Venue: online via Zoom
Date: 5 November 2021
Note: The number of places for the round tables is limited, and the allocation of the available places follows the "first come, first served" principle. Your registration is pending until the final confirmation from the organisers, which will be e-mailed to you after the end of the registration deadline .
MORNING SESSION I. 9:30 - 11:15
Florian Käckenmeister & Ralf Probst, Hamburg Welcome Center (HWC), City of Hamburg: 9:30 - 10:30: Hamburg Welcome Center – Special offers for doctoral candidates
Ralf Probst coordinates the services of the municipal service providers and the Federal Ministry of Labour, Social, Family Affairs and Integration within the Hamburg Welcome Center (HWC). He worked for several years in a similar position in the predecessor program "W.I.R - Work and Integration for Refugees" and has thus already gained a lot of experience in integration work. One focus of his work is the cross-agency and cross-partner alignment of the various counseling and service offerings at the HWC.
Florian Käckenmester heads the department "Hamburg Welcome Center for Professionals" of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Sports, which is locally and structurally integrated into the Hamburg Welcome Center (HWC). There he is responsible for the topics of entry and residence, especially of professionals and their families. As project manager of the Interior Department, he was previously jointly responsible for setting up the HWC and integrating the structures of the foreigners authorities. In addition, he is part of the overall coordination of the HWC.
Meike Ruhnau, Human Resources Department, Universität Hamburg, 10:45 - 11:15: "Fantastic Competencies and Where to Find Them"
Skills, competencies and abilities achieved in scientific work and applicable in a broad range of career paths are sometimes a miraculous wonder or a hidden box of unused materials. Many researchers wonder what skills they achieved during their work in science, apart from the scientific ones. We will have a look at what skills you gained but did not know about and what the Universität Hamburg offers to expand those or add additional ones.
COFFEEBREAK, 11:15 - 11:30
ROUND TABLE SESSION III, 11:30 - 12:30
Industry: Guido Cioni, AIRBUS
Dr. Guido Cioni currently works as a Data Scientist at Airbus. After completing his Master degree in Atmospheric Physics at the University of Bologna (Italy), he moved to Hamburg for his PhD studies in the atmosphere department of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology under the supervision of PD Dr. Hohenegger. He completed his PhD on large Eddy simulations of land atmosphere interactions in 2018. Following a brief period of postdoctoral research, in which he worked as scientific coordinator in the hdcp2 project, he decided to leave the academic world and started working as Data Scientist for Airbus. His interests range from physics to atmospheric physics, meteorology, computer science and data science.
Science | Professorship: Janpeter Schilling, Universität Koblenz-Landau:
Prof. Jan Peter Schilling is the Scientific Director of the Peace Academy Rhineland-Palatinate. He also holds a Klaus Töpfer Junior Professorship for Landuse Conflicts at the University of Koblenz-Landau. He received his PhD in Geography in 2012 from Universität Hamburg and has worked at various universities and peacebuilding organizations in Hamburg, Berlin, London and New York.
Data Science: Fabio Covito, HQS Quantum Simulations:
Dr. Fabio Covito currently works as a Many-Body Theory Specialist at HQS Quantum Simulations GmbH. After completing his Master degree in Physics at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata", he moved to Hamburg for his PhD studies in the theory department of the Max Planck Institute for Structure and Dynamics of Matter under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Angel Rubio. He completed his PhD on non-equilibrium carrier dynamics in 2020. Following a few months of postdoctoral research, he decided to leave the academic world and worked as a Data Scientist at SimCog Technologies GmbH before starting his current occupation.
Non-profit: Armine Juergenliemk, World Bank:
Armine Juergenliemk graduated from Universität Hamburg in 2013. After completing her doctorate in the area of soil sciences, Armine worked at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome and New York City as an advisor for climate change and natural resources management. She then moved with her husband and her two children to Washington D.C. where she works at the Workd Bank. Armine's work predominantly focuses on rural develpment, climate-smart and digital agri-food systems.
Science: Navin Lal, TPC Leadership
Dr. Thomas Navin Lal, Managing Director of TPC Leaderhip Germany, acquired a diploma in mathematics and a doctorate in neuroscience (Brain.Computer Interface). After 7 years of working as a consultant and project leader at BCG he turned towards training and coacing and became a DCV and IF certified coach, certified user of psychometric instruments MBTI and DiSC and obtained a license to practice psychotherapy. He also co-authored the book 'Conslting Survival Guide'. Over the last 8 years he has trained 5.000 + participantts on consulting skills or leadership topics and has coached over 1.000 individuals. He was a partner of the training and coaching company Mind The Gap until 2021 and is currently the managing director and partner of TPC Leadership Germany, which is part of a global coaching company that helps leaders across a wide range of industries and sectors around the world inspire and deliver results in their organisations. More info: https://tpcleadership.com/
Career orientation: Meike Ruhnau, Human Resources, Universität Hamburg
In this group, you will do an exercise on how to “find” the skillset that you achieved during your research. Meike Ruhnau from the Human Resources Development department will guide you through your search.
