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1. PhD student (m/f/d) | Bioinformatics

Summary of Doctoral Project:

We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled individual in the area of next-generation sequencing informatics. Eligible candidates should have a Master’s degree or a similar qualification in computational science or in related disciplines. The early career researcher will have a firm knowledge of the programming languages Python or R as well as expertise in Linux. The successful applicant will benefit from experience in the analysis of genome- and transcriptome-wide data. The Max Planck Society is committed to employing more handicapped individuals and especially encourages them to apply. The Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.

Last Application Date: August 15, 2022

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2. Three PhD positions (m/f/d) | Sand – The future of coastal cities in the Indian Ocean

Summary of Doctoral Project:

“Sand – The Future of Coastal Cities in the Indian Ocean” is a research group project led by Dr. Lukas Ley at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. As central component in seabed systems, port facilities, and land ‘reclaimed’ from the sea, sand is a constitutive ingredient of urban infrastructure. The importance of sand for fortifying urban shorelines is growing – the construction industry and developers require sand to build ‘resilient’ cities, while communities need it to protect settlements and livelihoods against rising tides. Despite this trend, little is known about the urban metabolisms, social practices, and political configurations that rely on sand, not just in the Indian Ocean but in the Mediterranean or Pacific, as well. The research project attempts to fill this gap by showing how sand relates to social organization and governance.

Last Application Date: 15 September 2022

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3. Ph.D. position(f/m/d) | Transcriptional adaptation in human health and disease

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim (near Frankfurt, Germany), Department of Developmental Genetics (Prof. Dr. Didier Stainier) invites applications for a Ph.D. candidate (f/m/d) to study transcriptional adaptation in human health and disease. A highly motivated Ph.D. candidate is invited to join an exciting project to study the therapeutic aspects of transcriptional adaptation. We recently discovered a new form of genetic compensation that we have termed transcriptional adaptation. Briefly, transcriptional adaptation occurs when a mutation leads to mutant mRNA degradation. The degradation fragments in turn modulate the expression of ‘related’ genes, and consequently varying degrees of phenotypic rescue in some cases. We have observed this phenomenon in zebrafish and C. elegans as well as in mouse and human cells in culture.

Last Application Date: Open until filled

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4. PhD student (f/m/d) | Functions of the cytoskeleton in mammalian oocyte meiosis

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The Department of Meiosis (Dr. Melina Schuh) is inviting applications for a PhD student (f/m/d) – Functions of the cytoskeleton in mammalian oocyte meiosis. The Schuh lab investigates how oocytes develop in mammals, and how errors arise in this process, which are a major cause of miscarriages and infertility. For this, we employ advanced microscopy, loss of function approaches, and next-generation sequencing techniques. Our laboratory has pioneered various techniques in the field of oocyte meiosis, including the first studies of chromosome segregation in live human oocytes (Science 2015) and the establishment of Trim-Away, a method for the acute removal of proteins from cells (Cell 2017). Employing these techniques, the lab recently showed that spindle actin is essential to prevent chromosome segregation errors in eggs (Science 2017), identified a liquid-like spindle domain that promotes acentrosomal spindle assembly in mammalian oocytes (Science 2019), revealed chromosome condensation and clustering as mechanism to ensure correct genome unification in mammalian embryos (Cell 2021), and uncovered the mechanism of spindle pole organization and instability in human oocytes (Science 2022).

Last Application Date: Open until filled

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5. PhD student (m/f/d) in civil engineering and / or architectural design

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The MPI-CI combines scientific excellence with exceptional commitment in the supervision and support of young researchers. The position will be part of the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity« in the project »Material Form Function« to investigate biomimetic support structures made of biogenic materials which are embedded in local ecosystems, such as forests. These investigations will be carried out using analogue experiments and models as well as digital simulations, such as the finite element method or the discrete element method, and will be closely linked to computational design methods. Experience in the design and implementation of full-scale architectural prototypes is desirable. The work is carried out in close cooperation with an interdisciplinary team of material scientists, designers and cultural scientists.

Last Application Date: 22.08.2022

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6. PhD Position (m/f/d) | Light-matter interaction at the atomic scale

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The coherent manipulation of quantum states relies on the interaction of light and matter, which is particularly interesting in the context of quantum information processing. At the atomic scale several interesting few level systems, which are isolated and protected from the local environment, have emerged, such as single spin systems from atoms or molecules on normal conducting surfaces as well as Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) states on superconducting surfaces. The idea of the project is to use scanning tunneling microscopy also in combination with electron spin resonance spectroscopy to address long-standing problems, such as relaxation and coherence times of not just single spin systems, but also YSR states at the atomic scale as well as their interaction with the immediate surroundings. The goal is to understand the dynamics and coherence times of few level systems and how to enhance their isolation and protection.

