Joining PAMELA

For potential postdocs, doctoral students, Master's/ Diplom, and Bachelor students

If you are interested in joining the Plant and Mycorrhizal Ecology Lab (PAMELA), please contact Matthias Rillig. General info for different categories appears below. The general area of research is in plant, soil and fungal ecology. You can learn more about the projects going on by following the respective links from the main page. We are particularly interested in people with strong quantitative skills and a solid ecological background; but there are projects available for a wide range of interests and backgrounds.

 

Postdoctoral associates

Openings for specific positions will be posted here as they become available. If you are interested in joining the lab, please send an email. There will be recruitments in the future.

There are numerous opportunities for funding such research stays. These include, for example fellowships from the Humboldt-Foundation. I would be happy to help with the application process.

Specifically for researchers from the USA, the Humboldt Foundation offers fellowships in various categories. There may be specific programs in your country for exchanges with Germany.

  

Graduate students (Doctorate)

Admission is currently possible for the German doctorate degree (Dr.rer.nat.) at any time. English is available as the official language of the dissertation. I very much welcome students from abroad and Germany. If English or German is not your first language you will need to provide proof of language proficiency prior to admission to the lab. There are also several options for financing (there is currently no tuition in Berlin), some of which are mentioned in the following.

The lab participates in the FU program with the China Scholarship Council for Ph.D. students. If your school qualifies, feel free to contact us.

A list of German agencies that provide scholarships for Ph.D. students is here.

If you are an international student, there are other programs, for example the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). 

General info about the doctorate at the FU Berlin in biology can be found in here. The application materials are available in English (application form and assurance; in Word). 

For current position announcements, if any, see here.

 

Graduate students (Master's)

Interested in a Master's? We participate in the Master's in 'Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology'. For further information, please consult the web pages here.

 

Diplomarbeiten (German Diploma) oder Bachelorarbeiten

There are always topics available - for example within the framework of funded projects - that can evolve into projects for theses. Come talk to us.

 

Other student researchers

Undergraduate students are always welcome to join us; we have a history of involving undergraduates in research.