IMPRS
International Max Planck Research School "Mathematics in the Sciences"
Profile of the graduate school
The International Max Planck Research School Mathematics in the Sciences (IMPRS MiS) is a joint activity of three institutes of Leipzig University - Institute of Mathematics, Institute of Computer Science and Institute of Theoretical Physics - and the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences. It leads interested graduate students towards research problems in physical and life sciences. This involves a broad range of mathematical fields and disciplines. Find out more about the research profile in our research description.
Our History
Founded in 2005, the IMPRS MiS has grown to a prestigious graduate school in mathematical sciences. Up to now, more than 100 students have finished their PhD studies successfully, many of them stayed in science and entered postdoc positions at prestigious places all over the world, some of them have already been promoted to professors. Learn more about our Alumni.
Graduate Program Summary
- 3 year appointments
- Payment based on the Collective Wage Agreement for the Civil Service (TVöD) corresponding to 65 percent of Pay Group 13.
- No tuition fees, no teaching duties
- Mentorship from world class faculty at MPI MIS and University of Leipzig
- Career enhancement workshops, advanced lecture courses
- Funding for travel and research
- German language courses are provided
- Special support for families and in solving child-care issues
- We hire twice a year; application deadlines: May 01 and November 01; details on our application page.
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News
Would you like to learn more about IMPRS? Then feel free to check our news regularly. In the categories “IMPRS” and “PhD Life,” you can find out everything about the mathematical research interests and successfully completed dissertations of our IMPRS students.
IMPRS
09.02.26
Thinking in Tomatoes: First IMPRS Pomodoro Session Thinking in Tomatoes: First IMPRS Pomodoro Session
Focused work, short breaks, and lots of concentration — today, our IMPRS students tried a new approach to scientific working in the first IMPRS Pomodoro Session.
PhD Life
13.01.26
Laura Casabella - From PhD Success to Postdoc Laura Casabella - From PhD Success to Postdoc
Congratulations to Laura Casabella on the successful defense of her PhD dissertation on regular subdivisions at the interface of algebraic, tropical, and metric geometry. She has now joined Goethe University Frankfurt as a postdoctoral researcher.
IMPRS
01.12.25
IMPRS Afternoon – Exchange, Insights, and Community Building IMPRS Afternoon – Exchange, Insights, and Community Building
The IMPRS Mathematics in the Sciences invited all doctoral researchers to an afternoon of exchange, inspiration, and community building — featuring scientific input, a creative World Café, and plenty of space for conversation. Alongside practical information about doctoral studies in Leipzig, the event focused on one central goal: strengthening the doctoral researchers’ community.
PhD Life
21.11.25
New Approaches in Computational Commutative Algebra New Approaches in Computational Commutative Algebra
Congratulations to Barbara Betti on successfully completing her PhD! Her research brings a fresh perspective to solving polynomial systems, blending classical Gröbner bases with the concept of Khovanskii bases to address problems in algebraic geometry and beyond.
PhD Life
17.10.25
Heat Flow, Mean Curvature Flow and Their Related Schemes Heat Flow, Mean Curvature Flow and Their Related Schemes
We congratulate Anton Ullrich on the successful defense of his dissertation: “Heat Flow, Mean Curvature Flow and Their Related Schemes”. His next career step will take him to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, United States, as a postdoctoral researcher.
IMPRS
26.09.25
Exploring the Power of Path Signatures – IMPRS Combo IV Exploring the Power of Path Signatures – IMPRS Combo IV
From 24 to 26 September, our MPI hosted the fourth edition of the IMPRS Combo workshop, bringing together around 40 PhD students and PostDocs for an interdisciplinary deep dive into the Path Signature.
PhD Life
20.08.25
Christian Wagner Successfully Defends PhD on Randomness in Mathematical Models Christian Wagner Successfully Defends PhD on Randomness in Mathematical Models
Christian Wagner, a PhD student in Felix Otto’s group, has successfully defended his doctoral thesis “On the Influence of Quenched Randomness on the Large-Scale Behavior in Drift-Diffusion Equations and Variational Interface Models.” Congratulations!
PhD Life
25.07.25
Congrats on Successful Dissertation Defense Congrats on Successful Dissertation Defense
Fernando Camacho Cadena has successfully defended his doctoral thesis on the symplectic geometry of higher Teichmüller spaces. We warmly congratulate him on this important academic milestone and on his upcoming position at the University of Strasbourg.
PhD Life
10.07.25
Successful Dissertation on Geometric Analysis and Convex Integration Successful Dissertation on Geometric Analysis and Convex Integration
Sandra Ried has successfully defended her dissertation on the method of convex integration in problems of geometric nature and applications in fluid mechanics. We warmly congratulate her and wish her all the best in her future career at the Georgia Institute of Technology!
