PARTICIPATING PROFESSORS/RESEARCH GROUPS

The table below presents the participating professors and respective research topics available for the ISTernship – ISTA Summer Fellowship 2025 Intake.

Applicants should indicate the name of at least 1 professor (maximum 2 professors) in their application form. Applicants should not contact professors to apply for the ISTernship Fellowship.

The following study tracks can be seen as greater research fields at ISTA. Please note that professors can be associated with multiple study tracks.

  • Biology
  • Chemistry & Materials
  • Computer Science
  • Data Science & Scientific Computing
  • Mathematics
  • Neuroscience
  • Physics


You can click on the table’s header to sort each column or use the search feature.

Study TrackResearch TopicProfessor
BiologyEvolutionary GeneticsNick Barton
BiologyPlant Developmental BiologyEva Benková
BiologyRNA-Based Gene RegulationCarrie Bernecky
BiologySocial ImmunitySylvia Cremer
BiologyHigh-Resolution Optical Imaging For BiologyJohann Danzl
BiologyReproductive Genetics and EpigeneticsXiaoqi Feng
BiologyDevelopmental and Cell Biology of PlantsJiří Friml
BiologyPhysical Principles in Biological SystemsEdouard Hannezo
BiologySelf-Organization of Protein SystemsMartin Loose
BiologyGenome Regulation and Biological TimekeepingAlicia Michael
BiologyMedical GenomicsMatthew Robinson
BiologyComputational Soft and Living MatterAndela Saric
BiologyBiomolecular Mechanisms from Integrated NMR SpectroscopyPaul Schanda
BiologyStructural Biology of Cell Migration and Viral InfectionFlorian Schur
BiologyMicroglia-Neuron InteractionSandra Siegert
Chemistry & MaterialsUltrafast Quantum Phases and SpectroscopyDenitsa Baykusheva
Chemistry & MaterialsMaterials ElectrochemistryStefan Freunberger
Chemistry & MaterialsSupramolecular ChemistryRafal Klajn
Chemistry & MaterialsSelf-Organization of Protein SystemsMartin Loose
Chemistry & MaterialsGenome Regulation and Biological TimekeepingAlicia Michael
Chemistry & MaterialsMateriali MolliJérémie Palacci
Chemistry & MaterialsCatalysis and Synthetic MethodologyBartholomäus Pieber
Chemistry & MaterialsComputational Soft and Living MatterAndela Saric
Chemistry & MaterialsBiomolecular Mechanisms from Integrated NMR SpectroscopyPaul Schanda
Computer ScienceDistributed Algorithms and SystemsDan Alistarh
Computer ScienceBronstein GroupAlex Bronstein
Computer ScienceComputer-Aided Verification, Game TheoryKrishnendu Chatterjee
Computer ScienceAlgorithms, Computational Geometry, and Computational TopologyHerbert Edelsbrunner
Computer ScienceAlgorithmsMonika Henzinger
Computer ScienceDesign and Verification of Concurrent and Embedded SystemsTom Henzinger
Computer ScienceMachine Learning and Computer VisionChristoph Lampert
Computer ScienceCausal Learning and Artificial IntelligenceFrancesco Locatello
Computer ScienceData Science, Machine Learning, and Information TheoryMarco Mondelli
Computer ScienceCryptographyKrzysztof Pietrzak
Computer ScienceGeometric Computing and Digital FabricationSamara Ren
Computer ScienceProgramming Languages and VerificationMichael Sammler
Computer ScienceDiscrete and Computational Geometry and TopologyUli Wagner
Computer ScienceComputer Graphics and Physics SimulationChris Wojtan
Data Science & Scientific ComputingDistributed Algorithms and SystemsDan Alistarh
Data Science & Scientific ComputingEvolutionary GeneticsNick Barton
Data Science & Scientific ComputingAsterics – Asteroseismology and Stellar DynamicsLisa Bugnet
Data Science & Scientific ComputingStars and compact objectsIlaria Caiazzo
Data Science & Scientific ComputingMassive Binary StarsYlva Götberg
Data Science & Scientific ComputingBlack hole astrophysics and cosmologyZoltan Haiman
Data Science & Scientific ComputingPhysical Principles in Biological SystemsEdouard Hannezo
Data Science & Scientific ComputingMachine Learning and Computer VisionChristoph Lampert
Data Science & Scientific ComputingCausal Learning and Artificial IntelligenceFrancesco Locatello
Data Science & Scientific ComputingAstrophysics of GalaxiesJorryt Matthee
Data Science & Scientific ComputingData Science, Machine Learning, and Information TheoryMarco Mondelli
Data Science & Scientific ComputingGeometric Computing and Digital FabricationSamara Ren
Data Science & Scientific ComputingMedical GenomicsMatthew Robinson
Data Science & Scientific ComputingMicroglia-Neuron InteractionSandra Siegert
Data Science & Scientific ComputingComputational Neuroscience and NeurotheoryTim Vogels
Data Science & Scientific ComputingComputer Graphics and Physics SimulationChris Wojtan
MathematicsEvolutionary GeneticsNick Barton
MathematicsAnalytic Number Theory and Its InterfacesTim Browning
MathematicsAlgorithms, Computational Geometry, and Computational TopologyHerbert Edelsbrunner
MathematicsMathematics of Disordered Quantum Systems and MatricesLászló Erdös
MathematicsGeometry and Its InterfacesTamas Hausel
MathematicsDiscrete and Computational Geometry and TopologyUli Wagner
NeuroscienceSystems NeuroscienceJozsef Csicsvari
NeuroscienceHigh-Resolution Optical Imaging For BiologyJohann Danzl
NeuroscienceNeuroethologyMaximilian Jösch
NeuroscienceMolecular NeuroscienceRyuichi Shigemoto
NeuroscienceMicroglia-Neuron InteractionSandra Siegert
NeuroscienceComputational Neuroscience and NeurotheoryTim Vogels
PhysicsUltrafast Quantum Phases and SpectroscopyDenitsa Baykusheva
PhysicsAsterics – Asteroseismology and Stellar DynamicsLisa Bugnet
PhysicsStars and compact objectsIlaria Caiazzo
PhysicsHigh-Resolution Optical Imaging For BiologyJohann Danzl
PhysicsMathematics of Disordered Quantum Systems and MatricesLászló Erdös
PhysicsQuantum Integrated DevicesJohannes Fink
PhysicsMaterials ElectrochemistryStefan Freunberger
PhysicsMassive Binary StarsYlva Götberg
PhysicsBlack hole astrophysics and cosmologyZoltan Haiman
PhysicsPhysical Principles in Biological SystemsEdouard Hannezo
PhysicsQuantum Sensing With Atoms and LightOnur Hosten
PhysicsNanoelectronicsGeorgios Katsaros
PhysicsAstrophysics of GalaxiesJorryt Matthee
PhysicsThermodynamics of quantum materials at the microscaleKimberly Modic
PhysicsMateriali MolliJérémie Palacci
PhysicsEmergent Electronic Phenomena in 2D MaterialsHryhoriy Polshyn
PhysicsComputational Soft and Living MatterAndela Saric
PhysicsTheoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical PhysicsMikhail Lemeshko
PhysicsBiomolecular Mechanisms from Integrated NMR SpectroscopyPaul Schanda
PhysicsSoft and Complex MaterialsScott Waitukaitis
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