Anna Hoppe

Anna Hoppe is an Agnes Pockels Research Fellow in the Department of Microsystems Engineering at the University of Freiburg. Her project investigates abscission and self-repair mechanisms in biological and artificial materials, focusing on mechanical modeling of branch junctions in Opuntia ficus-indica cacti.

Collaborating with botanical gardens, she conducts simulations to identify key parameters influencing plant abscission. Her research aims to inform bio-inspired material design through fracture property analysis of plant geometries.