GS EAM Get-Together 2026

Join our annual Get-Together on July 16th, 2026!

All members of GS EAM and its associated RTGs as well as anyone interested in becoming a member of GS EAM are invited to a Get-Together on July 16th, 2026.

FAU alumni and members will discuss career perspectives for founders and entrepreneurs. Our guests cover a range from well-established to recently founded enterprises and an example of an intiative on the path from the lab to the market. They will each provide an overview of their motivations to enter entrepreneuship, followed by a podium discussion with the audience.

14:00 Cauerstraße 3, 00.156

  Introduction by Prof. Dr. Robin Klupp Taylor (GS EAM Co-Speaker)

  Career paths in industry:

Martin Muckelbauer (Institute for Factory Automation and Production Systems (FAPS)), Founder and CEO of Powerlyze GmbH, est. 2020

Dr. Jan Englert (PhD in 2009 at Chair of Organic Chemistry II), Founder and CCO of iNSyT Solutions, est. 2025

Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrich (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), FAU Expired Drugs Initiative, in the stage of market entry exploration

  Podium Discussion hosted by Prof. Dr. Janina Maultzsch (GS EAM Co-Speaker)

Scientific Talk by Recipient of  GS EAM Best Paper Award 2026

                      Elif Kocar (Biointerfaces Lab): Magnetite nanodiscs as vortex-enhanced MRI contrast agents

GS EAM Travel grant recipient Eileen Schneider (Experimental Physics) on her research stay at UC Berkeley 

GS EAM for you – activities and opportunities provided by the graduate school  (Dr. Andreas Späth, Program Director)

16:30 Cauerstraße 3, Foyer

  Poster Session with Poster Award

           18:00 Cauerstraße 3, Foyer

  Modern Franconian buffet, local beer, non-alcoholic drinks, scientists with similar research interests and open minds!

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