Max Planck Institute in Germany invites application for vacant PhD, Postdoc and Academic Positions, an independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes.
PhD Student or Postdoc Position (f/m/d) | Computational Biomolecular DynamicsAugust 22, 2025Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen
PhD Student (f/m/d) | Electrochemical Reduction of Oxidized Nitrogen SpeciesAugust 21, 2025Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg
Max Planck Research Group Leader (W 2) – (m/f/d)August 20, 2025Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn
Head of the IT Department (m/f/d)August 19, 2025Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg
Research Coordinator (m/f/d)August 18, 2025Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena
Scientific Project Manager (m/f/d)August 15, 2025Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden
Fully funded PhD Positions (Doctoral Researcher m/f/d) | Condensed Matter ScienceAugust 13, 2025Materials Science (P&A) Materials Sciences (M&T) Quantum Physics Solid State Research (A&A) Solid State Research (M&T)Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
12 PhD Positions | Fully FundedAugust 12, 2025Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Köln
Technical Assistant (m/f/d) | Part-time (50 %)August 12, 2025Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg
Doctoral position on Primate Social Behavior (m/f/d)August 07, 2025Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
Electronics Engineer (f/m/d) | Satellite Instrumentation (Project NewAthena WFI)August 05, 2025Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching
Engineer, Technical Assistant (CTA) (m/f/d) | Battery Related Applied Chemistry, Synthetic Chemistry & Battery ResearchAugust 01, 2025Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg
Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) | Brain Algorithms and CircuitsAugust 01, 2025Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main
Doctoral Student (m/f/d) | Brain Algorithms and CircuitsAugust 01, 2025NeurobiologyMax Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main
MPI-CSL Journalist in Residence Fellowship (m/f/d)August 01, 2025Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg
PhD/Postdoc (f/m/d) | Identifying Brittle-ductile Transitions in Intermetallic-metal Hetero-interfacesJuly 31, 2025Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials GmbH, Düsseldorf
Support Scientist / PhD (m/f/d)July 31, 2025Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bad Münstereifel Effelsberg
PhD student (f/m/d) | Molecular Mechanisms of Membrane TraffickingJuly 31, 2025Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen
PhD Student (m/f/d) | Multi-modal Biological-Classification-of-Mental-Disorders (BeCOME) studyJuly 31, 2025Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich
Technical Assistant (m/f/d) or Engineer (m/f/d)July 30, 2025Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main
PhD or Postdoctoral position (m/f/d)July 28, 2025Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin
Postdoc (m/f/d) | Methanogen GeneticsJuly 25, 2025Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Tübingen
Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry (f/m/d)July 25, 2025Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim
Technical Assistance for Light- and Electron Microscopy (f/m/d) Imaging PlatformJuly 25, 2025Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim
PhD position on Exploring Supernova Remnants in eROSITA and Multiwavelength Data (m/f/d)July 24, 2025Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching
Scientific Project Coordinator (f/m/d)July 22, 2025Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam-Golm
Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d) | Structure and Dynamics of ChromosomesJuly 18, 2025Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main
Flow Cytometry Specialist – Sorter Operator (f/m/d)July 14, 2025Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim
Doctoral / Post-Doctoral researchers (f/m/d) | Unravelling the mysteries of Vibrational Strong CouplingJuly 08, 2025Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg
PhD Student or Postdoc (f/m/d) | Theory and algorithms for structure determination from single molecule x-ray scattering imagesJuly 04, 2025Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen
PhD Student or Postdoc (f/m/d) | Theory and Methods for Non-equilibrium Theory and Atomistic Simulations of Complex BiomoleculesJuly 04, 2025Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen
Postdoc (m/f/d) “Magnet Modelling”July 03, 2025Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (Greifswald), Greifswald
PhD Student (f/m/d) | Bioengineering of a promiscuous methanogen hydrogenase for synthesizing renewable organicsJuly 01, 2025Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen
PhD Student (f/m/d) | Uncovering the evolution of metabolic interactions in intrinsically disordered peptidesJuly 01, 2025Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen
Post-doctoral research positions (m/f/d) | High-Energy AstrophysicsJune 27, 2025Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching
Postdoctoral position(s) | Axion Dark Matter search experiment MADMAXJune 24, 2025Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching
Group leader (m/f/d) | Plant Development and DiversityJune 23, 2025Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne
Junior Group Leader (m/f/d) | Plant Chromosome BiologyJune 18, 2025Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne
Dissertation Writing-up FellowshipsJune 10, 2025Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale)
Postdocs (m/f/d) incl. possibility to earn post-doctoral lecturing qualification (habilitation)June 03, 2025Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg
Ph.D. student (m/f/d) | Discovery and Development of Electrosynthetic ReactionsMay 19, 2025Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr
PhD position | Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics and Active Matter (starting from July 2025)May 06, 2025Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen
Postdoc position (m/f/d) | Correlated Operando Electron and X-ray Microscopy of ElectrocatalystsMarch 21, 2025Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin
Postdoc position (m/f/d) | Functionalization of UHV-Prepared Single Crystals for CO2RRFebruary 26, 2025Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin