HIGRADE Conference
At the HIGRADE Conference, doctoral candidates in their last year present their topic to all UFZ colleagues and university partners. The aim is to network, improve the interdisciplinarity, and enhance the presentation skills of the speakers. The three best presentations are awarded with prizes and certificates. The conference takes place twice a year, in spring and in fall.
HIGRADE Fall Conference 2013:
September 23rd, 2013
UFZ Leipzig, KUBUS
9:00 - 16:15 Conference
17:00 - 17:45 Award Ceremony
18:00 Party
Best presentations of HIGRADE Spring Conference 2013:
Session 1
1st prize: Carolin Rösch, Core Facility Studien
Title: What happens when we open the window
2nd prize: Steffen Kümmel, Isotope Biogeochemistry
Title: The scent of magnolia and why it disappears in the deep underground
3rd prize: Florian-Alexander Herbst, Proteomic
Title: Environmental protein-SIP: Well-fed, satisfied and HEAVY!
Session 2
1st prize: Rico Fischer, Ecological Modelling
Title: African rainforests at risk: a simulation study
2nd prize: Stephan Thober, Computational Hydrosystems
Title: Stochastic weather generator
3rd prize: André Schmiedel, Community Ecology
Title: Shades of green. Facets of biological diversity of Swiss dry grasslands
CONGRATULATIONS!
Winners and Jury of the 1st Session HIGRADE Spring Conference 2013
Left to right: Andreas Staak (Jury), Dr. Satoshi Endo (Jury), Klara Rusevova (Jury), Rico Fischer, André Schmiedel, Stephan Thober
Winners and Jury of the 2nd Session HIGRADE Spring Conference 2013
Left to Right: Florian-Alexander Herbst, Steffen Kümmel, Carolin Rösch, Lorena Rivarola-Duarte (Jury), Dr. Petra Bombach (Jury), Tilo Arnhold(Jury)
HIGRADE Certificates, Spring 2013
Left to right: Dr. Henry Wirth, Dr. Norihiro Watanabe, Dr. Reiner Stollberg, Dr. Yue Lin, Dr. Hendrik Lamert, Dr. René Höfer, Dr. Denise Hinz, Dr. Marcus Eichhorn, Dr. Romina Drees
Archive of former Conferences
and Opening ceremony of HIGRADE (23 April 2008):
