TUD Young Investigators
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BENEFITS AND GOALS
The "TUD Young Investigator" status strengthens excellent, independent junior research group leaders by fostering their integration into the faculties and offering a qualification programme tailored to their particular needs.
The aim of this scheme is to counteract the structural disadvantages sometimes experienced by this group of researchers due to their lack of defined status and inadequate or nonexistent connection to a faculty.
Rights
The status is awarded for a limited time and includes and entails the following rights:
- Every "TUD Young Investigator" will be given a TUD university teacher as a mentor and direct contact,
- will be accepted by the faculty as an assessor and examiner in doctoral procedures, particularly with regard to the dissertations they (co-)supervise,
- will participate in teaching,
- will be integrated into their respective faculty, including the possibility to attend public parts of Faculty Council meetings as a guest,
- will get the opportunity to take part in a range of training individually designed to address the needs of academics in this qualification phase.
APPLICATION
Who can apply?
- Junior research group leaders with fixed-term contracts with the TU Dresden or a partner institution of the DRESDEN-concept
- with own budget and staff responsibility,
- who are academically independent and without affiliation to a professor,
- who heads a research group with at least two academics (excluding the head).
- In addition to a completed doctorate with a grade of at least very good, evidence of performance suitable for postdoctoral lecturer qualification is necessary.
How does the application process work?
(1) Approval of the Faculty
Making an application to the University’s Rectorial Board for the award of
TUD Young Investigator status requires the support of the respective Faculty.
To check the readiness of a Faculty of the TUD to admit someone as a Young Investigator, interested candidates should initially contact the respective Dean.
Application for the "TUD Young Investigator" status (Download)
Agreement with the Faculty (Download)
(2) Application to the University’s Governing Board
After approving the application, the faculty forwards all signed application documents with a statement from the Dean to the Rectorate of the TU Dresden.
Statement of the Faculty/Dean (Download)
(3) Application for extension of the TUD Young Investigator Status
The TUD Young Investigator Status is awarded for a limited period. It is linked to the duration as an independent junior research group leader or ends automatically with the departure from the TU Dresden or the appointment to a professorship.
An extension for a maximum of one additional year is only possible with
the agreement and written statement by the faculty.
Application for extension of the TUD Young Investigator Status
FAST FORWARD - QUALIFICATION PROGRAMME FOR TUD YOUNG INVESTIGATORS
The Qualification Program FAST FORWARD is exclusively designed for the needs
of academics in this qualification phase.
These workshops are an outstanding opportunity for TUD Young Investigators to get in contact with other excellent researchers to advance their projects and careers by growing their networks.
Next Modules
- Leadership in der Wissenschaft: Teams stimmig führen | September 2020
- Interdisciplinary Idea Development in the World of Projects | January 2021
Due to COVID 19 postponed until May 2021. - Berufungstraining/ Training Appointment Procedure (dt & en) | March/April 2021
We aim to tailor this program to your needs. In light of this, if you have suggestions or specific requests, please do not hesitate to contact us!
CONTACT

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TUD Young Investigators at a glance
School of Science
Faculty of Biology
DR MAREIKE ALBERT
DR MARKO BRANKATSCHK
DR MICHAEL HILLER
DR JÖRG MANSFELD
Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry
DR RENHAO DONG
DR TOBIAS A. F. KÖNIG
DR FRANZISKA LISSEL
DR JULIAN THIELE
DR JULIANE SIMMCHEN
Faculty of Physics
DR CARLO CANNISTRACI
DR ALIAKSEI CHARNUKHA
DR KATERINA FALK
DR ELISABETH FISCHER-FRIEDRICH
DR BENJAMIN FRIEDRICH
DR ION COSMA FULGA
DR JOHANNES GOOTH
DR OLEG JANSON
DR LUKAS JANSSEN
DR AXEL LUBK
DR TOBIAS MENG
DR ABHINAV SHARMA
DR HELMUT SCHULTHEISS
DR FRANK SIEGERT
School of Engineering Sciences
Faculty of Computer Science
DR FLORIAN JUG
DR CHRISTOPH ZECHNER
Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering
DR SASCHA HEITKAM
DR IGOR ZLOTNIKOV
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Environmental Science
DR MARTINA ARTMANN
DR ANETTE ELTNER
DR MARTA MARKIEWICZ
DR CATALIN STEFAN
School of Medicine
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
FORMER TUD YOUNG INVESTIGATORS
- PROF DR SIMON ALBERTI
Professor of Cellular Biochemistry
TU Dresden - DR CHRISTIAN BÖKEL
Philipps-Universität Marburg
- PROF DR LARS BORCHARDT
Professor for Inorganic Chemistry
Ruhr-University Bochum - PROF DR VOLKER BUSSKAMP
Professor for Degenerative Retinal Diseases
University of Bonn - JUN-PROF ILONA CROY
Head of Research Group neural markers
TU Dresden - PROF DR ÜNAL COSKUN
Paul-Langerhans-Institut Dresden (PLID) - PROF DR ANDRÉ ECKARDT
Professor for Theoretical Physics
TU Berlin - DR INGMAR GLAUCHE
Assistant Director at the Institute for Medical Informatics and Biometrics
TU Dresden - PROF DR DOMINIK KRAUS
Professor High Energy Density PhysicsUniversity of Rostock
- PROF DR MARKUS KRÖTZSCH
Professor for Knowledge-Based Systems
TU Dresden - JUN-PROF SANDER MÜNSTER
Juniorprofessor for Digital Humanities
Friedrich Schiller University Jena - PROF DR FRANK ORTMANN
Professor for Theoretical Methods in Spectroscopy
TU München -
PROF DR MICHAEL SCHLIERF
Professor for Molecular Biophysics
TU Dresden -
Assistant Professor for Experimental Biophysics
Kent State University (USA) - PROF STEPHAN SPEIER
Professor for Pancreatic Islet Physiology
TU Dresden