10 years of dynaMENT - Jubilee Event

Monday 1 Dec 2025, 09:00 → 17:00 Europe/Berlin

Bldg. 610 (HARBOR Lecture Hall)

Eileen Schwanold (PE (Personalentwicklung))

10 years of dynaMENT – let's celebrate, network, and inspire!

The dynaMENT mentoring program is turning 10 – and we want to celebrate with you! Look forward to a talks on funding, opportunities, exciting keynote speeches from mentors, and plenty of time to exchange ideas and network over lunch together.

As a special extra, a photographer will be on hand to take great portrait photos for our new alumni database – and you can of course use the pictures for your own private use if you participate.

The agenda is preliminary and will be updated:

Come along, bring your ideas and questions and celebrate 10 years of career advancement, mentoring and community building with us!

Please register until 9th of November 2025, ideally earlier, especially if you wish to give a role model talk.

Agenda

9:00 Welcome and Role Model Talk by Prof. Dr. Beate Heinemann, DESY Director 

Coffee break

9:45 Prof. Dr. Arwen Pearson

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 Dr. rer. nat. Umilaela Arifin

11:45 – 12:30 Exchange Forum 

Lunch Break

14:00 How to acquire research funding Prof. Dr. Daria Gorelova & Dr. Irene Fernandez-Cuesta + 30 minutes for individual exchanges with the speakers

15:00 Coffee, Photos and Goodbye 

 

10 Years Jubilee dynaMENT Photo Session
Date	01-Dec-25	HARBOR Lecture Hall Bldg. 610
No	Timeslot	Name
1	15:00:00	Nahid Ghodrati
2	15:05:00	Marietta Sandkamp-Kaspers
3	15:10:00	Fatemeh Sadeghi
4	15:15:00	Toni Luise Meister
5	15:20:00	Antonia Freibert
6	15:25:00	Sara Dörken
7	15:30:00	Glaucia Herzer
8	15:35:00	Rixa Köhn
9	15:40:00	Katharina Meyer
10	15:45:00	Anya Duttmann
11	15:50:00	Charlotte Kriebel
12	15:55:00	Luisa Lucie-Smith
13	16:00:00	Umilaela Arifin
14	16:05:00	Pardis Niknejadi
15	16:10:00	Freya Blekman
16	16:15:00	Noenne Prisle
17	16:20:00	Isabella Oceano
18	16:25:00	Ana Rita Alves Andrade
19	16:30:00	Mariana Pigozzi Cali

 

 

10 Years Jubilee dynaMENT Photo Session
Date	03-Dec-25	HARBOR Lecture Hall Bldg. 610
No	Timeslot	Name
1	14:30:00	Cecilia Zito
2	14:40:00	Heshmat Noei
3	14:50:00	Hope Bretscher
4	15:00:00	Judita Beinortaitė
5	15:10:00	Wanda Vossius
6	15:20:00	Lea Preece
7	15:30:00	Marleen Maxton
8	15:40:00	Jessica Harich
9	15:50:00	Shan Liu
10	16:00:00	Mona Kohantorabi
11	16:10:00	CHAITALI SOW
12	16:20:00	Valerija Music
13	16:30:00	Sadia Bari
14	16:40:00	Fiona Ann Jolly
15	16:50:00	Dorothee Herrmann
16	17:00:00	Lian Belgardt
17	17:10:00	Anne Creon

 

 

 

 

09:00 → 09:45 Welcome and Role Model Talk with Prof. Dr. Beate Heinemann, DESY Director

09:45 → 10:30 Role Model Talk Prof. Dr. Arwen Pearson

Building effective, collaborative research spaces, a personal journey
What makes a good research environment? In this talk I will present some personal reminisces and lessons learned over my career from PhD student to Professor, highlighting things that, in my opinion, are useful and effective in creating research spaces where ideas and peoples thrive and produce great science.

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 11:45 Role Model Talk Dr. rer. nat. Umilaela Arifin

3B for planning your career moving forward

Pursuing career in academia (e.g., in Germany) is a long and competitive route, especially to reach a permanent position in science (i.e., Professorship). Thus, it can be daunting for everyone who is walking in this path, especially for females and in their early career path. It can even be more daunting for female researchers who come from other countries to Germany. Various challenges (external or internal), like unfamiliarity and culturally different systems, personal and family limitations, including language would not be easy to navigate. In light of the 10th anniversary of dynaMENT, I would like to take this opportunity to share some tips that will help you better prepare your career plan for the future, especially if you are an international scholar aiming to become a Professor in Germany.

11:45 → 12:30 Exchange Forum

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 → 15:30 How to acquire research funding with Prof. Dr. Daria Gorelova and Dr. Irene Fernandez-Cuesta

Prof: Gorelova: I am going to share my experience of securing funding for a junior research group. I will offer advice on how to prepare an application and how to stay motivated while doing so.

Dr. Fernandez-Cuesta: Lessons learned from applying for different grants in my career, a special focus will be on EU funding.

15:30 → 16:30 Coffee, Photos and Goodbye