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Outstanding doctoral researchers of the PIER Helmholtz Graduate School (PHGS) can apply for a PHGS Travel Award to pay for travel to and participation in scientific events. Find out more...

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You are a new international doctoral sresearcher and would like support during your first time in Hamburg? You are an experienced doctoral researcher and would like to support a new international doctoral researcher? Register here.

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PIER Day 2024

On November 15, 2024, the PIER Day 2024 was held at Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld.
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Individual career counselling with Annette Leemans

EVENT | Annette Leemans | 24 February - 5 March 2025 | Online or onsite

If you are interesetd in exploring your individual career options, book your one-on-one career counseling session now with certified career counselor Annette Leemans of COAST.


24 Feb 2025

Python basics

EVENT | Bernd Klein | 24-25 February 2025, 9 am - 5 pm | online

Do you want to do machine learning and/or data analysis using Python, but you’re having trouble getting started? Here's the solution.


25 Feb 2025

Thesis defense: Elizaveta Sitnikova

EVENT | Elizaveta Sitnikova | 25 February 2025, 12.30 p.m.

The disputation is open to the UHH university public. Title of thesis: Searches for new physics in final states with multiple top quarks with the ATLAS detector and upgrade of the ATLAS tracking detector


27 Feb 2025

Thesis defense: Kai-Wei Lin

EVENT | Kai-Wei Lin | 27 February 2025, 1.00 p.m.

The disputation is open to the UHH university public. Title of thesis: Alternating Magnetic Field Triggered Nanoplatform in Biomedical Application of Drug Delivery


27 Feb 2025

Convincing scientific talks: Presentation skills for doctoral researchers

EVENT | Dr. Matthias Mayer | February 27 + 28, 2025, 9 am – 6 pm | SR116 / building 61

This 2-day seminar will allow you to train your scientific presentation skills. The workshop is a lively mixture of trainer input and short exercises. You will receive individual feedback from other participants and the trainer. This allows you to specify precise areas of individual improvement.


04 Mar 2025

Mental Health and Power Abuse in Academia. What can we do?

EVENT | 4 March 2025, 2 - 4 p.m. | Online

This two-hour online event will include the introduction of help facilities for mental health at DESY and University of Hamburg, followed by an 1-hour seminar on 'Power Abuse in Academia' by 'Dragonfly Mental Health' and a facilitated discussion.


05 Mar 2025

Thesis defense: Isabel González Díaz-Palacio

EVENT | Isabel González Díaz-Palacio | 5 March 2025, 10.30 a.m.

The disputation is open to the UHH university public. Title of thesis: Studies on Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition of Superconducting-Insulating-Superconducting Multilayers for Use in SRF Cavities


05 Mar 2025

Thesis defense: Cora Sophia Lara Braun

EVENT | Cora Sophia Lara Braun | 5 March 2025, 2.00 p.m.

The disputation is open to the UHH university public. Title of thesis: Stretcher and Amplifier Design for the LPA Drive Lasers ANGUS and KALDERA


06 Mar 2025

Grant Proposal Writing in a Nutshell - Seminar for Early-Career Researchers

EVENT | 6 March 2025, 3 - 5:30 pm | Remote

Join us for our seminar "Grant Proposal Writing in a Nutshell" for early-career researchers (doctoral and postdoctoral researchers) taking place remotely on March 6, 2025, 15:00 - 17:30.


12 Mar 2025

Academic Writing for Doctoral Researchers - 8 Sessions

EVENT | 8 sessions from 12 March 2025 to 30 April 2025, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. (Wednesdays) | Campus Bahrenfeld, Building 61 Room 116 (1st floor)

At a basic level, a PhD is about developing the skills of a professional academic researcher. However, without a set syllabus to follow, how do you develop those skills?


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