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People and opportunities

As an employer, the IPF is committed to the principles of Human Resources Excellence in Research and the Diversity as an Opportunity Charter. The institute stands for gender equality and equal treatment of people with disabilities and is certified as a family-friendly employer according to the Audit berufundfamilie®.
Young scientists are supported in all training and career stages. For this purpose, the institute is closely linked to the Technische Universität Dresden, e.g. by joint professorships and so called TUD Young Investigators, i.e. young IPF researchers who are integrated into the appropriate faculties at the TUD.
The teams at the IPF are international and interdisciplinary, and they are involved in numerous regional, national and international research networks.
Outstanding young researchers find excellent conditions to establish their independent research group.

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    It is interesting and never boring to work as a laboratory assistant at the IPF. You constantly have new tasks and get to know a wide variety of state-of-the-art equipment. Independence and personal responsibility are appreciated, but when problems or new questions arise, you find always competent help. In addition, as a family-friendly institution, the institute offers very good conditions for reconciling family and career, e.g. flexible working hours, reliable planning or even help with childcare and health promotion measures.

    Manuela Heber

    Biological laboratory assistant

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    As a trainee at the IPF, you are involved in future-oriented and innovative research projects from the very beginning. It is a versatile apprenticeship that does not involve routine tasks. You are well supervised and supported throughout by your trainer and colleagues. The training is particularly suitable for young people who enjoy new tasks and also like to contribute their own ideas.

    Max Becker

    Trainee (chemical laboratory assistant)

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    I chose to join the IPF as a PhD student because of the excellent reputation of the researchers here and for the exciting thesis topic proposed to me. The team is highly international and everyone speaks English, so it was easy for me to adapt to working here. I appreciate the high degree of autonomy in my work: I have flexible working hours, and I am free to choose which areas I would like to focus on in my research. Most importantly, people here are very hard working - one automatically feels motivated every day. I have been here for more than a year now but it feels like yesterday.

    Atmika Bhardwaj

    PhD student from India
    Institute Theory of Polymers

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    The IPF is an excellent place for generating high-quality and high-impact research projects. Researchers are encouraged and assisted to create, promote and strengthen their research networks in their home countries, strongly improving the development of the research outcomes. Even based in Germany, I can do even more for research in Brazil than I could do if I were there. In my personal development I benefit a lot from the fact that each team aggregates different specialities of its members - a decisive prerequisite for interdisciplinary research. Finally, co-operations with industrial partners transform research into products: We can feel that we are shaping reality.

    Dr. Tales de Vargas Lisbôa

    Postdoc from Brazil

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    As part of my EU-funded project, I am building an interdisciplinary team to find new therapies for pancreatic cancer. I have chosen the IPF as my host, as the institute is well-known for its excellence in biomaterials and health. Professor Carsten Werner heads the Institute of Biofunctional Polymer Materials and is a global leader in materials science and polymer chemistry. He provides excellent mentorship to the next generation of interdisciplinary leaders like me.

    Professor Daniela Lössner

    Head 3D Cancer Models Group
    ERC Consolidator Awardee

For more details on the guiding principles to which the IPF is committed and contact to committees and officers in this context, please refer to the menu item Organization.