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juelich_chances: A platform for students and doctoral researchers
Undergraduates, postgraduates, and doctoral researchers make use of the opportunities Jülich offers them. They obtain scholarships, ably present data from their doctoral projects, and meet Nobel laureates. Forschungszentrum Jülich also appeals to students and young researchers from abroad, as was highlighted again by the number of people attending summer schools and scholarship programmes in 2015.
Invitation to Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau Early-career scientists only receive the opportunity once in a lifetime to go to the Nobel Laureate Meeting in Landau, which Nobel Prize winners from all over the world attend. Three excellent young women researchers from Jülich were selected for this meeting in 2015: Nina Siebers from the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Dr. Saltanat Sadykova from the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, and Yulia Arini cheva from the Institute of Energy and Climate Research. From 28 June to 3 July 2015, Sadykova and Arinicheva attended the 65th meeting of Nobel Prize winners, which aims to provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge and experiences among various cultures and different gen-
erations. For both of them, it was a special time with many lasting impressions and new contacts all over the world. Yulia Arinicheva will continue to gain further international experience, as she successfully applied for a scholarship for a research project with the University of Bergen as part of the E.ON Stipendienfonds foundation’s German–Norwegian “Energy Sciences” programme. She is researching possible applications of rare earth orthophosphates for sustainable energy technologies.
HITEC presents 2015 Communicator Awards The Communicator Award handed out by the Helmholtz Graduate School in Energy and Climate Research (HITEC) at Forschungszentrum Jülich focuses on not only conducting excellent research but also presenting the results in a compre-
hensible manner. Three doctoral researchers were able to convince HITEC’s international Advisory Board in spring 2015. First prize (€ 1,500) went to Patrick Niehoff for his presentation on ceramic membranes for energy-efficient oxygen separation, while second place (€ 1,000) was taken by Cheng Wu for her work in the field of tropospheric research, and third place (€ 500) was awarded to Bugra Turan from Jülich’s Institute of Photovoltaics. The HITEC graduate school was successfully re-audited by a panel of international experts in 2015.
Excellent doctoral research In June 2015, Forschungszentrum Jülich bid farewell to 42 doctoral researchers during the “JuDocs 2015 – Karriere made in Jülich” ceremony. Chairman of the Board of Directors Prof. Wolfgang Marquardt reserved special recognition for the doctoral theses of four young re-
It was a very inspiring experience to see scientific pioneers up close and get a sense of the infinite curiosity and passion for science at the Nobel Laureate Meeting. Yulia Arinicheva | Institute of Energy and Climate Research
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Yulia Arinicheva – fellow of the “Energy Sciences” programme
Forschungszentrum Jülich Annual Report 2015