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PhD Student Representatives

🎓 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! 😄

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! 👻

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.
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scientific related
events
- student assembly
- marmic retreat
Courses
Individual Contact Info
PhD Student
ERC Research Group for Ecological Genomics
MPI for Marine Microbiology
Celsiusstr. 1
D-28359 Bremen
Germany
Room: |
3225 |
Phone: |

MPI for Marine Microbiology
Celsiusstr. 1
D-28359 Bremen
Germany
Room: |
3137 |
Phone: |

PhD Student
HIFMB MPG Bridging Group for Marine Omics
MPI for Marine Microbiology
Celsiusstr. 1
D-28359 Bremen
Germany
Phone: |

Department of Molecular Ecology
MPI for Marine Microbiology
Celsiusstr. 1
D-28359 Bremen
Germany
Room: |
2225 |
Phone: |

MARUM MPG Bridge Group Marine Glycobiology
MPI for Marine Microbiology
Celsiusstr. 1
D-28359 Bremen
Germany
Room: |
2126 |
Phone: |

Useful Links
Put PhD navigator here
For international colleagues: add anita's page
Mental Health Road Map


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.