MPIA-Alumni
Leaving Max Planck Intitute for Astronomy – staying connected
1st MPIA-Alumni Event (Review)
The 1st MPIA Alumni Day took place at the House of Astronomy (HdA) on the MPIA campus on 28th April 2023.
We were delighted to welcome almost 60 participants from all over Germany and Switzerland to the HdA Lecture Hall. Among the participants were about 20 Alumni, joined by 25 PhD/Postdocs und 15 staff members.
With this event, we wanted to present different career paths beyond science because most of the former MPIA PhD and Postdocs work in industry (58%). Our aim was to connect the participants and to give them security in a general way by showing them all kind of different job opportunities they may have never thought of in the first place.
Therefore, the program included five excellent talks with very different focal points. The topics ranged from data science, software development over company start-up grant support until the work and life of a patent attorney giving detailed insight in the life and work beyond academia.
The different CVs of the speakers were very interesting and really impressive. They opened up different job perspectives and working possibilities regarding a career outside academia. For example, it was surprising to learn that many former astronomers work for a German based multinational building materials company.
At the end of each talk, there was also enough time for questions by the audience. Apart from that, there was the possibility to pass questions to the organizers and speakers in advance as well. In addition, both lunch and coffee breaks offered much time and opportunity for individual discussions with the Alumni and for further personal and/or professional exchange.
Finally, we would like to thank everyone who made this event possible. We are already looking forward to the 2nd MPIA Alumni Day. Stay tuned.
SPEAKER: Viki Joergens, Lucia Klarmann, Jan Rybizki, Markus Schmalzl, Yuan Wang
Who becomes a MPIA-Alumni?
All former scientific staff members, doctoral students, PostDocs and Professors with a duration of stay of one year or more count as our MPIA-Alumni.
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MPIA-Alumni Overview
The MPIA-Alumni entries are continuously updated and supplemented. If you have any questions or comments regarding the entries, please get in touch via alumni@mpia.de. Thank you very much.
Alumni PSF
Name
Dr. Angela Adamo
Former Position: Postdoc
Tunde Aluko
Former Position: Master student
Prof. Dr. Daniel Apai
Former Position: Postdoc
Marcelo Barraza Alfaro
Former Position: PhD student
Patrick Barth
Former Position: Master student
Prof. Dr. Amelia Bayo
Former Position: Postdoc
Camille Bergez-Casalou
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Gesa Bertrang
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Asmita Bhandare
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Beth Biller
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Tilman Birnstiel
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Francesco Biscani
Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Joseph Carson
Former Position: Postdoc
Claudia Danti
Former Position: Master student
Timmy Delage
Former Position: PhD student
Célia Desgrange
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Siddhant Deshmukh
Former Position: Postdoc
Nils Dohrmann
Former Position: Master student
Prof. Dr. Cornelis Dullemond
Former Position: Postdoc
Mark Eberlein
Former Position: Master student
Carlos Eiroa
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Christian Eistrup
Former Position: Postdoc
Abubakar Fadul
Visiting scientist
Prof. Dr. Cassandra Fallscheer
Former Position: Postdoc
Moritz Fischer
Former Position: Master student
Lizxandra Flores
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Riccardo Franceschi
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Daniele Fulvio
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Matías Gárate
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Antonio Garufi
Postdoc
Kostantin Gerbig
Former Position: Master student
Prof. Dr. Bertrand Goldman
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Christine Maria Greif (Köpferl)
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Joseph Harrington
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Jiao He
Former Position: Postdoc
Philipp Herz
Former Position: Master student
Stefan Hippler
Scientific Staff
Dr. Melissa Hobson
Former Position: Postdoc
Philipp Hottinger
Former Position: Master student
Zoltan Hubert
Former Position: Postdoc
León-Alexander Hühn
Former Position: Master student
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Huisken
Emeriti
Prof. Dr. Markus Janson
Former Position: Postdoc
PD Dr. Viki Joergens
Former position: Research group leader
Prof. Dr. Anders Johansen
Former Position: Postdoc
Andres Jordan
Long-Term Guests
Prof. Dr. Jouni Kainulainen
Former Position: Postdoc
David Kalb
Former Position: Master student
Prof. Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Stephan Kellner
Former Position: PhD student
Jonas Kemmer
Former Position: Master student
Diana Kossakowski
