International Max Planck Research School
for Evolutionary Biology

An international graduate school dedicated to highest level research and training in all areas of contemporary Evolutionary Biology.

steering comittee:

Diethard Tautz

Hinrich Schulenburg

Manfred Milinski

Thorsten Reusch

coordinator:

Kerstin Mehnert

The graduate school is embedded in the thriving research environment and the beautiful landscape of Northern Germany, close to the shores of the Baltic Sea.

The Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology is located in Plön, in the middle of a lake district, halfway between the Universities of Kiel and Lübeck. With its history in limnological and ecological research, it represents one of the longest established research institutions of the Max-Planck Society. It has now shifted its focus to Evolutionary Biology, with major recruitments and investments in this field.

The University of Kiel was established in 1665 and has 22.000 students in eight faculties. It is currently the home of two Excellence Clusters, one in marine sciences ("The Future Ocean") and one in biomedical research ("Inflammation at Interfaces").

The Geomar - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, located in Kiel is dedicated to investigate the physical, chemical, biological, and geological processes in the ocean and their interaction with the seafloor and the atmosphere.