Contact Team and CDAT Program Representatives

The YSSP team is responsible for making your summer at the institute a productive and memorable experience, both scientifically and socially.

Kirsten Virginia Glenn
Capacity Development and Academic Training Coordinator

Aleksandra Cofala
Capacity Development and Academic Training Coordinator

Fabian Wagner
Dean Young Scientists Summer Program - Capacity Development and Academic Training Unit

Brian Fath
YSSP Scientific Coordinator

Before sending your application to the YSSP or a Postdoc Fellowship you are strongly advised to get in touch with the relevant program representative to find out about mutual interest in your intended research and to identify the best research group for your topic.

• Advancing Systems Analysis
  • Piotr Zebrowski
• Biodiversity and Natural Resources
  • Integrated Biosphere Futures Group: Marta Kozicka
  • Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services Group: Florian Kraxner
  • Water Security Group: Sylvia Tramberend
  • Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Group Group: Piero Visconti
• Economic Frontiers
  • Michael Kuhn
  • Cynthia Festin
• Energy, Climate, and Environment
  • Caroline Zimm, Adriana Gomez Sanabria (Pollution Management Group)
  • Lena Höglund Isaksson (Postdoc matters only)
• Population and Just Societies
  • Guillame Marois, Jenan Irshaid
  • Michaela Potancokova (Postdoc matters only) 
• Strategic Initiatives
  • Steffen Fritz
  • Katya Guzman Perez