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Portrait foto of Mahmoud Hussein

“Diversity motivates creative thinking”

2023-05-30
By: Ribal Zeitouni
On: 2023-05-30
In: Careers, Diversity, International, PhDlife, Students

Mahmoud Hussein is a PhD candidate at the department for active materials and interfaces for stable perovskite solar cells. In this interview he talks about his experiences working in international teams and how different cultures can contribute to scientific progress by encouraging creative thinking. What is important to you about diversity? The most important aspect in diversity, for me, is having people from different cultures and from different backgrounds – and different science perspectives. That’s very important because this is one of the main driving forces of science. Why? Because when you take people. from different backgrounds, from different educational systems, different academic sub fields,Read More →

Portrait of Lisa Seelau

“Things Often aren’t as Easy as They Seem”

2023-05-11
By: Florentine Krawatzek
On: 2023-05-11
In: Careers, Diversity, International, PhDlife, Science Communication, Students

Lisa Seelau is a HR specialist for personnel marketing and participates in the LGBTQ group at HZB. Diversity plays a big role in her everyday professional life. In this talk, she mentions how much a culture of openness and exchange about different perspectives enriches her. What is important to you when it comes to diversity? I firmly believe that diversity in a company brings new ideas and perspectives. It changes the view that has existed for a long time, the heteronormative view of the cis-white male. There are also numerous studies showing that diversity makes companies more successful. Diversity works best when there is trainingRead More →

Portrait picture of Nomi Sorgenfrei

“You don’t see your own privileges”

2023-05-05
By: Antonia Roetger
On: 2023-05-05
In: Careers, Diversity, International, PhDlife, Science Communication, Students

Physicist Dr Nomi Sorgenfrei develops methods and instruments for research with X-ray light at BESSY II at HZB and investigates catalytically active thin films herself. A conversation about privileges, diversity at work, and intersectional forms of discrimination. What is particularly important to you when it comes to diversity? The appreciation of all people with their different backgrounds, whether cultural, religious or gender. We all just want to have a good life and contribute to society. And it is very good when people with different perspectives contribute. At what points in your work does diversity play a role? Very practically in the daily encounter with peopleRead More →

Diversity: "You must be the change you want to see in the world"

Let us appreciate diversity together! 

2023-05-01
By: Silvia Zerbe
On: 2023-05-01
In: Careers, Diversity, International, PhDlife, Students

Everyone is talking about diversity nowadays. Every organisation is looking to be as diverse as possible. It is seen as a commercial success factor and is also often worn as a badge of honour. Diversity has already been written into many company guidelines and policies. In one wording or another, we read that diversity leads to better results, increases profits and secures innovation. And this is all true, of course. Yet, I often find that the claims being made are still too vague. It feels like maybe companies only start championing diversity when they can put a number on its added value. But diversity oughtRead More →

Summer school on solar cells: QUANTSOL 2022

2022-09-23
By: Guestpost
On: 2022-09-23
In: Conference, Energymaterials, International, PhDlife, Students

By Ivona Kafedjiska. The doctoral researchers at HZB who are working in the field of solar cells might all have different research interests and varying educational backgrounds, but we all agree on one point: attending the QUANTSOL summer school in Hirschegg, Austria is a must.Read More →

Brain

Working with neural networks: what does that look like?

2021-09-24
By: Florentine Krawatzek
On: 2021-09-24
In: Careers, International, Students

How do we benefit from neural networks? How do they make our work easier? And in what concrete scenarios can these algorithms be used? These were questions that were dealt with by around 50 participants, from six countries, at the Machine Leaning Summer School of Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin.Read More →

coral

Baby corals on the BAMline

2021-08-16
By: Antonia Roetger
On: 2021-08-16
In: Careers, International, Lightsources, PhDlife, Science Communication, Students

A few weeks ago, I discovered utterly beautiful pictures in our Twitter timeline: filigree, radially symmetrical structures that looked like art objects. They were tiny corals that had just formed their first skeleton. The pictures had been taken at the BAMline at BESSY. They triggered my curiosity and I contacted the scientist who had posted them. Federica Scucchia replied right away and we arranged to meet next time she would be in Berlin.Read More →

Picture: Denis, phd student at HZB

PhD student Denis Antipin about a successful trio: science, sport and music

2021-05-01
By: Florentine Krawatzek
On: 2021-05-01
In: Energymaterials, International, PhDlife, Students

Denis comes from Russia. He tells us how he got into energy materials at HZB and how he keeps this passion going thanks to a good balance between science, sport and music.Read More →

Scientists in the laboratory

PhDlife: When the supervisor lives on another continent

2021-04-13
By: Antonia Roetger
On: 2021-04-13
In: Careers, International, PhDlife, Students

Erika Zaiser is working on her doctoral thesis on superalloys at HZB. She studied in Berlin and Tomsk, Russia, and graduated from TU Berlin with a double Master’s degree in physical engineering. She did her Master’s thesis at HZB, and her supervisor at the time, Dr Florian Vogel, is now also supervising her doctorate. However, he now lives in China. In the interview, I asked Erika how such a doctorate over distance is possible. At the end of the interview, Florian also joined in.Read More →

PhD student Gopinath Paramasivam: keeping the focus right!

2021-04-07
By: Florentine Krawatzek
On: 2021-04-07
In: Energymaterials, International, Students

When we talk to Gopi he sits in his family’s backyard in India, a long postponed vacation time in January. PhD student in Eva Unger’s group he shares about the importance to reconnect to nature as well as keeping focussed during his PhD.Read More →

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