LUNCH BREAK, 12:30 - 14:00
ROUND TABLE SESSION IV, 14:00 - 15:00
Industry: Matthias Bittner, StatSoft:
Dr. Matthias Bittner currently works as a Data Scientist and Trainer at StatSoft Europe GmbH. After finishing his Diploma in Meteorology at the Universität Hamburg, he started his PhD studies at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) in the AES department under the supervision of Dr. Hauke Schmidt and Dr. Claudia Timmreck in 2012. In 2015, he completed his PhD on the dynamical response of the NH winter climate to large volcanic eruptions. Afterwards, he worked as the local scientific coordinator of the CMIP5 project at the MPI-M until 2019, when he decided to leave the academic world and started his current occupation.
Science Communication: Michael Büker, freelancer
Michael Büker has worked in science communication since his graduation in physics in 2012. He is part of one of Germany's most popular physics podcasts, writes books and articles about physics, astronomy and spaceflight and has appeared on numerous radio and TV programs: https://www.michael-bueker.de/
Business: Jenny Hohagen, KWHC Marketing:
Jenny Hohaben is a Medical Content Manager at KWHC, improves health and wellbeing by empowering decision-making. She creates medical education content for pharmaceutical companies, journals and others. The continuous evaluation of scientific progress as well as product information processing are at the core of her daily work. Jennifer is a developmental and evolutionary biologist by training; she studied biology in Oldenburg and Hannover, and received her doctorate from the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
Public administration: Tilman Seidel, City of Hamburg, Senate Office:
Dr. Tilman Seidel finished his mathematics studies with diploma in 2004. He then worked on his doctoral thesis about microscopic traffic simulation models for Prof. Ingenuin Gasser at University of Hamburg. Following this he was employed at Hamburg Port Consulting as a simulation consultant for two years and then changed to Lufthansa Technik, where he was responsible for mathematical models in material planning. From there on he developed as a project manager running different kind of projects for the company. Since 2019 he has been working for the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and is currently leading a corporation project between 15 federal states in fields of digitization.
Consulting: Constantin Muranaka, d-fine GmbH:
Dr. Constantin Muranaka was a doctoral student of theoretical and mathematical physics at PIER and GRK 1790 of the University of Hamburg. After leaving academia, he started working in the consulting business @ d-fine GmbH, a European consulting firm which, by means of scientifically minded employees, provides innovative and future-proof solutions through sustainable technological implementation. As Manager at d-fine, he now works with customers in the banking industry to provide financial services, mainly focusing on financial and sustainability accounting, regulatory reporting and financial controlling. More info: https://www.d-fine.com/en/
COFFEE BREAK, 15:00 - 15:30
ROUND TABLE SESSION V, 15:30 - 16:30
Science: Florian Ziemen, DKRZ:
Dr. Florian Ziemen works in the applications department of the German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ). He is Scientific Programme Manager for the EU H2020 project ESiWACE2, improves tools for visualization of high-resolution climate data, and supports high-resolution climate simulations and the DYAMOND model intercomparison. He did his PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), where he studied Heinrich events in coupled ice sheet - climate simulations. After Post-doc stays at MPI-M, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung and MPI-M again, he moved on to his current position in science support.
Science | Professorship: Francesca Calegari, Universität Hamburg and DESY
Francesca Calegari received her Ph.D. from Politecnico di Milano in 2009. After a postdoc and an Adjunct professorship of physics, she became a Visiting Scientist at MPSD, Hamburg, Germany, in 2014. The same year she was awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant to investigate the role of the electron dynamics in the photochemistry of biomolecules. F. Calegari won several prizes, i.e. the ICO prize and the Ernst Abbe medal Zdenek Herman MOLEC Young Scientist Prize. Since 2016, she has been appointed Full Professor of Physics at the University of Hamburg and Leading Scientist at DESY where she leads the Attosecond Science Division. She is member of a number of international committees and editor for the peer-reviewed journal JPhys Photonics, IOP. The main focus of her research is to track and ideally control in real time the electron dynamics occurring in systems with increasing complexity from simple molecules to molecules of biological interest and nanostructured materials.
Data Science: Christian Daneke, Dataport:
Dr. Christian Daneke finished his PhD in 2013 at Universität Hamburg at the Institute of Geography. He managed to carry his knowledge in Geoinformatics into the IT-Consulting world. Christian Daneke started working at Dataport AöR in 2014, an IT-Service provider and consulting firm located in Hamburg Germany. He is consulting Landes- and Bundesbehörden on how design and run Geoinformation-Systems, for example Rettungsleitstellen (Ambulance control centers).
Science and Science Management, Axel Lindner, DESY:
Dr. Axel Lindner is a particle physicist and former science manager at DESY. He initially concentrated on data analysis and detector development, later he switched to astroparticle physics, where he focused on the investigation of "air showers" caused by high-energy cosmic radiation. As a science manager, Axel took over the coordination of the research funding of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in the fields of particle and astroparticle physics. He then managed the directorate office at DESY and developed it into a staff unit with strategic responsibilities. In parallel, Axel has pushed for novel particle physics experiments: He led the ALPS I experiment (2007-2010), is currently spokesman for the ALPS II collaboration, whose experiment is currently being developed at DESY, and is also involved in the planned IAXO axion solar telescope and the dark matter experiment MADMAX.
