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Max Planck Graduate Center mit der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
PhD and research in an interdisciplinary environment
You aim at doing a PhD thesis in a highly interdisciplinary research environment in science? You would like to study in Germany but your field of interest does not really fit with the traditional categorisation into subjects like biology, chemistry, geoscience, physics or medicine?
The MPGC is a virtual department across two Max Planck Institutes and four faculties of the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, created for interdisciplinary projects. We offer an advanced PhD program in these research topics to excellent candidates from all over the world. The Graduate Center has its own doctoral degree regulations, promoting interdisciplinary research, and awards the young scientists after a successful defense with the degree "Doktor rerum naturalium" (Dr. rer. nat.) of the University of Mainz complemented by the logo of the Max Planck Society.
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New MPGC Speaker
November 25, 2020
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Pöschl elected as new MPGC spokesperson
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Protective Shield
October 26, 2020
A membrane-attached protein protects bacteria and chloroplasts from stress
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Water splitting observed on the nanometer scale
March 05, 2020
New investigation method provides fundamental insights into electrocatalytic water splitting under operating conditions
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Participating departments
Medicine
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Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science
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Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Geosciences
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Biology
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Participating Max Planck Institutes
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
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