1. Earn your PhD in an Interdisciplinary Environment Your Way to International Excellence - Research at the MPGC [Logo Uni Mainz] [Logo MPIC] [Logo MPIP] The MPGC The Max Planck Graduate Center with the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz provides an excellent research environment for doctoral studies. The MPGC PhD program benefits from the excellence of two Max Planck Institutes and one of the largest universities in Germany. With its joint PhD regulations, boards and supervision agreements, both from the Max Planck side and the university side, the MPGC is unique in its structure and devoted to highly interdisciplinary research. Projects in natural sciences are offered to excellent students from all over the world. In particular ideas linking the traditional disciplines and the established research groups are highly welcome and will be supervised in joint advisory groups. Research The MPGC’s research fields build bridges between the traditional disciplines of biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics and medicine. Similar processes may be investigated in different environments. Topics currently offered are: Gas transport in materials, biology, lungs and the atmosphere Unifying characterization of synthetic and biological macromolecules and their assemblies Multiscale modelling in materials science, biology and earth sciences Chemical characterization of biosphere atmosphere- interaction Novel drug delivery technologies Formation of complex order from the microscopic to the macroscopic regime Biological processes interacting with the atmosphere Complex fluids on a macromolecular scale Characterisation of solid earth–climate interactions through earth history Biomineralisation, proxy incorporation and animal skeletons as paleo-climate indicators (Neues Logo)

2. You became curious to learn more? Feel free to visit our website www.mpgc-mainz.de Contact: Max Planck Graduate Center mit der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Staudinger Weg 9 (Building 2431) 55128 Mainz E-mail: info@mpgc-mainz.de How to apply? You have an excellent M.Sc degree and you are interested in an interdisciplinary PhD project related to the named research fields? You like to work in an international environment and you are open for the educational program of a Graduate Center? If yes, please check our application website: www.mpgc-mainz.de/application.html Please submit a CV, a motivation letter, certificates from your studies, a proof of your English skills and two letter of recommendations from senior scientists. Please send your application to: E-mail: info@mpgc-mainz.de We expect electronic applications with scanned documents. Please use our Internet based upload system from mid 2010 onwards. Education In the MPGC, your work in research will be complemented by a rich educational program. It includes interdisciplinary lecture cycles, summer schools and various other opportunities for student exchange. Location The place of your work is Mainz, a mid-size media and student city grown from Roman roots and known for its chumminess and vitality. You are connected to the world living close to Frankfurt and its International airport. At the same time you will enjoy the beauty of nature in the upper middle-Rhine valley next to Mainz with its vineyards, fruit plantings and its agreeable climate. Visit also: www.mainz.de