List of Available PhD positions 2025

The application period for 2025 started on 5 December 2024 and ended on 15 January 2025!
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Institute	Subject Area & Project title	Name of Prof. / Research Group Leader
Diverse	Diverse Options: Own research is also eligible if candidate can provide an acceptance letter from a host supervisor at Freie Universität Berlin.	Diverse
Biology	Human Evolution Molecular evolution of humans	Prof. Dr. Katja Nowick
Biology	Neurobiology Dissection of the neural circuits for visual navigation in the brain of the fly Drosophila melanogaster	Prof. Dr. Mathias F. Wernet
Business and Economics	Marketing Product Recall Effectiveness & Analyst Stock Recommendations	Prof. Dr. Sascha Raithel
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Fluorine Chemistry / Matrix-Isolation Spectroscopy Novel fluorinated Molecules as Strong Oxidizers or Lewis	Prof. Dr. Sebastian Hasenstab-Riedel
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Inorganic Chemistry / Ionic Liquids Development of new reactive ionic liquids	Prof. Dr. Sebastian Hasenstab-Riedel
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Biochemistry, Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology Autophagy and axonal vesicle transport in human brain neurons	Prof. Dr. Volker Haucke
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Theoretical Chemistry First principle investigations for the interactions of molecules with 2D materials supported by a metal substrate	Prof. Dr. Beate Paulus
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Bacteriophage defense systems, Structural Biochemistry Molecular mechanisms of bacterial immunity	Prof. Dr. Markus C. Wahl
Economics, Institute of East European Studies	Economics: Political Economy, Comparative Economics Theories of Alternative Economic Systems	Prof. Dr. Theocharis Grigoriadis
Education and Psychology, Primary Education	Education science, primary education, psychology Development and Evaluation of an Educational Robotics Intervention in All-Day Primary Schools in Extended Education	Prof. Dr. Marianne Schüpbach
Geological Sciences	Geochemistry Tracing crust-mantle recycling using sulfur isotopes	Prof. Dr. Harry Becker
Geological Sciences	Geochemistry Nucleosynthetic isotope heterogeneity in differentiated bodies of the solar system	Prof. Dr. Harry Becker
Geological Sciences	Planetary Science and Remote Sensing Impacts of Cosmic Bodies on Icy Satellites	Prof. Dr. Kai Wünnemann
Mathematics and Computer Science	Dependable Distributed Systems Blockchain and Machine Learning in Industrial Informatics	Prof. Dr. Katinka Wolter
North American Studies	History Sino-American Relations prior to the Chinese Revolution (1949)	Prof. Dr. Jessica Gienow-Hecht and Prof. Dr. Ines Eben von Racknitz
Physics	Renewable fuels Operando Spectroscopy for Renewable Fuels	Prof. Dr. Holger Dau and Prof. Dr. Marcel Risch
Physics	Physics Education Research Understanding the usage of AI in contemporary research in the sciences and its implications for science teaching and learning	Prof. Dr. Marcus Kubsch
Physics	Magnetism/Surface Physics Molecular spintronics	Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kuch
Psychology	Cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience Unravelling recurrent computations in visual perception	Prof. Dr. Radoslaw Martin Cichy
Psychology	Cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience Relating visual multivariate brain measurement time series	Prof. Dr. Radoslaw Martin Cichy
Veterinary Physiology	Stem cell research Establishment and characterization of segment-specific avian organoids	Prof. Dr. Jörg R. Aschenbach
Veterinary Physiology	Intestinal Physiology Establishment and application of the Ussing chamber as an ex-vivo model for intestinal heat stress in pigs	Prof. Dr. Jörg R. Aschenbach

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List of Available PhD positions 2025