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.
Postdoc Position(s) at the Max Planck – University of Helsinki Centre for Social Inequalities in Population HealthNovember 11, 2025Demographics International Social SciencesMax Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock
6 PhD positions in infection biology, immunology, parasitology and medical biotechnologyNovember 11, 2025Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin
Graduate Assistant (m/f/d)November 10, 2025Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
PhD Position (m/f/d) | Decoding symbiont establishment through systems modeling and multi-omics integrationNovember 07, 2025Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena
Postdoctoral position (m/f/d) | High-redshift galaxy / black hole evolutionNovember 07, 2025Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching
Research Engineer – Software Development or DevOps (m/f/d)November 07, 2025Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen site, Tübingen
Head of Bioinformatics Facility (m/f/d)November 06, 2025Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg
Scientific Staff member (m/f/d)November 05, 2025Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen
Fully funded doctoral positions | Epigenetics, Biophysics and MetabolismNovember 05, 2025Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg
PhD student (m/f/d)November 04, 2025Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried
Postdoctoral positions | Computational Relativistic AstrophysicsNovember 03, 2025Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam-Golm
Postdoc position (m/f/d) | Development and Application of an Ultra-Bright Coherent Soft X-Ray BeamlineNovember 03, 2025Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin
PhD positions in “Gravity at the Extreme: from Theory to Observation” at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in PotsdamNovember 03, 2025Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam-Golm
Doctoral (PhD) and postdoctoral position (m/f/d) in Computational Biology | Biomathematics | Biosystems EngineeringOctober 29, 2025Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg
Four fully funded PhD student positions (m/f/d) | Computational, mathematical & experimental plant sciencesOctober 28, 2025Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne
Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) | Malaria Parasite BiologyOctober 27, 2025Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin
University of Hong Kong – Max Planck PhD Studentship in Population StudiesOctober 24, 2025Ageing Demographics International Social SciencesMax Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (f/m/d) | Cellular ResilienceOctober 24, 2025Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim
PhD Student (m/f/d) | Molecular mechanisms of sympathetic dysfunction in diseaseOctober 24, 2025Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim
PhD Position in Law (m/f/d)October 24, 2025Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Munich
Liebig PhD FellowshipOctober 23, 2025Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin
Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) | Development of Ion Soft Landing InstrumentOctober 22, 2025Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
PhD Position (f/m/d) | Computer VisionOctober 21, 2025Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen site, Tübingen
29 Interdisciplinary PhD positions | Ultrafast Science and Quantum MaterialsOctober 20, 2025Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg
Postdoctoral researcher (m/f/d) | Structural bioenergeticsOctober 17, 2025Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main
Doctoral Fellowship | International Max Planck Research School on Learning, Institutions and Future Evolution (LIFE)October 16, 2025Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
Postdoctoral position (m/f/d) | Submillimetre science and techniquesOctober 15, 2025Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn
PhD positions (m/f/d) | Chemistry and Phyics of Quantum MaterialsOctober 13, 2025Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden
Postdoctoral Fellow (m/f/d) | MEG and Cognition of InteractionOctober 10, 2025Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen
Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) | Applied Topology for BiologyOctober 10, 2025Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden
Cleanroom Engineer (m/f/d)October 10, 2025Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg
PhD student (f/m/d) Structure-property relationship of industrially relevant zeolitesOctober 09, 2025Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr
Project Scientist (m/f/d) | Wide Field Imager Instrument for NewAthena X-ray ObservatoryOctober 09, 2025Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching
PhD student or Postdoc (m/f/d) | Physical organic chemistryOctober 06, 2025Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr
Fully funded PhD positions (doctoral researcher) (f/m/d) | Quantum MaterialsOctober 06, 2025Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Halle, Dresden
Postdoctoral Prize Fellowship and Postdoctoral Positions (m/f/d) | Galaxies and CosmologyOctober 02, 2025Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg
PhD positions | Statistical Physics and Active MatterOctober 01, 2025Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen
Postdoctoral Researcher positions | Statistical Physics and Active MatterOctober 01, 2025Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen
Postdoctoral positions (m/f/d) | Gravitational-Wave Physics and AstrophysicsSeptember 29, 2025Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam-Golm
PostDoc (f/m/d) | NeuroTrace: Identification of early onset dementia with Artificial IntelligenceSeptember 26, 2025Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
PhD students (f/m/d) | NeuroTrace: Identification of early onset dementia with Artificial IntelligenceSeptember 26, 2025Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
Head of Radiocarbon Laboratory (m/f/d)September 23, 2025Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena
PhD position (m/f/d) for 3 yearsSeptember 19, 2025Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
Student Assistant (m/f/d) | Perception of Distributed Robotic SystemsSeptember 17, 2025Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart site, Stuttgart
Data Team Student Assistant (m/f/d), 40-83 hrs/monthSeptember 17, 2025Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen site, Tübingen
Postdoctoral Fellowship Positions (m/f/d) | Planet & Star FormationSeptember 15, 2025Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg
Tenure-Track Staff Position (m/f/d) | Atmospheric Physics of Exoplanets (APEx)September 12, 2025Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg
Tenure track faculty position | ChemistrySeptember 09, 2025Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr
PhD Student or Postdoc Position (f/m/d) | Computational Biomolecular DynamicsAugust 22, 2025Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen
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