Looking beyond academia: 2026 Career Evening

One of the most nerve‑wracking questions PhD students face is: What comes after the PhD? While most students consider academic careers, there is in fact a wide range of exciting other opportunities available to PhD graduates such as 🏭 Industry, 📊 Science Management, 💼 Consultancy or ⚖️ Patent & law….

However, many students may not be fully aware of or may not know how to pursue. To help make this transition easier, we warmly invite you to the 2026 Career Evening – “Looking Beyond Academia” by IMPRS-EBM & SGBM Freiburg.

Speaker line-up

• Dr Nikki van Teijlingen Bakker Unfortunately, I won’t be able to participate.
  Global Strategy Manager, Olympus Corporation
• Dr Esen Dogan
  Senior Manufacturing Process Expert, WuXi Biologics
• Dr Lukas Denkhaus
  Trainee Patent Attorney, Maucher Jenkins
• Dr Monika Puchalska
  Scientific Consultant, Biognosys
• Dr Ralph Dahm
  Scientific Management Director, Institute of Molecular Biology
• Dr Marc Bayer
  Scientist, BioNTech

Register here.

Do not miss this great opportunity to gain new perspectives on career paths beyond academia and to gather insights that will help you make informed decisions about your professional future. Snacks and refreshments will be provided after the talks. All are welcome!

Jointly organized by IMPRS-EBM PhD program (Max Planck Freiburg) and the SGBM Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine of the University of Freiburg (incl. Cluster of Excellence CIBSS - Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, Faculty of Biology & BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies)