Job offers

Job offers will be announced at the university job portal, the application platform for the International Max Planck Research School Genome-Science and via the job portal of the German Zoological Society (DZG).

No offer but you are still interested to join?

You might want to send an unsoliceted application for the case I should plan a job opening in the near future. Please write me an e-mail with some words on your motivation to chose our lab and what aspects of our work you are most interested in. If you have an own idea for a project then you are welcome to suggest it - preferrably matching the focus of my lab on head and brain development and on Tribolium as model system. In addition, please append a CV (pdf or word document), which should include your grades in BSc and MSc studies and the e-mail adresses of two referees, who are willing to write a letter of support for you. Applications not matching these suggestions will not be considered.

Bringing your own money

You have obtained a fellowship or plan to apply for one? If you are interested in performing your work in the lab please write me an e-mail with some words on your motivation to chose our lab and what aspects of our work you are most interested in. If you have an own idea for a project then you are welcome to suggest it - preferrably matching the focus of my lab on head and brain development and on Tribolium as model system. In addition, please append a CV (pdf or word document), which should include your grades in BSc and MSc studies and the e-mail adresses of two referees, who are willing to write a letter of support for you. We can then start a discussion on possible projects for you and I can give advice for the writing of your proposal.

Applying for own funding

I am happy to share my expertise in grant writing in order to support you in writing a proposal on your research ideas. Let me know your idea and let's start a discussion!

Working in my lab

We are a highly interactive and collaborative lab where all projects center around a common topic. Therefore, there is a lot of synergy between the different projects which can only be fully realized with a group of team players. Hence, I will expect you to integrate to the group and share your expertise with your lab mates and contribute to lab organization.
After some months of introduction, I expect you to push your project forward independently (both technically and intellectually) and we will discuss your progress and your future plans in bi-weekly meetings. Of course, I am available for additional discussions or trouble shooting at any time. If you have children I will be happy to discuss with you how to coordinate your scientific work with child care - this should not be a problem.

Georg-August-University

The Georg-August-University is one of the top universities in Germany (e.g. Times Higher Education (THE) 2010-2012, Shanghai Ranking, funding ranking of German Research Foundation (DFG)). The Faculty of Biology of Göttingen is in the top group in a European comparison (CHE 2010).