Interviews

In the interview in this month’s issue of our newsletter, we introduce Venkatesh Sarda from India who is conducting doctoral studies in the field of electrochemistry at the Institute of Energy and Climate Research at Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZ Jülich). He has been taking part in the interdisciplinary doctoral training programme HITEC since 2011.

The 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting will examine the subject of green chemistry. The current state of research on biochemical structures and processes will be another major topic at the meeting.

In this interview Professor Dr. Wolfgang A. Herrmann, President of Technische Universität München (TUM), talks about the TUM Faculty Tenure Track career system.

Bernardo del Campo from Uruguay, PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University, talks about his experience as one of the 2012 winning scientists in the "Green Talents" competition for high potentials in sustainable development.

Dr. Margret Wintermantel, President of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), refers about the possibilities the DAAD offers young international researchers who would like to pursue a doctorate in Germany. 

Professor Peter Gruenberg, winner of Nobel Prize in Physics, speaks about the inspiring talks at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings and his research analysing the connection between music and physics.

Professor Karl Ulrich Mayer, President of the Leibniz Association, talks about the aims of the Leibniz-DAAD Research Fellowship Programme, which was launched in 2011. 

Sally Deeb from Lebanon is conducting her doctoral studies in the field of biochemistry at the International Max Planck Research School for Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences in Munich since 2009.