Visiting Scientist Program

We host professors from other institutes around the world via our Guest Professor Program, with the goal of developing and strengthening international research collaboration. To further enhance information exchange, many of the guest professors share a joint postdoc with a Microverse professor.

Early stage researchers are welcomed to Jena via our Scientist Exchange Program (more information at the bottom of the page). We welcome applications from incoming and outgoing early career stage scientists who want to build collaborations between the Microverse Cluster and external research programs.

Teaser: Davenport Emily

Emily Davenport

Microverse Guest Professor

Professor in the Department of Biology at Penn State, USA
Microverse partner: TBD

Teaser: Heinze Beatrix

Beatrix Heinze

Microverse Scientist Exchange Program

PhD Student at Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

Microverse Partner: Susan Trumbore

Teaser: Rathinam Vijay

Vijay Rathinam

Microverse Guest Professor

Professor of Immunology at UConn Health, USA
Microverse partner: Michael Bauer
Postdoc: Victor Fraile Agrenda

Teaser: Shade Ashely

Ashley Shade

Microverse Guest Professor

Director of Research with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France
Microverse partner: TBD

Teaser: Sillen Mart

Mart Sillen

Microverse Scientist Exchange Program

PhD student in Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology at KU Leuven in Leuven, Belgium
Microverse partner: Mark Gresnigt

Teaser: Soares Miguel

Miguel Soares

Microverse Guest Professor

Leader of the Inflammation Group at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Portugal
Microverse partner: Michael Bauer
Postdoc: Elisa Jentho

Teaser: Sullivan Matthew

Matthew Sullivan

Microverse Guest Professor

Professor of Microbiology and Director for the Center of Microbiome Science at Ohio State University, USA
Microverse partner: Kirsten Küsel
Postdoc: TBD

Teaser: Ziegler Mathias

Mathias Ziegler

Microverse Guest Professor

Professor in the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Bergen, Norway
Microverse partner: Axel Brakhage

Scientist Exchange

Interdisciplinary and international collaboration is the way forward in science. We provide funds for our Microverse members to visit other labs outside of Germany for short to medium length research stays, and invite outside researchers likewise to Jena. The purpose of these stays can be to establish or continue a collaboration, use a specific instrument or technique, or obtain training.

Microverse members who would like to apply for funds can find more information in the member restricted Intranet. Outside researchers whose work compliments that of the Microverse and would like to come to Jena are encouraged to contact Microverse group leaders with a short proposal.

Further questions can be addressed to contact@microverse-cluster.de - use the subject heading Scientist Exchange Funds.