The Marianne-Plehn-Program to support doctoral candidates in Bavaria /
Portraits
Here you will find portraits of current and former scholarship holders of the Mariane-Plehn-Program.
Simon Püschel & Luis Hott: „We also made new contacts and found ideas through the interdisciplinary exchange with outstanding early-career researchers.“
This June, the annual meeting of the Marianne Plehn Program took place in Herrsching on Lake Ammersee. The diverse agenda included workshops, a lecture on artificial intelligence, a science slam, and a visit to Andechs Monastery with a guided brewery tour. The two scholarship holders Simon Püschel und Luis Hott are sharing their report.
Paula Engelke: "Academic work is rarely straightforward and a good network is worth gold, especially when it comes to discussing your own progress and failures."
For Paula Engelke, the combination of a doctoral scholarship and a position as part of the Marianne-Plehn-Program (MPP) was a complete success. As a young mother of three children, however, reconciling her academic work with caring for her children was a particular challenge.
Julian Wienand: "It feels good to spark new research projects with interesting results"
The Marianne-Plehn-Program (MPP) enabled Julian Wienand to combine his experimental doctoral thesis with work in a theoretical research group at LMU Munich. He feels very much at home in the city, and not just because of the professional connections. In the final phase of his doctorate, he has not yet decided what to do next.