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About thirty PhD students and postdocs attended a two-day “phd-to-innovator” workshop, organized by 싸토리우스 and its partner organization “Young Entrepreneurs in Science” (YES). Aiming to open up new career perspectives for highly qualified, early-career researchers and to channel their expert knowledge into entrepreneurial endeavors, the workshop provided realistic and stimulating insights into the chances and challenges of entrepreneurship.
YES is part of the Falling Walls Foundation which brings together stakeholders from science, business and society to promote impact-oriented ideas and discoveries across disciplines. The initiative was founded on the belief that all of Germany’s ~200,000 doctoral candidates have the potential to become entrepreneurs. After all, the skillsets and key qualifications required to obtain a PhD are similar to those of an entrepreneur: Working with passion on a topic, finding solutions for problems and promoting ideas in front of a highly critical audience.
Utilizing methods such as design thinking, the initiative encourages participants to explore their entrepreneurial potential and offers insights from startup founders and innovation-focused companies. The program aims to initiate a cultural shift in academia towards entrepreneurial thinking and is supported by a network of academic and corporate partnerships. 싸토리우스 has been supporting the YES-initiative since 2018 and workshops are regularly held in Göttingen, for example in the Life Science Factory in 2022.
Andrea Ernst, Head of Normal Flow Filtration Materials, participated as a role model and offered her experience to the group. ©싸토리우스
This year’s workshop began with an introduction to entrepreneurship by two experienced coaches. After discussing the theoretical basics, the participants were asked to reflect on their careers and the scientific field. They were joined by two role models: Andrea Ernst from 싸토리우스 and Jan-Patrick Pietras from the startup myofarm – both scientists .
In my journey from the lab to leading teams, I've found that innovation truly comes alive when research meets entrepreneurial 증류주.
- Andrea Ernst, Head of Normal Flow Filtration Materials, who joined 싸토리우스 after finishing her PhD and is now, seven years later, leading a department of 40 researchers, engineers and managers.
After a lively discussion with the role models and further inputs by the University of Göttingen’s Startup Center, the group took a tour of the 싸토리우스 campus. On the second day of the workshop, the young scientists were trained in design thinking as a method for quickly analyzing problems and developing concrete solutions from scratch.
A platform for stakeholders from science, business and society to promote impact-oriented ideas and discoveries across disciplines.
A program aiming to open up new career perspectives for highly qualified, early-career researchers.
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