Last Application Date: August 26, 2022

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7. PhD Student or Postdoc Position (m/f/d) | EPR Spectroscopy

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The appointed researcher will utilize and further develop advanced (in situ) EPR techniques to understand active sites in solid state and molecular catalysts, and the generation of radical intermediates during catalytic action. The EPR group at MPI CEC employs electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) techniques to monitor and characterize paramagnetic states relevant in energy conversion and storage processes. We develop and apply state-of the art EPR spectrometers ranging from GHz to THz frequencies. This position thus provides the possibility to conduct pioneering research at the interface of spectroscopy and catalysis research.

Last Application Date: 22nd of August 2022

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8. PhD Student or Postdoc Position (m/f/d) | X-ray Spectroscopy

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The appointed researcher will utilize a wide range of advanced X-ray spectroscopic approaches, coupled to in-house spectroscopy and theory, to understand reactive intermediates in (bio)inorganic catalysis. The MPI CEC provides a unique environment, which brings together state-of-the-art experimental approaches with theory to understand challenging question in energy research. This position thus provides the possibility to conduct pioneering research at the interface of theory and experiment.

Last Application Date: 31st August 2022

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9. PhD Position (m/f/d) | Process Understanding of Dryland Vegetation Dynamics

Summary of Doctoral Project:

Drylands cover ~45% of global land area, are home to ~40% of the global population and harbor more than 20% of global biodiversity. However, drylands face significant challenges from climate change (e.g. changes in temperature and precipitation patterns) and intensified anthropogenic activities and disturbance (e.g. over-grazing) leading to land degradation and desertification. Despite the severe consequences, our ability to accurately assess and predict dryland vegetation dynamics remains uncertain, largely due to lack of understanding of the biological and ecological mechanisms/processes driving the spatial-temporal dynamics of dryland vegetation under climate change and land use changes. In the framework of a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary project between the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (MPI-BGC) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS-RCEES and CAS-ITP), the proposed projects provide a unique platform for the candidates to integrate knowledge and expertise across disciplines to improve our process understanding of seasonal to interannual changes in dryland carbon-water relations under global environmental change, such as rising CO2, increasing aridity and temperature, or nitrogen deposition.

Last Application Date: September 9, 2022

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10. PhD Position (m/f/d) | Alkaloid Biosynthesis, Evolution and Engineering in Medicinal Plants

Summary of Doctoral Project:

Plants produce countless chemically diverse natural products, or specialized metabolites. Alkaloids are a type of natural product that are widely used as medicines. If we discover the biosynthetic genes and enzymes that are responsible for the production of these medicinally important alkaloids, then we can use synthetic biology or engineering approaches to enable better access to these medicines. Ipecac alkaloids have been widely used pharmacological agents for many years. Interestingly, these compounds occur in two evolutionary distant plants suggesting that the biosynthetic pathways evolved independently; in other words, nature developed two different biosynthetic pathways for these molecules. The aim of this PhD project is to discover the genes of the biosynthetic pathways of ipecac alkaloids in these two distantly related medicinal plant species. Then, the pathways can be compared, contrasted, and recombined using state of the art plant-based production platforms. The PhD candidate will use cutting edge metabolomics and transcriptomics approaches to identify enzyme candidates, screen for activities, characterize active enzymes in vitro and in vivo and reconstitute both natural and synthetic pathways.

Last Application Date: August 31st, 2022

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11. PhD Position (m/f/d) in Quantum Material Physics

Summary of Doctoral Project:

A PhD position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Seunghyun Khim in the Physics of Quantum Material department at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (MPI-CPfS) in Dresden, Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Joachim Wosnitza (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf and Technische Universität Dresden). The project involves the study of the unconventional superconducting state and of the anomalous normal state of the newly discovered heavy-fermion superconductor CeRh2As2 (S. Khim et al., Science 373, 1012 (2021)).

Last Application Date: Open until filled

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12. PhD or Postdoctoral Position (m/f/d) | Electrochemical Ammonia Oxidation

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The Haber-Bosch process uses elevated pressures, temperatures and iron-containing catalysts to fixate nitrogen with the help of hydrogen into NH3 – the key ingredient of fertilizers, transferring nitrogen from the air into our soils. If the required H2 is produced from water electrolysis, ammonia expands its role from being a chemical carrier of nitrogen to transporting and storing green hydrogen. Reversing the Haber-Bosch process, the hydrogen could then be released from NH3 sustainably via ammonia fuel cells. However, NH3 is also a key ingredient for the industrial production of various chemicals. So far, no larger efforts have been undertaken to use the electrochemical ammonia oxidation reaction (AOR) for direct and sustainable conversion of NH3 into feedstocks for the chemical industry.

