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PhD Student Representatives

PhD student representatives 2025-2026

🎓 Sofie Niggemeier and Kathryn Lambert-Slosarska are the MarMic student reps and are members of the MarMic Steering committee

🌍 Yueqing (Ava) Wang is the ex­ternal PhD rep, link­ing our in­sti­tute to other MPIs via the PhD­net.

🍺 Nicole Von Possel, Luigi Gallucci, and Hailey-Hannah Cottet are the internal PhD reps.

🔗 For more information, here's the PhD net website https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/home

💌 If you have any ques­tions, prob­lems, or doubts dur­ing your PhD, please con­tact us at [Bitte aktivieren Sie Javascript]­men.de. We're happy to help or point you in the right direction. 

 

Social events

Recurring event

🍺 Thirsty Thursdays 

This informal event is open to all students/admin/PIs/technicians. We serve cold alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks for 1€ each. Students (BS, MS), trainees, and HiWis get half price (0.5€). 👋

We’ll be hosting this event every month on (you've guessed it!) a Thursday, with specific dates announced by e-mail. It is usually at 17:00 onwards by the MPI pond (weather permitting) or the cafeteria downstairs.

See you at the next one! 😄

 

thirsty Thursdays

Upcoming event

🎃 Pumpkin carving

Let’s welcome the spooooky season with pumpkin carving on 23.10., Thursday, 17:00! We will provide the pumpkins and knives. Please sign up here if you want a pumpkin. If you don't want to carve, you can join us for drinks 🍺. We'll serve alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks for 1€ (0.50€ for students and HiWis). See you there! 👻

umpkin carving

Previous events

🌈 CSD Bremen 2025

We organized to march as a group at the Christopher Street Day (CSD) celebration last 23.8.2025, Saturday. CSD is the German counterpart of Pride parades, the annual celebrations supporting LGBTQIA+ rights. 

 

🍗 MPI BBQ + Bingo

After the MPI Day on 4.9.2025, we hosted a barbecue party and played a Bingo card game to get to know our colleagues better.

(➡️ Swipe right to see flyers for other events)

scientific related

events 

- student assembly 

- marmic retreat

Courses

Individual Contact Info

PhD Student

ERC Research Group for Ecological Genomics

Nicole Von Possel

MPI for Marine Microbiology
Celsiusstr. 1
D-28359 Bremen
Germany

Room: 

3225

Phone: 

+49 421 2028-9730

Nicole Von Possel

Biogeochemistry Group

Hailey-Hannah Cottet

MPI for Marine Microbiology
Celsiusstr. 1
D-28359 Bremen
Germany

Room: 

3137

Phone: 

+49 421 2028-6537

Hailey-Hannah Cottet

PhD Student

HIFMB MPG Bridging Group for Marine Omics

Kathryn Lambert-Slosarska

MPI for Marine Microbiology
Celsiusstr. 1
D-28359 Bremen
Germany

Phone: 

+49 421 2028-8341

Kathryn Lambert-Slosarska

Department of Molecular Ecology

Luigi Gallucci

MPI for Marine Microbiology
Celsiusstr. 1
D-28359 Bremen
Germany

Room: 

2225

Phone: 

+49 421 2028-8760

Luigi Gallucci

HGF MPG Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology

Yueqing Wang

 

 

Room: 

1338

Yueqing Wang

MARUM MPG Bridge Group Marine Glycobiology

Sofie Niggemeier

MPI for Marine Microbiology
Celsiusstr. 1
D-28359 Bremen
Germany

Room: 

2126

Phone: 

+49 421 2028-7360

Sofie Niggemeier

Useful Links

Put PhD navigator here

For international colleagues: add anita's page

Mental Health Road Map

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Volunteers for navigating the mental health system in German

If you are seeking mental healthcare for any reason and you need help making phone calls in German, these colleagues have volunteered to be translators. They are not qualified mental health professionals but they are willing to act as a neutral safe space to help with German translation and phone conversations.

 

Lauren Queiss (lqueiss@mpi-bre­men.de)

Aman Akeerath Mund­anatt (aa­kee­rat@mpi-bre­men.de)

Ni­co­las Schrö­der(nschro­ed@mpi-bre­men.de)

If you also want to volunteer, let us know!

A list of english speaking psychotherapists in Bremen kindly provided by Giulia. This list was compiled by the pme familienservice that MPI employees can access free of charge. 

A list of english speaking psychotherapists in Bremen kindly provided by Giulia. This list was compiled by the pme familienservice that MPI employees can access free of charge. 

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