#welivescience Interview with Brit Holland (MPI-AEI)

published by Karen Esser

Brit Holland, Director’s Assistant for Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) about her work at the Potsdam Science Park, the international community and why this special research site inspires everybody.

Who are the people behind the Potsdam Science Park and what drives them?

With this #welivescience video series you will get to know more about the international scientists, PhDs, Post-Docs, students, employees, entrepreneurs, and other residents at Brandenburg’s biggest research location. We introduce you to people with a variety of different professions and ideas – from administration to research, from archive to management – these unique individuals shape the vibrant community and this special international location in the captial region. We Live Science.

This video series is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the State of Brandenburg. Camera: Mirco Lomoth

Yann Niklas Klötzer, Freiwilligendienstleistender am Fraunhofer IZI-BB_Standortmanagement Golm GmbH_Julia Hinz

Community

29. November 2022

Extraordinary Careers at Potsdam Science Park – Yann Has Opted to Do a Voluntary Scientific Year (FJN) at Fraunhofer IZI-BB

You’ve just received your high school diploma – now what? While many young people go straight into further education after finishing school and others use the time to travel, some decide to take up volunteering. There is a wide range of options in this regard, the most well-known being the Voluntary Social Year. However, many don’t know that this is also an opportunity to get a taste of scientific research. Yann Niklas Klötzer is one of the people who have opted for a Voluntary Scientific Year (FJN) at Fraunhofer IZI-BB.

Darya Niakhaichyk, International Officer am Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik im Potsdam Science Park

Community

10. November 2022

»Moving to Another Country Is Never a Trivial Thing to Do.« – How Darya Niakhaichyk Helps International Researchers Ease in Germany

From getting a visa to finding an English-speaking doctor, Darya Niakhaichyk helps international researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics with navigating their stay in Potsdam, Germany – and knows many of their challenges from experience.

18. May 2022

RIPAC-LABOR – a successful business preparing for a new phase

One of the biggest business success stories at the Potsdam Science Park has been RIPAC-LABOR. After more than 18 years at the helm, successful founder and entrepreneur Dagmar Köhler-Repp has passed the mantle to Heiko Rüdiger, a veteran executive who has plans to give the company a stronger international presence, especially now that it’s part of Dopharma.

Johannes Zier leitet den Start-up Service der Universität Potsdam bei Potsdam Transfer

5. May 2022

“The most important thing is: talk about your ideas, don’t keep quiet” – a conversation with Johannes Zier, International Start-up Service at the University of Potsdam.

With over 25 years of experience supporting startups, 300 of them nurtured over the last 10 years alone, and ranked 3rd in Startup Radar 2021, Potsdam Transfer’s Start-up Service is one of Germany’s most successful. In this interview we hear from its head of, Johannes Zier, on how he and the team got to this position, the advice he gives to scientists looking to found start-ups, and why the Potsdam Science Park is so important for the start-up scene in Germany and beyond.