Last Application Date: Open until filled

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13. 1 PhD or Postdoctoral Position (m/f/d) | Thin film oxide electrocatalysis

Summary of Doctoral Project:

One scenario for the future ‘Green Economy’ involves the large-scale use of molecular hydrogen. H2 can balance fluctuations in the production of renewable energy, but green H2 can also be an energy carrier for various industrial applications. The efficiency of the electrocatalytic production of H2 by water splitting is hampered by the concomitant oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Therefore, there is a pressing need to find a highly active, cost-efficient and durable catalyst to minimize the energy overhead. Mixed oxide catalysts containing Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, La, and V have shown a promising performance in alkaline media, with a complex and not well understood dependence on the catalyst’s composition and the preparation procedure. Improving the fundamental understanding to enable a rational catalyst design is the purpose of the planned project. To this end, the mixed oxide pre-catalysts will be prepared as crystalline epitaxial films, which avoids hidden surfaces and strongly reduces the structural and compositional complexity, thus enabling a better understanding of the electrocatalytic process. In situ studies combining electrochemistry with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, low energy electron diffraction and scanning probe microscopy will be a central part this project.

Last Application Date: July 31, 2022

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14. PhD positions (m/f/d) | Complex interactions of infectious disease and social dynamics

Summary of Doctoral Project:

We are looking for a PhD student to join our team to investigate the spread of COVID-19 in interaction with the so called ‘infodemic’. We aim to get a deeper understanding of the coupled dynamics of infectious disease spread with information, awareness, opinions, and behavior. These results may also play a role in informing health policies. We are a highly active team of physicists working in close collaboration with epidemiologists, social scientists and others. Our open positions are embedded within a growing research initiative together with the groups of Calero Valdez (University of Lübeck), Kretzschmar (University Medical Center Utrecht), Mäs (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), and Nagel (Technical University Berlin). Please check our github page and our prior work [Contreras et al., Nature Communications (2021), Dehning et al., Science (2020), Doenges et al., Frontiers in Physics (2022),Keijzer and Mäs, Online Social Networks and Media (2021)].

Last Application Date: Open until filled

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15. PhD Position (m/f/d) | Dynamics at Electrocatalytic Interface

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The Department of Interface Science headed by Prof. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya at the Fritz Haber Institute carries out cutting-edge research on advanced functional materials with applications in heterogeneous catalysis, energy conversion and electrochemistry. By combining unique synthesis methods, state-of-the art tools for experimental characterization and advanced approaches to data analysis, atomistic details of thermal catalysis and electrochemical reactions at gas/solid and liquid/solid interfaces are revealed. In particular, structure-reactivity correlations on nanostructured materials can be established, paving the way for the rational design of novel catalytic materials. We currently offer one PhD Position (m/f/d) in the group Dynamics at Electrocatalytic Interface at the Department of Interface Science.

Last Application Date: Open until filled

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16. PhD Student (m/f/d) | Language Cycles

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) in Leipzig is a leading international research institute where cognitive abilities and brain processes in humans are studied using various scientific methods. The independent research group Language Cycles is currently recruiting for a PhD Student (m/f/d). Our research group investigates how the electrophysiological profile of the human brain constrains our ability to understand language—and how this may have shaped human language as such, cross-linguistically. We directly link behavioral psycholinguistics, experimental neurolinguistics (i.e., M/EEG), corpus linguistics (i.e., treebanks), and computational linguistics (i.e., information-theoretic modeling). MPI CBS is equipped with a 306-channels MEG system, several EEG systems, TMS, tDCS, two 3T MRI scanners, a 7T MRI scanner, and a SIEMENS Skyra Connectom high-field MRI scanner.

Last Application Date: 31st August, 2022

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17. PhD positions (m/f/d) | Applied algebra and geometry

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences (MPI MiS) is a research center for pure and applied mathematical research located in Leipzig, Germany. The institute is committed to innovative fundamental research, and to transferring concepts and structures from mathematics into other academic fields. The broader scientific environment in Leipzig includes two other Max Planck Institutes (Cognitive Science and Evolutionary Anthropology) as well as the University of Leipzig. The projects are offered by the Numerical Nonlinear Algebra group (led by Simon Telen), the Tropical Geometry and Computer Algebra group (led by Marta Panizzut), and the Algebraic Statistics group (led by Eliana Duarte). We seek outstanding students who enjoy working in a collaborative environment. Applicants should have a degree in mathematics or related fields with an interest in algebra, geometry and computation.

