Are you looking to take your education and career to the next level? Do you have a passion for research and a desire to make meaningful contributions to your field of study? If so, a Postdoctoral Fellowships may be the perfect choice for you.
Attention all aspiring scholars and researchers! The Max Planck Society, Munich, Germany has multiple postdoctoral fellowships. Apply to the Max Planck Society’s postdoctoral fellowships today and take the first step towards a rewarding and fulfilling academic career.
1. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Biosphere Theory and Modeling (BTM) group investigates how the Earth functions as a whole system, the role of life within it, and what a sustainable human future might look like. To do this, we take a unique Earth system approach that focuses on energy and thermodynamics. Previous work by our group has shown that thermodynamics and its fundamental limits strongly determine the dynamics of the Earth system, and thus the exchanges between land, ecosystems, and the atmosphere. This can be used to construct very simple yet physically-based models that reproduce observations very well, setting a basis to evaluate land-atmosphere exchange and interactions, the function of the hydrologic cycle, the role of vegetation, and climate change sensitivities.
Application Deadline: 31/05/2023
2. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Single molecule X-ray scattering experiments with free electron lasers offer a new route to the structure determination of biomolecules. In addition, they hold the potential to not only determine the molecular structure, but also its dynamics. However, computing the structure from such data poses a highly complex mathematical problem, and new theoretical methods and algorithms are required. The main goal of this particular research project is to develop Bayesian methods to determine molecular structures and dynamics. It also offers the opportunity to work with data from the European XFEL facility at DESY and, depending on the interests of the applicant, many possible connections to other research areas like, for example, molecular dynamics or machine learning.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
3. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The influence of peers is one of the most important drivers of juvenile delinquency. Several decades of research have taught us that having delinquent friends increases the risk of becoming delinquent oneself and that spending time with delinquent peers increases the likelihood of committing crimes of one’s own. These findings hold true across culture, context, and research method. However, prior research has principally relied on introspective and retrospective research methods, such as interviews and panel studies. Exactly how peers influence each other, i.e., what happens in the moment of decision making, is less well understood. Probably no more than a handful of criminological studies have addressed this question experimentally.
Application Deadline: 1 June, 2023
4. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen conducts fundamental research in the field of solar system physics. With its approximately 300 staff members, it is one of the leading institutes in the field of solar physics and planetary research. In particular, the institute is involved in numerous international space missions. The institute invites applications for a Postdoctoral Position (m/f/d) in machine learning for CFD. Machine learning techniques have huge potentials for traditional CFD applications. This project will consist of building up data driven methods for CFD simulations.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
5. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen conducts fundamental researchin the field of solar system physics. With its approximately 300 staff members, it is one of theleading institutes in the field of solar physics and planetary research. In particular, the institute isinvolved in numerous international space missions. The institute invites applications for a Postdoctoral Position (m/f/d) in turbulent convection. Turbulent convection is ubiquitous in geophysics and astrophysics. This project will consist ofstudying the effect of rotation, magnetic field, or two scalars on convection in Cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical geometries, using highly parallelized numerical tools.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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6. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Department of Topological Quantum Chemistry headed by Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser is seeking to appoint one highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow (m/f/d) in the research area of thin films and topological materials. Projects comprise thin-film deposition using magnetron sputtering, structural, magnetic, transport characterization, and device fabrication of topological chiral materials.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
7. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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We are seeking a highly motivated bioinformatician with a PhD in Bioinformatics or a biologist with strong interest in computational analysis interested in answering biological questions in the area of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. Specifically, the candidate’s work focus will be on the development, application and validation of novel bioinformatic analyses and workflows in the area of NGS including transcriptomics, epigenomics and spatial transcriptomics.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
8. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Fässler Department investigates how cell surface receptors bind proteins of the extracellular matrix and connect them to the actin-myosin cytoskeleton. A postdoctoral position is available for 1 year to study the ubiquitin regulation of the cell surface proteome in cancer. We seek for a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join a enthusiastic and collaborative team in a outstanding scientific environment. The project will target the ubiquitin proteasome system control of the NF-kappaB signaling pathway and the impact on the surfaceome of tumor cells. As part of the project, you will identify new vulnerabilities in cancer and provide a unique opportunity for drug discovery.
Application Deadline: 05 Mai 2023
9. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Mind-Body-Emotion Group at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (at offices in Berlin) is seeking a talented and driven post-doctoral researcher (TVöD E13, 100%, 3 years). As part of an international collaboration between experts in computer graphics and psychology, this position will focus on the evaluation and improvement of memory for faces using immersive virtual reality technology (details can be found here). You will work alongside an enthusiastic team embedded in a world-leading research environment with outstanding facilities and research infrastructures in Berlin or Leipzig, Germany.
