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Innovation & Startup

You are interested in learning about business startup and innovation topics? Check out PIER events and activities in this field.

PIER Research Funding

PIER offers funding for seed projects, joint workshops or short visits of international colleagues in your field.

PIER Education Platform

Transferable skills for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers

Language courses

German and English courses for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers

PHGS Travel Awards for doctoral researchers

With the PHGS Travel Awards we recognize outstanding doctoral researchers of the PIER Helmholtz Graduate School (PHGS). Accomplishments that can serve as the basis for a PHGS Travel Award include excellent publications, development of important scientific tools or software, entrepreneurship or other outstanding scientific contributions.

Forms and info Ssheets for doctoral researchers of the PHGS

Here you can find all templates and information sheets that are important for your membership in the PIER Helmholtz Graduate School.

Buddy Programme for new doctoral researchers of the PHGS

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.

Registration membership PIER Helmholtz Graduate School

You are starting a doctorate at DESY or Universität Hamburg and want to become a member of the PIER Helmholtz Graduate School? Here you can sign up.

Curriculum PIER Helmholtz Graduate School

The PHGS curriculum is the core of the education of our members and is the basis for the PHGS Certificate and Transcript of Records.

PIER Boards

The strategic and operational governance of PIER is carried out by three governing bodies: The PIER Commission consists of leading management representatives of DESY and Universität Hamburg and is in charge of all strategic and long-term decisions. The members of the PIER Executive Board are senior DESY and Universität Hamburg scientists from the PIER research and competence fields.

They are responsible for the operational decisions and activities of PIER. The PIER Helmholtz Graduate Sch­ool Steering Committee is made up of the two PHGS spokespeople, the PHGS coordinators and the spokespeople of the PhD representatives DOIT. Together, they decide on all matters concerning the operation of the graduate school.

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Dr. Marion Stange
Coordinator PIER
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PIER COMMISSION

The PIER Commission decides on all strategic aspects of the cooperation between Universität Hamburg and DESY.

Universität Hamburg
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Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren
President of Universität Hamburg
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Dr. Martin Hecht
Head of the Administration at Universität Hamburg
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Prof. Dr. Norbert Ritter
Dean of Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences (MIN)
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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Parak
Head of the Physics Department

DESY
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Prof. Dr. Helmut Dosch
Chairman of the DESY Board of Directors
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Dr. Arik Willner
Director of Administration
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Prof. Dr. Beate Heinemann
Director in charge of Particle Physics
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Prof. Dr. Franz X. Kärtner
Director in charge of Photon Science

PIER Executive Board

The PIER Executive Board is in charge of all operational decisions and generally coordinates the activities of PIER.

Head of PIER Executive Board
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Prof. Dr. Francesca Calegari
Head of the PIER Executive Board
Particle and astroparticle physics
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Dr. Ties Behnke
DESY
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Prof. Dr. Günter Sigl
Universität Hamburg
Photon Science
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Prof. Dr. Andreas Hemmerich
Universität Hamburg
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Prof. Dr. Francesca Calegari
DESY
Nanoscience
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Dr. Saša Bajt
DESY
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Prof. Dr. Alf Mews
Universität Hamburg
Infection and Structural Biology
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Prof. Dr. Chris Meier
Universität Hamburg
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Prof. Dr. Markus Glatzel
UKE
Accelerator Research
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Prof. Dr. Wim Leemans
DESY, Director of the Accelerator Division
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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hillert
Universität Hamburg
Theoretical Physics
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Prof. Dr. Volker Schomerus
DESY
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Prof. Dr. Michael Thorwart
Universität Hamburg
Education
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Prof. Dr. Daniela Pfannkuche
Spokesperson of the PIER Helmholtz Graduate School
Innovation
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Prof. Dr. Nils Huse
Universität Hamburg

PHGS Steering Committee

The PHGS Steering Committee decides on all matters concerning the operation of the PIER Helmholtz Graduate School.

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Prof. Dr. Daniela Pfannkuche
PHGS spokesperson (UHH)
Prof. Dr. Robin Santra
PHGS spokesperson (DESY)
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Stefanie Tepass
Leading coordinator PHGS
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Mirko Siemssen
Coordinator PHGS/PEP
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Ana Ventura Barroso
DOIT representative
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Niels Gießelmann
DOIT representative