What our Employees say

What’s it like to work at Forschungszentrum Jülich? What topics do our colleagues deal with? What is their everyday working life like? What makes working at the research centre special for them? You can find answers to these and other questions in the following videos and interviews. Our employees give you exciting and varied insights into different areas of activity and positions at Forschungszentrum Jülich!

Videos

Director of the Institute of Energy and Climate Research

Prof. Dr Ruth Schwaiger heads the Institute of Energy and Climate Research - Microstructure and Properties of Materials (IEK-2) at Forschungszentrum Jülich and is also a professor at RWTH Aachen University. Find out how this works, what tasks she takes on as part of these two functions and what she particularly enjoys about her work in the video.

Research Data Manager in Energy and Climate Research

Dr Patrick Kuckertz is a research data manager at the Institute of Energy and Climate Research - Techno-Economic Systems Analysis. In the video, he provides insights into his everyday life as an IT specialist and explains the importance of the supercomputers at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre for his work.

Group Leader in Neuroscience

Prof. Dr Sarah Genon is a group leader at the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine - Brain and Behaviour. Learn more in the video about her everyday work in brain research, why diversity in science is of great importance to her and what she particularly appreciates about the collaboration within her team.

Science Manager in Plant Research

Katrin Spoth is the Science Manager at the Institute of Biosciences and Geosciences - Plant Sciences. In the video, you can learn more about her diverse tasks in science management, the structural change initiative BioökonomieREVIER and the technologies used in plant research.

Women in Quantum Computing

The research field of quantum computing is growing rapidly and there is still much to discover and learn. With this video, we would like to get women in particular excited about this fascinating topic and encourage them to join us!

Project Engineer

Dr Romuald Hanslik is a Project Engineer at the Jülich Central Institute for Engineering, Electronics and Analytics. He has a PhD in engineering and technology and oversees unique custom instrumentation for cutting-edge research.

Group Leader in Neuroscience

Prof. Dr Markus Axer is a Group Leader at the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine. He and his team are researching the structure of the human brain and discovering things that have never been described before. The goal: to better understand diseases such as Alzheimer's dementia in the long term.

Anna Lührs

Anna Lührs reports on her dual studies at Aachen University of Applied Sciences with training at Forschungszentrum Jülich. Today, as a research associate at the Supercomputing Centre, she develops software for neuroscience.

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Interviews

Prof. Dr. Silvia Daun: Group Leader in Neuroscience

Prof. Dr. Silvia Daun heads a research group at the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine - Cognitive Neuroscience (INM-3) at Forschungszentrum Jülich, is Deputy Institute Director and also a professor at the University of Cologne.

Doctoral Researcher in Quantum Nanoscience

Abhisek Kole is a doctoral researcher at the Peter Grünberg Institute - Quantum Nanoscience (PGI-3). As part of his PhD, he is investigating Majorana-bound states through scanning tunneling probes, and is particularly interested in the fabrication of nanodevices.

André Zambanini

Dr André Zambanini heads the hardware development team at the Central Institute of Engineering, Electronics and Analytics, where he develops digital circuits for system-on-chip solutions.

Transformation Manager in Plant Research

Dr Christian Klar is part of the management team at the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences - Plant Research. He heads the coordination office of the BioökonomieREVIER structural transformation initiative and works with his team to build a biobased economy in the Rhenish Mining Area.

JARA press officer

Sabine Clemens is press officer at the Jülich Aachen Research Alliance (JARA) - a unique partnership in Germany in which RWTH Aachen University and Forschungszentrum Jülich pool their expertise. With her work, she ensures that the interested public is comprehensively informed about research results and projects that arise from this collaboration.

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