Application Deadline: May 15, 2023
10. Multiple Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The DMP group at MPI Magdeburg is an inter-disciplinary research unit addressing these questions from different perspectives. The theoretical centerpiece of our work is the Koopman operator description of dynamical systems, which leads to a linearization of a dynamical system using an infinite-dimensional feature space. On a theoretical level, we are interested in describing the convergence and approximation error of data-driven approximations to the Koopman operator. On the algorithmic level, we design efficient algorithms for the analysis or control of dynamical systems using Koopman operators. On the application end, we apply these methods to efficiently analyze large-scale simulations of molecular systems, using classical or quantum descriptions.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
11. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Our overall research focuses on technological evolution and the origin of tool use in our own lineage as well as non-human primates. We seek a scholar who is interested in the material evidence of behaviours across primate species. We are particularly interested in a candidate who can demonstrate a focus on the evolution of material culture in the primate lineage. We are specifically seeking scholars with a keen interest in exploring the origins of technology in both primates and hominins through behavioural observations, field experiments and/or archaeological excavations. We are actively involved in field research on capuchins (Brazil), long-tailed macaques (Thailand) and chimpanzees (Ivory Coast) as well as archaeological research in Kenya.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
12. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The ideal candidate will be a scientific programmer with a strong interest in working with large astronomical datasets and is expected to maintain and update the science platform, including ingesting new data, user support, and developing new data routines and services supporting science collaborations. Furthermore, the candidate will be helming efforts integrating the science platform closer to the services and facilities of the Max-Planck Computing and Data Facility (MPCDF, the data center in Campus).
Application Deadline: Open until filled
13. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) is recruiting one highly qualified postdoctoral researcher within the Kinship Inequalities Research Group. The position is offered for three years. This group, led by Diego Alburez-Gutierrez, studies how differences in kinship among persons and groups determine individual outcomes and shape social structures. It aims to bring together experts from areas like Demography, Sociology, Anthropology, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Biology, etc. to advance the subfield of kinship demography and address pressing scientific and societal questions.
Application Deadline: May 15 2023
14. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The ideal candidate has research interests in the areas of criminal law theory, philosophy of criminal law, or comparative criminal law. The prerequisite for the position is a doctorate with excellent results in law, in related humanities, or in the social sciences. Your PhD thesis in German or English will have ideally been awarded the distinction ”summa cum laude” or the highest grade in another grading system. You have an outstanding academic/publication record that fits the research interests of the Department of Criminal Law. Furthermore, you have a strong interest in interdisciplinary research. Applicants with a state examination in law could pursue a post-doctoral lecturing qualification (habilitation) if they meet the necessary requirements. For habilitation candidates, we provide a high degree of flexibility in terms of contract design and extension.
Application Deadline: 31 May 2023
15. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The research group of Eugene Kim at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, focused on the structure and dynamics of chromosomes, is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) to investigate the mechanisms of genome organization by Structural Maintenance of Chromosome (SMC) complexes using in vitro single-molecule and structural methods. The candidate will isolate SMC complexes and analyze their structural and dynamic properties via cryo-electron microscopy and TIRF-based single-molecule imaging. A dynamic, enthusiastic, and international team of biophysicists and biochemists will await the candidate, ready to tackle exciting problems related to genome organization collaboratively.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
16. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Glycosylation is an important modification of proteins and is involved in the regulation of the biological activity and stability of many proteins. Notably, the glycosylation of many eukaryotic proteins appears to be highly regulated and minor structural changes of the glycan portions may lead to major changes in function. Therefore, protein glycosylation analysis is becoming increasingly important in medical/clinical, biopharmaceutical, as well as biotechnological research.
As a PostDoc of the Bio/Process Analytics team you will join a multidisciplinary group working on the deeper understanding of bio(techno)logical processes on the molecular level developing and using proteomic, glycoproteomic and glycomic tools. You will have project and personnel responsibilities to develop and improve cutting edge methods for analysis of protein glycosylation. With a particular focus on glycobiotechnology, you will apply these methods for studying protein glycosylation, unraveling the protein glycosylation process with respect to its understanding and optimization.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
17. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The research group of Dr. Robert Ohlendorf is seeking Postdoctoral Researchers and PhD Students (m/f/d) to join our growing team at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany. Our lab combines bioengineering and in vivo imaging to understand molecular signaling that underlies mammalian brain function. The Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics conducts research into the elucidation of cognitive processes in experimental, theoretical and methodological areas and is one of the Max Planck Institutes of the Max Planck Society.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
18. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Antebi Department for “Molecular Genetics of Ageing” investigates how endocrine and metabolic regulatory networks govern animal health and longevity. We primarily use the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans and the turquoise killifish Nothobranchius furzeri as model organisms, as well as cell culture and mouse. The overarching goals are to reveal conserved, convergent mechanisms of longevity, and to understand how diet, metabolism, organellar dynamics and quality control mechanisms cooperate to promote cellular resilience. We apply a multidisciplinary approach combining genetics, systems biology, cell and molecular biology, imaging, biochemistry and mass spectrometry in order to understand the biology of ageing and age-related disease.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
19. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Antebi Department for “Molecular Genetics of Ageing” investigates how regulatory networks govern animal health and life span, primarily using the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans and the turquoise killifish Nothobranchius furzeri as model organisms. The overarching goals of the department are to reveal conserved, convergent mechanisms of longevity, and to understand how immunity, metabolism, and quality control mechanisms cooperate in ageing. We apply a multidisciplinary and have a long-standing interest in understanding how naturally occurring metabolites can serve as signalling molecules that regulate animal health and life span.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
20. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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We are interested in revealing the molecular secrets of ADP-ribosylation (ADPr), a challenging PTM that plays key roles in health and disease. Using advanced proteomics, we uncovered Serine ADPr as a new type of histone mark (Nature Chemical Biology 2016) and described the underlying molecular mechanisms by identifying HPF1/PAPR1 as its reader complex (Mol Cell 2017) and ARH3 as its eraser (eLife 2017). Crucially, we and others have shown that Ser-ADPr is the primary form of ADPr in the DNA damage response (eLife 2018).
