Support
The MGK-2DMs provides a variety of support offers that help the students individually in their respective stages of their doctoral research and planned career. In general, the support structures of the MGK includes competence courses, individual coachings, travel grants and scholarships.
Evidence of Achievments during the Doctoral Studies
The CRC1415 offers its doctoral students the possibility to receive 2 SWS credit for the participation in CRC-related events. Please navigate to the form Evidence of Achievements.pdf in order to prove your performance.
Scholarship
The MGK-2DMs offers scholarships for qualified doctoral researcher applicants who wish to begin their doctorate within the next few months on a MGK-relevant research topic and for whom a continuation within the CRC 1415 after the scholarship is planned. For further information check vacancies of the CRC 1415.
Travel Grants
The MGK-2DMs will support young researchers with travel grants that allows them to work for short period of time in a research group outside of Germany. The duration of such a visit will be 2-6 months and the hosting university or institute should be an international collaboration partner of the supervisor. To apply for a travel grant click here: MGK Travel Grant.pdf.
Reports from former grantees
M. Sc. Andrei Mitrofanov - University of Groningen, Netherlands: The research stay of Andrei Mitrofanov took place between 20th of March 2023 and 21st of April 2023 in the Group of Prof. Maria Antonietta Loi, University of Groningen, Netherlands. During the internship Andrei developed memristors with organic-inorganic halide perovskites — potential candidates for memory and neuromorphic computing applications. Together with Lijun Chen, doctoral researchers from the group, they found out that naphthalene-based perovskites, investigated in the laboratory in Dresden, are promising materials for memristors. Carefully selecting the structure, the researchers prepared the device with suitable electrical characteristics. The project will be continued in order to thoroughly characterize developed memristors. This internship allowed Andrei not only to expand his knowledge and expertise about halide perovskites and to learn new characterization techniques, but also to meet brilliant young and experienced scientist and expand his professional network.
Poster Prize
Once a year, within the frame of the annual MGK-2DMs workshop, the MGK-2DMs awards the three best scientific posters presented by our doctoral researchers:
2023
- Best student poster: M. Sc. Ankita De Teilprojekt A02 , "Manipulation of Covalent Organic Framework by Side Chain Functionalization – Towards Few Layer Nanosheets"
- Second best student poster:M. Sc. Andrei Mitrofanov Teilprojekt A08 "Multiple-Ring Aromatic Cations for Low-Dimensional Perovskites"
- Third best student poster: M. Sc. Mohammadreza Daqiqshirazi Teilprojekt C02 "The Influence of Stacking on Properties of Layered COFs"
2022
- Best student poster: M. Sc. Albrecht Wäntig Teilprojekt A01, "2D Conjugated Polymers for the Photoelectrochemical Oxidation of Nitrogen"
- Second best student poster: M. Sc. Suchetana Sarkar Teilprojekt B05, "Challenges in 2D On-Surface Synthesis: Experimental Perspective"
- Third best student poster: M. Sc. Ying-Ying Zhang Teilprojekt C06, "The Influence of Stacking on Properties of Layered COFs"
2021
- 1. Platz: M. Sc. Paula Kalenczuk Teilprojekt A03, "Soft-Template-Assisted On-Water Surface Synthesis of 2D Polymers"
- 2. Platz: M. Sc. Ankita De Teilprojekt A02, "Gas Adsorption Properties of Delaminated Layered 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks"
- 3. Platz: M. Sc. Friedrich Schwotzer Teilprojekt A04, "The Chemistry of 2D Metal-Organic Framework
Monolayers (MOFene)"
Thesis Prize
To reward the skills and efforts of excellent students after the defense of their doctoral thesis the MGK-2DMs offers an annual thesis prizse for the best thesis:
- Dr. Mai Lê Anh Teilprojekt A05, Thesis title "Chemical Exfoliation of Bismuth-Rich Weak 3D Topological Insulators"