Former Position: PhD student
Sabrina Kräh
Former Position: PhD student
Prof. Dr. Rolf Kuiper
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Christoph Leinert
Emeriti
Dr. Dietrich Lemke
Emeriti
Dr. Rainer Lenzen
Emeriti
Prof. Dr. Hua-Bai Li
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Shanghuo Li
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Jingyi Mah
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Luigi Mancini
Former Position: Postdoc
Natascha Manger
Former Position: PhD student
Sam Matthews
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Johannes Meyer
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Tobias Moldenhauer
Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Christoph Mordasini
Former Position: Postdoc
Dhruv Muley
Former Position: PhD student
Jonas Müller
Former Position: Master student
Dr. Reinhard Mundt
Emeriti
Prof. Dr. Ilaria Pascucci
Former Position: Postdoc
Thomas Pfeil
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Gabriele Pichierri
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Alexey Potapov
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Sascha P. Quanz
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Sara Rezaeikhosbakht
Former Position: Postdoc
Giulia Ricciardi
Former Position: Master student
Miriam Sawczuck
Former Position: Master student
Tobias Schierhuber
Former Position: Master student
Martin Schlecker
Former Position: Postdoc
Matthäus Schulik
Former Position: Master student
Prof. Dr. Aurora Sicilia-Aguilar
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Grigorii Smirnov-Pinchukov
Former Position: PhD student
Jochen Stadler
Former Position: Master student
Marie Steinmeyer
Former Position: Master student
Prof. Dr. Amy Stutz
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Jonas Syed
Former Position: PhD student
Jesper Tjoa
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Trifon Trifonov
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Takahiro Ueda
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Sierk van Terwisga
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Oliver Völkel
Former Position: Postdoc, Visiting scientist
Soo May Wee
Former Position: Master student
Kim Weisskopf
Former Position: Master student
Jiao Wenyu
Former Position: PhD student
Maria Wöllert
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Olga Zakhozhay
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Meng Zhai
Former Position: Postdoc
Chuan-Peng Zhang
Former Position: Postdoc
Daniel Ziegler
Master Student
Alumni GC
Name
Mayte Alfaro
Former Position: PhD student
Liyualem Ambachew
Former Position: Master student
Irham Andika
Former Position: PhD student
Prof. Dr. Eric F. Bell
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Frank Bigiel
Former Position: Postdoc
Alina Böcker
Former Position: PhD student
Alberto Bolatto
Former Position: Visiting scientist
Dr. Leindert Boogaard
Former Position: Postdoc
Felix Bosco
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Andreas Burkert
Former position: Research group leader
Gabriela Calistro
Former Position: Master student
Prof. Dr. John Cannon
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Tristan Cantat-Gaudin
Postdoc
Dr. Urmila Chadayammuri
Former Position: PhD student
Prof. Dr. Michelle Collins
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Elena D'Onghia
Former Position: Postdoc
Florian Dedieu
Former Position: Master student
Prof. Dr. Walter Dehnen
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Thavisha Dharmawardena
Former Position: Postdoc
Simona Di Stefano
Former Position: Master student
Ravi Pratap Dubey
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Lukas Eisert
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Christoph Engler
Former Position: Postdoc
Katja Fahrion
Former Position: Master student
Dr. Anja Feldmeier-Krause
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Fabo Feng
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Carl Ferkinhoff
Former Position: Postdoc
Patrick Fopp
Former Position: Master student
Qiang Fu
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Verena Fürnkranz
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Prakash Gaikwad
Former Position: Postdoc
Dennis Gaßmann
Former Position: Master student
Sarah Gebruers
Former Position: PhD student
Matthew Gent
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Soumavo Ghosh
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Eva K. Grebel
Former position: Research group leader
Dr. Matthew Green
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Thomas Greve
Former Position: Postdoc
Yanjun Guo
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Melanie Habouzit
Former Position: Postdoc
Lia Hankla
Former Position: Master student
Dr. Camilla Hansen
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Robert Harris
Former Position: Postdoc
Theiss Heikler
Former Position: Master student
André Heining
Former Position: PhD student
Prof. Dr. Fabian Heitsch
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Joe Hennawi
Former position: Research group leader
Prof. Dr. Catherine Heymans
