What does science look like in everyday life? At what moments does your own research sound like science fiction? How does it feel to discover something new? And what difference can a PhD really make?
In ‘Research Fascinates!’, six PhD students from the University of Duisburg-Essen offer personal insights into their daily lives, their motivation and the moments that keep them going over the coming weeks. It’s all about curiosity, doubt, perseverance and the fascination of bringing the hidden to light.
“I want to know everything about how life works, down to the smallest detail.”
Victoria Momand is a PhD student at the Faculty of Biology, researching the role of the enzyme Parvulin17 in mitochondria, which is found only in humans and great apes.
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Felix Gerach
Felix Gerach is undertaking his PhD at the Faculty of Medicine on the neurosurgical extraction of tumour-reactive immune cells from the skull.
Hannah Logemann
Hannah Logemann is completing her PhD at the Faculty of Computer Science on moral outrage on social media.
Jakob Eicheler
Jakob Eicheler is completing his PhD at the Faculty of Social Sciences on social cohesion in turbulent times: What is solidarity and how does it arise?
Jenny Grütter
Jenny Grütter is undertaking her PhD at the Faculty of Educational Sciences on the psychological factors associated with endometriosis.
Oliver Gaida
Oliver Gaida is completing his PhD at the Faculty of Chemistry on the flow behaviour of lunar dust on the Moon’s surface.