Accolades
10.06.25
Young Talent Award for Laura Casabella Young Talent Award for Laura Casabella
Our PhD student Laura Casabella has been honored with the Young Talent Award by the Special Interest Group Computer Algebra – Fachgruppe Computeralgebra. Congratulations!
PhD Life
30.05.25
Meet Our New PhD Representatives Meet Our New PhD Representatives
We are proud to introduce the newly elected PhD representatives at our Institute. Congratulations to Nicolas Weiss, Nat Kendal-Freedman, and Felix Lotter!
PhD Life
22.04.25
Building Bridges Between Mathematics and the Life Sciences Building Bridges Between Mathematics and the Life Sciences
We congratulate Giulio Zucal on successfully defending his PhD thesis, in which he presents cutting-edge tools to explore the structure and underlying geometry of networks. Now a postdoctoral fellow in the ELBE program, he continues to investigate the connection between mathematics and the life sciences.
PhD Life
29.10.24
Exploring Metaphors and Shaping Social Transformation Exploring Metaphors and Shaping Social Transformation
We congratulate Marie Teich on successfully completing her PhD in Digital Humanities. Marie has recently started teaching at the American University in Kyiv. She is also actively involved in a research group initiative that helps shape social and cultural transformations. We wish Marie all the very best!
PhD Life
03.07.24
Congrats to Johannes Müller on His Dissertation and New Role at RWTH Aachen Congrats to Johannes Müller on His Dissertation and New Role at RWTH Aachen
Congratulations to Johannes Christoph Müller. He completed his dissertation on the geometric properties of specific optimization problems in reinforcement learning models. He now continues his scientific career as a member of the Information Processing group at RWTH Aachen.
PhD Life
16.05.24
Congratulations to Fabio Di Nocera Congratulations to Fabio Di Nocera
Fabio Di Nocera successfully defended his dissertation, in which he explores a formalism for creating a unified framework that allows the description of both, classical and quantum information geometry, together. Congratulations and our best wishes for the future.
PhD Life
06.05.24
Successful Dissertation on Systems of Polynomial Equations Successful Dissertation on Systems of Polynomial Equations
Congratulations to Kemal Samuel Rose on the successful defense of his thesis on “Sparse polynomial system(s) in optimization” as well as on his new position at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Well done!
PhD Life
21.11.23
Exploring Complexity – Hanna Tseran's PhD Thesis on Deep Maxout Neural Networks Exploring Complexity – Hanna Tseran's PhD Thesis on Deep Maxout Neural Networks
Hanna Tseran successfully defended her PhD thesis on activation functions in neural networks. She continues to work on deep learning theory in the Matsuo Laboratory at the University of Tokyo. Well done Hanna, and our best wishes!
PhD Life
05.10.23
Markus Tempelmayr Examines Regularity Structures in Doctoral Thesis Markus Tempelmayr Examines Regularity Structures in Doctoral Thesis
We extend our congratulations to Markus Tempelmayr on the successful defense of his thesis “Algebraic and probabilistic aspects of regularity structures”! He joins the University of Münster as a postdoctoral researcher.
PhD Life
28.07.23
Rida Ait El Manssour Explores Combinatorial Methods in Differential Algebra Rida Ait El Manssour Explores Combinatorial Methods in Differential Algebra
Congrats to our new Dr. rer. nat. Rida Ait El Manssour on the successful defense of his dissertation on the study of combinatorial properties in algebraic differential equations. Rida recently joined the IRIF Institute in Paris. Well done!
PhD Life
09.02.23
Congrats on Successful Dissertation Congrats on Successful Dissertation
Congratulations to Nono Saha Cyrille Merleau on the successful defense of his PhD thesis on the computational study of RNA folding. Nono Saha will join ScaDS.AI as a postdoc, where he will continue to explore biological systems.
PhD Life
02.08.19
Congratulations on Successful Habilitation Congratulations on Successful Habilitation
Keyan Ghazi-Zahedi successfully defended his habilitation on “Morphological Intelligence: Information-theoretic quantifications of the morphological contribution to intelligence”. Congratulations and our best wishes for the future!
PhD Life
04.07.19
Congratulations to Nidhi Kaihnsa Congratulations to Nidhi Kaihnsa
Congratulations to Nidhi Kaihnsa on her successful doctoral defense!
Accolades
25.02.19
KIT Doctoral Award for Tobias Ried KIT Doctoral Award for Tobias Ried
Tobias Ried was awarded the KIT Doctoral Award for his outstanding doctoral thesis and his scientific work at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT. In his PhD thesis Tobias Ried studied equations from kinetic theory and non-linear optics.
PhD Life
Congratulations to Renan Assimos Martins Congratulations to Renan Assimos Martins
Renan Assimos Martins successfully defended his PhD Thesis “The Geometry of Maximum Principles and a Bernstein Theorem in Codimension 2”.
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