Former Position: Postdoc
Anna Ho
Former Position: Master student
Prof. Dr. Jacqueline Hodge
Former Position: Postdoc
Noa Hoffmann
Former Position: Master student
Prof. Dr. Annie Hughes
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Emily Hunt
Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Ibata
Former Position: Postdoc
Jacob Isbell
Former Position: PhD student
Zofia Kaczmarek
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Nadiia Kallweit-Pulatova
Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Xi Kang
Former Position: Postdoc
Anastasiya Kapinskaya
Former Position: Master student
Prof. Dr. Sadegh Khochfar
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Yana Khusanova
Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Sladjana Knezevic
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Sergey Koposov
Former Position: Postdoc
Markus Kuhlberg
Former Position: PhD student
Prof. Dr. Girish Kulkarni
Former Position: Postdoc
Shalini Kurinchi-Vendhan
Master Student
Prof. Dr. Lucas Labadie
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Khee-Gan Lee
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Adam Leroy
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Joseph Lewis
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Jianhui Lian
Postdoc
Dr. Karin Lind
Former position: Research group leader
Dr. Mariya Lyubenova
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Andrea Macciò
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Khyati Malhan
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Marie Martig
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Nicolas Martin
Former Position: Postdoc
Paul Mercatoris
Master Student
Dr. Romain Meyer
Former Position: Postdoc
Sophia Milanov
Former Position: Master student
Silvia Almada Monter
Former Position: Master student
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Naab
Former Position: Postdoc
Fahad Nasir
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Melissa Ness
Former Position: Postdoc
Maria-Selina Nitschai
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Francisco Nogueras Lara
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Mark Norris
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Jorge Penarrubia
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Laura Pentericci
Former Position: Postdoc
Saavidra Perera
Postdoc
Ismael Pessa
Former Position: Postdoc
Arianna Picotti
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Francesca Pinna
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Oliver Porth
Former Position: Postdoc
Marine Prunier
Former Position: PhD student
Prof. Dr. Miguel Querejeta
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Roberto Ragazzoni
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Sofia Rojas-Ruiz
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Helene Roussel
Former Position: Postdoc
Joel Sanchez
Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Karin Sandstrom
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Mark Sargent
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Marc Sarzi
Former Position: Postdoc
Maximilian Sasserath
Former Position: Master student
Natascha Sattler
Former Position: Master student
Prof. Dr. Dominik Schleicher
Former Position: Postdoc
Rebekka Schupp
Former Position: Master student
Luzian Rhys Seeburger
PhD Student
Dr. Gregor Seidel
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Adrianne Slyz
Former Position: Postdoc
Irina Smirnova-Pinchukova
Former Position: PhD student
Kester Smith
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Matthew Smith
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Vernesa Smolcic
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Rachel Somerville
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Diego Sotillo Ramos
Former Position: PhD student
Prof. Dr. Fatemeh Tabatabei
Former Position: Postdoc
Haijun Tian
Former Position: Postdoc
Neven Tomicic
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Nhut Xuan Truong
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Glenn van de Ven
Former position: Research group leader
Prof. Dr. Frank C. van den Bosch
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Jakob Walcher
Former Position: Postdoc
Rainer Weinberger
Former Position: Master student
Dr. Nico Winkel
Postdoc
Dr. Jennifer Wojno
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Maosheng Xiang
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Xiangxiang Xue
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Eleonora Zari
Former Position: Postdoc
Bingqing Zhang
Former Position: PhD student
Ruoyi Zhang
Former Position: PhD student
Zehao Zhong
Former Position: PhD student
Prof. Dr. Ling Zhu
Former Position: Postdoc
Prof. Dr. Daniel Zucker
Former Position: Postdoc
Alumni APEx
Name
Dr. Ludmila Carone
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Jason Dittmann
Former Position: Postdoc
Jiachen Liu
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Evert Nasedkin
Former Position: PhD student
Dr. Maria Steinrück
Former Position: Postdoc
Dr. Luo Xiang
Postdoc
Sebastian Zieba
Former Position: PhD student