The ORIGINS Cluster is funded under Germany’s Excellence Strategy since 2019 and is the successor the UNIVERSE Cluster that dates back to 2006. The Excellence Cluster ORIGINS: From the origin of the universe to the first building blocks of life, brings together researchers from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) as well as five Max Planck Institutes (IPP, MPA, MPE, MPIB, MPP), the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
The Cluster sets out to understand the evolution of our Universe from the Big Bang to the emergence of life, addressing some of humanity’s deepest questions, starting from primordial quantum fluctuations which give rise to the cosmic web, leading to the formation of galaxies, stars, planets, and the emergence of life itself. The involved disciplines range from astrophysics and astrochemistry to biophysics and biochemistry, to geoastronomy, plasma physics and particle physics.
(Planned) Support Activities for Postdocs
ORIGINS Postdoctoral Fellowships (3-Year Positions to Conduct Independent and Interdisciplinary Research within the ORIGINS Community) | Seed Funding Program, Supporting Innovative Research and Development of Projects | Visitor & Workshop Programmes, to Foster Collaborations | Mentoring Programme | Postdocs Are Represented in the ORIGINS Research Board
Recruiting
Open positions are listed on the cluster’s job page and the job portals of the participating institutions TUM, LMU, IPP, MPA, MPE, MPIB, MPP and ESO.
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