Together with the three Max Planck Schools – Cognition, Matter to Life, and Photonics – we are looking forward to welcoming the PhD candidates of the sixth cohort this fall. On behalf of Prof. Patrick Cramer, President of the Max Planck Society, and Prof. Walter Rosenthal, President of the German Rectors' Conference, we cordially invite you to attend the annual
This year, our event will focus on science in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Besides an engaging debate with two experts in the field and interactive workshops, we are excited to have Prof. Karin Jacobs, Fellow of the Max Planck School Matter to Life, talk about her passion for scienceand how this feeds into the Max Planck Schools. Most of all, we want to once again provide our PhD candidates, Fellows and representatives of our partner organizations a platform to meet and network in person.
Join us for a lively event at the Harnack House Berlin, celebrate the start of the new academic year, and take the opportunity to meet and network!
Martin Stratmann is a renowned German electrochemist and materials scientist. He studied chemistry in Bochum and earned his doctorate at the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research. After a postdoc at Case Western Reserve University, he led the corrosion research group at the MPI. Since 2000, he has served as Director of the Interface Chemistry and Surface Engineering department. Among other honors, he received the Otto Hahn Medal, the UR Evans Award, and the HH Uhlig Award, which also named him a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society. He sits on the board of the Karl Winnacker Institute and is a member of both Acatech and the Academy of Science and Arts of North Rhine-Westphalia. From 2008 to 2014, he was Vice President and subsequently President of the Max Planck Society until June 2023. Since then, he is Director Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials.
Cargo delivery systems can revolutionize medicine by transporting drugs precisely where needed, minimizing side effects. Passive carriers are simple but lack control, while active systems respond to environmental cues for targeted, efficient release. Among these, hybrids of lipid vesicles and gold nanoparticles stand out for their biomimicry, tunable properties, and strong photothermal responsiveness. My work develops a near-infrared light-triggered platform using giant unilamellar vesicles functionalized with gold nanorods, enabling precise, on-demand release. This versatile approach can be adapted to different cargos and targeting strategies, offering a promising foundation for next-generation therapeutics, advanced diagnostics, and smart biomedical devices
Daniele Ronchetti
PhD candidate Max Planck School of Photonics I Research Focus: Ultrafast X-ray Science
My research focuses on x-ray scattering under extreme conditions, with hands-on involvement in experiment design, sample preparation, data acquisition, and analysis using X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs). My PhD project explores enhancing atomic scattering by tailoring electronic states via photo-ionization, aiming to advance XFEL-based scattering and crystallographic techniques.
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