Meet a Science Manager @ Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex SystemsIn-Person Event

Thursday Oct 30, 2025, 9:00 AM → 12:00 PM Europe/Berlin

Nöthnitzer Straße 38, 01187 Dresden

What does it take to welcome over 400 international guest scientists each year? How are workshops, seminars, and research stays at MPIPKS made possible? Gain first-hand insights into the diverse and complex tasks behind the scenes from the head of the MPIPKS visitors program, Dr. Pablo Pérez Martín (former doctoral researcher at HZDR).

From visa and residence permit support to housing, schools, daycare, language courses, and dealing with German bureaucracy – the team at the visitors program ensures that guest scientists can fully focus on their research. They coordinate stays for researchers at all academic levels, from doctoral researchers to senior scientists on sabbatical, and help run more than 15 scientific events each year.

He will be joined by Panos Giannakeas, coordinator of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Quantum Dynamics and Control hosted at MPIPKS. The IMPRS has strong links to other Dresden institutes as well as to institutions in Wroclaw (Poland) and Prague (Czech Republic) and supports about 60 students based in groups in these partner institutions. The students not only have the chance to conduct research on the fields of Atomic and Chemical Physics, Condensed Matter, Information Science and Quantum Optics at a cutting-edge level, but also receive support through seminars, workshops, lecture courses and soft skills training. And Panos coordinates all this activity while also still conducting his own research and embarking on his own scientific projects.

Do not miss your chance to discover the inner workings of science support at MPIPKS!

 

Please register until October 20, 2025 the latest.

Please note: 

• English will be used throughout the @MPIPKS visit.
• There are 15 spaces available. First come, first served. A waiting list is possible. 
• After your registration, you will receive a confirmation via e-mail.
• You will receive the specific meeting point (address) shortly before the event. 
• You need to organize the journey to and from the institution on your own.
• You have registered and are now unable to take part due to unforeseen events? Please let us know as soon as possible so that we can give others on the waiting list the opportunity to take part.

 

+++With this format, we want to give you the opportunity to get to know local institutions in the field of science management. Get in touch with former postdocs and doctoral researchers and find out how the transition from academia to science management took place and what a science manager does.+++