OUR FELLOWS
Learning and collaborating with Germany's leading scientists
Discover how our PhD candidates collaborate with Germany's top tier scientists within a unique research network.
Embedded in a nationwide network of outstanding scientists, our PhD candidates pursue their degrees at the three Max Planck Schools within the framework of unique and highly interdisciplinary faculties. Each faculty consists of 50 so-called Fellows, who are selected on the basis of a competitive process and appointed by the Steering Committee of the Max Planck Schools for a term of four years. Reappointment is possible up to two times.
The Max Planck Schools bring together non-university and university scientists to form a national research network that transcends organizational and disciplinary boundaries. Our Fellows are distinguished researchers eager to support and mentor international talents early in their careers. With their stellar expertise, they provide high-level and close supervision for our PhD candidates and grant access to first-class research infrastructures already at the undergraduate level. Driven by curiosity to explore uncharted territories and tackle complex research questions, our Fellows, together with our PhD candidates, introduce new topics and facilitate scientific exchange at the highest level. Simultaneously, the Schools promote regular and productive interactions between the Fellows and PhD candidates through various events, ensuring that all participants benefit equally from this unique knowledge network. Together with our PhD candidates, the Fellows constitute the foundation of each School.
The competitive selection process every four years ensures that the faculties of the Max Planck Schools are always composed of the most innovative minds in Germany and that our PhD candidates work together with extremely dedicated mentors and most innovative teachers in their fields
The competitive selection process conducted every four years guarantees that the faculties of the Max Planck Schools consist of the most innovative minds in Germany, ensuring that our PhD candidates are working with and learning from dedicated mentors and leading educators in their fields. In return, our Fellows gain access to ambitious international PhD candidates as well as opportunities for networking with other Fellows of the Schools and the program as a whole. This has already led to a diverse range of collaborations that may not have emerged without the chance to connect through the Schools program.
The Max Planck Schools inform on their individual pages about currently appointed Fellows: