Structure & people

Structure of the GPN

Set up to connect postdocs, provide divers resources and build a community.
The GPN network: Coordination office connected with Advisory board, supporters, members, active contributor and networks, organisations and institutions. Active Contributors connected with working groups and regional groups.

Internal (purple) and external (orange) parts and partners of the GPN.

Coordination Office

  • Set up network infrastructure
  • Reportings and budget management
  • 2 employed coordinators
  • 3 initiators

Members

  • All postdocs in Germany
  • Focus on early-career researchers
  • No membership fee, free resources for everyone

Active Contributors

  • Active members shaping the network
  • Participation in working groups and regional groups

Supporters

  • Non-postdocs supporting the GPN
  • Provide ideas and experience
  • Door openers and multipliers

Working Groups

  • Led and shaped by postdocs
  • Internal groups filling the network with life

Networks, Org. and Institutions

  • Cooperation and idea exchange
  • Coordinators at institutions: first contact point to postdocs
  • Partnership to make resources available for postdocs

Advisory Board

  • To be developed

Regional Groups

  • To be developed

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People

Coordination Office

Judith Münch

Hello, I am one of the coordinators of the GPN. My main task is developing connections to other networks and organisations to  make as many resources as possible known and available to postdocs. Within the GPN I am coordinating the working groups Advocacy, Survey, Consolidation and parts of the Strategic development & infrastructure group. I am further responsible for the budget and the internal management of the GPN.

Alexandra McCormack

Hello, I am Alexandra, one of the coordinators of the German Postdoc Network. My main tasks are driving the network's technological and infrastructural development, ensuring a seamless communication strategy and social media engagement. Within the GPN, I am coordinating the working groups Annual Conference and parts of the Strategic Development & Infrastructure group.

Initiators

 

From left to right:  Dr. Camila Hernández Frederick (Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry), Dr. Tina Scheibe (Hochschule München), Dr. Neele Meyer (Helmholtz Munich).