemistry at the University of Stuttgart and her research activities, about functional soft materials and Soft Robotics about the role of Music in her life and not to forget the new Center for Bionic Intelligence Tübingen Stuttgart (BITS). More: https://www.ipoc.uni-stuttgart.de/fp/team/Ludwigs-00001/ https://www.uni-stuttgart.de/en/university/news/all/The-new-Center-for-Bionic-Intelligence-Tuebingen-Stuttgart/ https://www.bionic-intelligence.org/

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