Brief biography

Prof. Dr. Claudia Brunner is the head of the Professorship of Experimental Fluid Dynamics at the Technical University of Munich. Her research focuses on experimental studies of large-scale fluid dynamics involving turbulence and unsteady aerodynamics. She is particularly interested in flows that are relevant for the fields of energy and the environment, with a particular focus on wind energy. From March 2024 until April 2026, Dr. Brunner led the Max Planck Research Group “Turbulence and Wind Energy“ at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization. Before becoming an independent group in March 2024, her group was a Minerva Fast Track Group within the department of Prof. Bodenschatz. Prior to that, Dr. Brunner was a postdoc with Prof. Bodenschatz. She received her PhD in May 2022 from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, where she was advised by Prof. Marcus Hultmark. Dr. Brunner received a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship from the Department of Defense, and a Science, Technology and Environmental Policy Fellowship from the High Meadows Environmental Institute and the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. She holds an M.A. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University.

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