Distinguished PKS Postdoctoral Fellows

Distinguished PKS Postdoctoral Fellows and Junior Professors

Distinguished PKS postdoctoral fellows are young (under 35) but experienced postdoctoral fellows. They conduct independent research which complements and adds to the variety of topics currently studied in the field of the physics of complex systems our institute. These positions are limited to three years. PKS fellows often leave the institute for a tenured academic university position worldwide. 

Current Distinguished PKS Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Falko Pientka
Dr. Felix Mackenroth
Dr. Aline Ramires
Dr. Stefano Bo

Former Distinguished PKS Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Andre Cardoso Barato
moved to faculty position at University of Houston
Dr. Edgar Roldan
moved to staff position at ICTP Trieste
Dr. Robert Johne
moved to a position in research and development
Dr. Alexander Croy
moved to staff position at TU Dresden
Dr. Benjamin Friedrich
moved to staff position at MPIPKS
Dr. Achilleas Lazarides
moved to staff position at MPIPKS
Dr. Chiu Fan Lee
moved to lecturer position at Imperial College London
Dr. Emil Bergholtz
moved to Freie Universitaet Berlin
Dr. Vitali Averbukh
moved to faculty position at Imperial College London
Dr. Masudul Haque
moved to staff position at MPIPKS
Dr. Balazs Dora
moved to staff position at Budapest UT
Dr. Kay Hamacher
moved to faculty position at TU Darmstadt
Dr. Benjamin Lindner
moved to head of group position at MPIPKS
Prof. Dr. Jaroslaw Fabian
moved to faculty position at U Regensburg
Prof. Dr. Heike Emmerich
moved to facutly position at RWTH Aachen
Dr. Rainer Klages
moved to lecturer position at QMU London
Dr. Manfred Lein
moved to faculty position at U Kassel
Dr. Joachim Brand
moved to faculty position at Massey U
Dr. Abhik Basu
moved to staff position at Saha INP Calcutta

Junior Professors are appointed jointly by a German university where they teach, and by our institute from which their salary comes and where they conduct their research with access to all our facilities.

Former Junior Professor

Prof. Dr. Ilya Eremin
moved to faculty position at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum