Principal Investigators
More than 180 principal investigators (PIs), whose research topics cover a wide range of modern molecular life sciences, make up the HBIGS faculty. HBIGS faculty members are affiliated to more than twenty research centers, science departments, and university hospitals, located either on Europe's largest Life Science Campus “Im Neuenheimer Feld” in Heidelberg or in Mannheim.
An active and dynamic faculty is a prerequisite for scientific excellence. Many of our 180+ independent PIs have published their work in high-ranking journals. Many PIs were awarded ERC grants, several have won the Leibnitz Prize (Germany's most prestigious prize in science), or earned comparable honors. One has even been honored with the Nobel Prize.
The interdisciplinary and inter-institutional assembly of leading scientists and inspirational teachers brings together expertise, critical mass, and technological platforms for the interdisciplinary teaching concept of HBIGS.
A detailed overview of the HBIGS Faculty, subdivided into “Active” and “Associated”, according to the PIs' individual commitment to HBIGS during the last five years, is provided in the links below.
Prerequisites for HBIGS Faculty membership
Membership at HBIGS can be offered to PIs holding the status of “Supervisor” ("Gutachter") at the Faculty of Biosciences or who are eligible to act as “FGA” (Fakultätsgutachter) or “GGA” (Gemeiner Gutachter) according to the regulations stipulated by the PhD Board of the Faculty of Biosciences.
PIs who wish to join the HBIGS Faculty, but do not hold the status of “Supervisor” („Gutachterstatus“) yet, can contact the Faculty of Biosciences and refer to section “Application requirements for Junior Research Group Leaders requesting the status of „Supervisor” for doctoral candidates at the Faculty of Biosciences”.
Participating Institutions
Heidelberg University's Research Centers, Institutes and Departments located in Heidelberg and Mannheim, such as the Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), the Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), or the Biochemistry Center Heidelberg (BZH), host numerous eminent principal investigators who are members of the HBIGS Faculty. Heidelberg is also home to prominent non-University institutions in molecular life sciences that, combined, bring a unique interdisciplinary capacity and expertise, as e.g. the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) or the Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research (MPImF).
