
Educating a New Generation of Future Researchers
Multiscale integrative research performed by MBExC scientists offers unique opportunities for the interdisciplinary training of early career researchers coming from a basic science or medical background. The Hertha Sponer College targets particularly talented students and early career researchers interested in further personalized research training and career advice to spark and foster enthusiasm for research at the boundary of the natural sciences and biomedicine. The overall aim is to promote cutting-edge, interdisciplinary early career researchers on their way to independence, to thus educate a new generation of future research leaders.
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Vision
The Hertha Sponer College aims on promoting students and early career researchers who intend to pursue an academic career at the interface of the natural sciences and biomedicine. The College program is based on the specific training needs of students, young scientists and clinicians at various stages of their career. Training measures are designed to promote the scientific and personal development, networking among collegians, with PIs, and the community. To foster early independence, specific fellowships are available for research-oriented Clinician Scientists and for postdoctoral Junior Fellows.
The Hertha Sponer College offers two career development tracks: The basic scientist track is dedicated to excellent students as well as early career researchers of the natural and life sciences interested in quantitative, interdisciplinary research. The clinician scientist track promotes excellent medical students and residents by providing a framework that supports them in combining clinical training and practice with research within the scope of MBExC. The educational concept complements existing programs for structured education available on the Göttingen Campus.


Dr. Heike Conrad
Hertha Sponer College Coordinator &
Equal Opportunities Manager
heike.conrad[at]med.uni-goettingen.de
Phone: +49 551 39-61305
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Hertha Sponer (1895–1968)
The Hertha Sponer College was named after the German physicist Hertha Sponer (1895-1968), who came from Neisse, Upper Silesia (in present-day Poland). In the early 20th century, a scientific career was still unusual and difficult for women. Together with Lise Meitner, Emmy Noether and Hedwig Kohn she was among the first female physicists in Germany.
After studying physics in Tübingen and Göttingen, Hertha Sponer received her Ph.D. in physics at the University of Göttingen, and later was one of the first women to become a professor here. She left Göttingen under the repressive regime of the National Socialists and moved to the US, to work at the Duke University. In American exile, she married her former Göttingen mentor and nobel prize winner James Franck, who, like many other colleagues, also emigrated. The college was named after Hertha Sponer to honor her interdisciplinary work in physics and chemistry, which resulted in numerous scientific publications.

HSC Board Members:
Prof. Dr.
Claudia Steinem (Head)
Uni-ChemProf. Dr.
Stephan E. Lehnart (Deputy)
UMGProf. Dr.
Axel Munk
Uni-MathProf. Dr.
Christine Stadelmann-Nessler
UMGHSC Representatives:
Coordinator:
Marie-Kristin Schreiber
(Cand. Ph.D.) UMGDr. Lina Maria Jaime Tobon
(Postdoc) MPI-NAT/UMGDr. Heike Conrad
HSC Coordinator &Equal Opportunities Manager
College Members
Hertha Sponer Collegians (in alphabetical order):

Hebatallah Abdelrasol
(cand. Ph.D.) UMG
Carlos Aguilar
(cand. Ph.D.) Uni-Biol
Dr. Alexey Alexeev
(Postdoc) UMG
Anna Blob
(cand. Ph.D.) Uni-Phys
Elena Cotroneo
(cand. Ph.D.) Uni-Chem
Dr. Kärt Denks
(Postdoc) MPI-NAT
Kenneth Ehses
(cand. Ph.D.) UMG
Dr. Funsho Fakuade
(Postdoc) UMG
Paula Favoretti do Prado
(cand. Ph.D.) UMG/MPI-NAT
Svilen Georgiev
(cand. M.Sc.) UMG
Jonathan Götz
(MD student) UMG
Dr. Fereshteh Haghighi
(Postdoc) UMG
Lars Henning Hansen
(cand. M.Sc.) MP School Matter-to-Life
Inés Hojas Garcia-Plaza
(cand. Ph.D.) MPI-NAT
Sophie Hümmert
(cand. Ph.D.) MPI-NAT
Victoria Hunniford
(cand. Ph.D.) UMG
Dr. Lina Maria Jaime Tobon
(Postdoc) MPI-NAT/UMG
Nare Karagulyan
(cand. Ph.D.) UMG
Myeongkyu Kim
(cand. Ph.D.) MPI-NAT
Angeliki Koufali
(cand. Ph.D.) UMG
Aiste Liutkute
(cand. Ph.D.) UMG
Frederike Maass
(cand. Ph.D.) UMG/MPI-NAT
Tabea Lilian Marx
(MD student) UMG/MPI-NAT
Tiago Mimoso
(Ph.D. student) Uni-Phys
Artur Mittring
(MD student) UMG
Gesine Müller
(Ph.D. student) Uni-Biol
Sophia Mutschall
(MD student) UMG
Magdeline Nathan
(cand. Ph.D.) MPI-NAT
Sabina Nowakowska
(cand. Ph.D.) UMG
Celine Pohl
(cand. M.Sc.) UMG
Tabea Quilitz
(cand. M.Sc.) UMG
Jakob Reichmann
(cand. Ph.D.) Uni-Phys.
Lennart Roos
(Clinician) UMG
Smruti Rout
(cand. Ph.D.) UMG
Leonie Schadt
(cand. Ph.D.) MPI-NAT
Jannis Schaeper
(cand. Ph.D.) Uni-Phys
Patrícia Pires dos Santos
(cand. Ph.D.) UMG
Michael Gani Setya
(cand. Ph.D.) UMG
Dr. med. Julia Schmidt
(Clinician & Postdoc) UMG
Max Schmiedeknecht
(MD-student) UMG
Kea Schmoll
(cand. Ph.D.) UMG
Lennart Schneider
(cand. Ph.D.) UMG
Marie-Kristin Schreiber
(cand. Ph.D.) UMG
Niko Schwenzer
(cand. Ph.D.) UMG
Fitzwilliam Seibertz
(cand. Ph.D.) UMG
Dr. Kostika Sofroni
(Postdoc) MPI-NAT
Dr. Thomas Staudt
(Postdoc) Uni-Maths
Anzhelika Svetlova
(cand. Ph.D.) UMG
Nikolas Teiwes
(cand. Ph.D.) Uni-Chem
Dr. Vitali Telezki
(Postdoc) UMG
Dr. Anna Vavakou
(Postdoc) UMG
Roman David Ventzke
(cand. M.Sc.) Uni-Maths
Jasper Wedemeyer
(MD student) UMG
Yuna Werchner
(MD student) UMG
Maximilian Winkler
(Ph.D. student) Uni-Chem
Dr. Bettina Wolf
(Postdoc) UMG
Dr. med. Christian Wrobel
(Physician) UMG
Malo Wurst
(MD student) UMG
Kateryna Yarova
(cand. Ph.D.) MPI-NAT
Yannik Zühlke
(MD student) UMGHSC Fellowships (in alphabetical order):

Dr. Maik Engeholm
(Clinician Scientist) MPI-NAT
Dr. Carola Gregor
(Junior Fellow) IFNANO
Dr. Antoine Huet
(Junior Fellow) UMG
Dr. Julia Preobraschenski
(Junior Fellow) UMG