Last Application Date: 15th August 2022

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18. PhD Student – Antibody Development (m/f/d)

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The Department of Biomolecular Systems (Director Prof. Dr. Peter H. Seeberger) at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany invites applications from outstanding young scientists for the position of PhD student – Antibody development (m/f/d) We are looking for a highly motivated PhD student in the field of Antibody development. Target: Development of Glycosaminoglycan-Targeting Antibodies to Unravel ECM Remodeling in Cancer. The candidate should have a degree in Biology/Biochemistry or closely related fields, with an outstanding profile, a strong background and interests in Phage display Gene cloning Protein purification Glycobiology Antibody characterization Hybridoma technology.

Last Application Date: 31.07.2022

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19. PhD Student (f/m/d) | Microtubule nanomechanics and turnover under cell-like physical constraints

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences is a leading international research institute of exceptional scientific breadth. With more than 40 research groups and some 1,000 employees from over 50 nations, it is the largest institute of the Max Planck Society. The Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics is inviting applications for a PhD Student (f/m/d) – Microtubule nanomechanics and turnover under cell-like physical constraints – supervised by Dr. Maxim Igaev. The three-year PhD project involves massively parallel, atomistic and coarse-grained modeling to study the dynamic and mechanic properties of microtubule filaments subject to external forces by space constraints or other cellular factors.

Last Application Date: Open until filled

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20. Doctoral Students (m/f/d) | Law and Diversity

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The successful applicants will work in the project “Cultural and Religious Diversity under State Law across Europe” (CUREDI). CUREDI is a digital repository of cases – with a focus on case law analysis – that have to do with cultural and religious diversity and that show if, how, and to what extent diversity is granted legal recognition within the domestic legal systems of member states of the EU, UK, and Switzerland. The proposed dissertation project should address the legal approach to diversity across Europe, preferably related to one of the following topics of the repository: Family law (including international private law); torts; criminal law; law and religion; health care and hospitals, the human body; public space.

Last Application Date: 31 July 2022

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21. PhD Positions (m/f/d) | IMPRS for Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Summary of Doctoral Project:

International Max Planck Research School for Global Biogeochemical Cycles (IMPRS-gBGC) in cooperation with the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry houses a unique and flexible research program that grants German and foreign students a broad selection of learning opportunities while still maintaining a research focus. The IMPRS-gBGC offers a PhD program specializing in global biogeochemistry and related Earth system sciences. The overall research and teaching focuses on: Improved understanding of biogeochemical processes with an emphasis on terrestrial ecosystems

Last Application Date: August 16, 2022

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22. PhD position (m/f/d) | Numerical-Relativity Simulations of Black Hole – Neutron Star Systems

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The Theoretical Astrophysics group at the University of Potsdam is opening a PhD position (m/f/d) in the field of numerical relativity with the focus on the simulation of black hole – neutron star systems. The Theoretical Astrophysics group at the University of Potsdam and the Max Planck Fellow group “Multi-messenger Astrophysics of Compact Binaries” at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert-Einstein Institute, AEI) is headed by Tim Dietrich. For this PhD position, we are looking for a student interested in the simulation of compact binary systems within the DFG-funded project `Black Hole – Neutron Star Mergers: Theoretical Modeling, Numerical Simulations, and Data Interpretation’. The successful candidate will develop new techniques to improve the accuracy of new numerical-relativity simulations. Based on these simulations, the candidate will improve existing gravitational-wave and electromagnetic models for black-hole – neutron-star systems.

Last Application Date: August 7th, 2022

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23. PhD student (m/f/d) | Materials Science

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The Department of Colloids Chemistry (Director Prof. Dr. M. Antonietti) at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany invites applications from outstanding young scientists for the position of PhD student (m/f/d) in materials science. We are looking for a highly motivated PhD student in the field of materials science with a major interest in electrochemistry. The project is on the development of sustainable aqueous electrolytes for next-generation batteries and supercapacitors. The candidate should have a degree in Chemistry-Materials Science or closely related fields, with an outstanding profile, a strong background and interests in Batteries, Electrolyte preparation and characterization, Electrochemical characterization.

Last Application Date: 15th August 2022

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24. Fully funded PhD Student Positions (m/f/d) | Life Sciences

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) “From Molecules to Organisms” provides excellent interdisciplinary training across the disciplines of structural, molecular, cellular and developmental biology as well as bioinformatics, genomics and evolutionary biology. We aim to endow the next generation of scientists with the knowledge and skills to study complex biological processes, which cannot be adequately understood within the limits of single disciplines, in the context of entire organisms. IMPRS PhD students tackle research projects bridging the gap from molecules to living organisms. Transcending the boundaries of traditional life science disciplines, methodologies and scientific approaches from different fields are combined to address topics inaccessible by isolated research areas.

Last Application Date: 5 September 2022

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