These insights are stimulating studies of how Ser-ADPr regulates the DNA damage response and chromatin dynamics, as exemplified by our recent report on the interplay between Ser-ADPr and canonical histone marks (Cell Reports 2018). Recently we established a chemical biology strategy that is based on the Ser-ADPr writer complex and allows the generation of a range of essential tools for ADPr. This novel technology has broad potential to illuminate ADPr signalling pathways in essential biological processes and has allowed us to elucidate the prevalence of mono-ADPr upon DNA damage (Cell 2020).
Application Deadline: Open until filled
21. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP) is a research institute focusing on particle and astroparticle physics from both an experimental and a theoretical perspective. We invite applications for a Postdoctoral position (f/m/d). A major activity is the participation in the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB facility in Tsukuba, Japan. Belle II offers the possibility for precision studies of CP violating phenomena, rare decays, the flavor sector in general and much more.
Since 2019 Belle II has collected a competitive data sample of about 430 fb-1 which is ready to be analysed. MPP’s main contribution to the Belle II hardware is a pixel vertex detector (PXD) based on the DEPFET active pixel sensor technology. Furthermore, MPP is active in software development, and data analysis, especially time dependent CP violation and charmless hadronic B decays.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
22. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Department of Sensory and Sensorimotor Systems (PI Prof. Li Zhaoping) at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics and at the University of Tübingen is currently looking for highly skilled and motivated individuals to work on projects aimed towards understanding visual attentional and perceptual processes using fMRI/MRI, TMS and/or EEG methodologies. Framework and motivation of the projects. We seek to fill a postdoctoral position (m/f/d) in Human Psychophysics – (TVöD Bund E13, 100%)
Application Deadline: Open until filled
23. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Biocatalytic reaction networks for the production of oligosaccharides are of steadily increasing significance in the biopharmaceutical and food industry. The team “Synthetic Biotechnology” of the department of bioprocess engineering at the MPI Magdeburg has developed various multi-enzyme reaction networks for the synthesis and modification of highly valuable oligosaccharides. In addition, it has established methods for the modification of glycan structures of cell culture-derived, recombinant proteins. To lead the way towards the application of our technology, we seek to transfer our research findings into viable bioprocesses, i.e. upscaling and optimizing enzyme production and develop downstream processes.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
24. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim an der Ruhr conducts basic chemical research aimed at making chemical transformations as energy and resource efficient as possible. Catalysis with all its facets is at the center of the research. For the research group of PD Dr. Harun Tüysüz we are searching for a post-doc fellow (m/f/d) in the field of “Monitoring solid catalysts under operating conditions” in full time (39 hours).
Application Deadline: Open until filled
25. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The main objective of the CatLab project is to develop new innovative catalysts for the production of hydrogen and important chemicals using renewable energy and considering a closed carbon cycle. The research task of the announced position is to explore promising ways to fix carbon dioxide from the gas phase coupled with its catalytic conversion to valuable products.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
26. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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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.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
27. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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A multitude of DNA-repair pathways ensure genomic integrity in a healthy cell. Disbalances or dysfunctionalities in these pathways can lead to genomic instability, which is a central contributor to carcinogenesis and ageing. Our research aims to provide a better understanding of the relationship between genome maintenance, ageing, and cancer, in an interdisciplinary approach. Within this project, we dissect defects in genome instability in patients suffering from mantle cell lymphoma, a mature B-cell lymphoma typically affecting the elderly. For these patients, mechanism-based therapies are scarce and treatment outcomes remain relatively poor. We investigate the mechanisms underlying this disease and its tumor microenvironment composition to identify potential novel therapeutic approaches.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
28. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The research group for Magnetic Resonance Signal Enhancement (Dr. Stefan Glöggler) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow (f/m/d) – Biochemist in Magnetic Resonance. Hydrogenases are an important class of enzymes that are nature’s blueprint for hydrogen activation. Deeper understanding of how these hydrogenases split hydrogen promises to develop new templates for catalysts that solve our energy challenges for the future. In a joint project with Franc Meyer at the University of Göttingen and Seigo Shima from the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Biochemistry in Marburg, we are looking for a motivated postdoc with background in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and protein sciences.
Application Deadline: Open until filled