PhD Students

45 PhD students from 18 countries have joined the International Max Planck Research School for Brain & Behavior since 2018.

Our PhD students have become members of research groups at

the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar (MPINB),
the University of Bonn, and
the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE).

Our current IMPRS PhD representatives are Meenakshi, Aelton Araujo Silva and Shivam Pandey.

IMPRS Group Picture

OVERVIEW

Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar

Research Group Kevin Briggman

Irene Melati Aji (cohort 2019)
Aditya Iyer (cohort 2019)
Delta Schick (cohort 2025)
Ian Marten von Falkenhausen (cohort 2021)
Laurin Büld (cohort 2021)
Alex Simon Lagurin (cohort 2023)
Christopher Hollowell (cohort 2023)

Research Group Jason Kerr

Caleb Berdahl (cohort 2019)
Adam Hideo Sugi (cohort 2020)
Paul Stahr (cohort 2021)
Daniela Martin Machado (cohort 2022)
Abhilash Cheekoti (cohort 2023)

Research Group Aneta Koseska

Robert Lott (cohort 2021)
Gayathri Ramesan (cohort 2023)

Research Group James Lightfoot

Güniz Göze Eren (cohort 2020)
Leonard Böger (cohort 2022)
Fumie H. (cohort 2022)
Desiree Götting (cohort 2024)

Research Group Pascal Malkemper

Runita Shirdhankar (cohort 2020)
Yu Ki Billy Lam (cohort 2024)
Manali Upadhyaya (cohort 2025)

Reseach Group Marcel Oberländer

Bjorge Meulemeester (cohort 2022)
Maria Royo Cano (cohort 2022)
Matthew Keaton (cohort 2022)

Research Group Bettina Schnell

Shivam Pandey (cohort 2024)

Research Group Monika Scholz

Elsa Bonnard (cohort 2021)
Euphrasie Ramahefarivo (cohort 2023)

University Bonn

Research Group Tobias Ackels

Anantu Sunil (cohort 2024)
Shambhavi Phadnis (cohort 2025)

Research Group Heinz Beck

Lena Johanna Gschossmann (cohort 2021)
Josephine Timm (cohort 2023)
Bela Erlinghagen (cohort 2024)

Research Group Ilona Grunwald Kadow

Martina Canova (cohort 2023)
Meenakshi (cohort 2024)

Research Group Michael Pankratz

Damian Demarest (cohort 2022)

Research Group Tobias Rose

Jisoo Jung (cohort 2021)
Leon Kremers (cohort 2021)
Natalia Krasilshchikova (cohort 2021)
Aelton Araujo Silva (cohort 2023)
Shanqian Ma (cohort 2023)