Empowering the Future

The MentoringUR program nurtures early-career scientists at the University of Regensburg.

8 January 2024

A vision and an idea that you can stick to despite challenges are key to a professional career in research. As with other career plans, it is helpful to have mentors who can advise you in difficult phases, help you build networks and share their experiences. The CoMeNT.UR program at the University of Regensburg (UR) under the direction of Professor Dr. Miriam Banas, UR's Deputy Representative for Women's Equality in Science and the Arts, starts here: it offers female scientists on the qualification path a broad spectrum of individual development measures including coaching, mentoring, networking and training.

At a ceremony in December, the eighth cohort of participants was presented with certificates and the next, ninth group was welcomed.

© UR | Photos: Carina Ehrnsperger

In her keynote speech, Professor Dr. Antje Bäumner, Chair of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Regensburg and Head of the Potsdam branch of the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, spoke vividly about the experiences of her own research career.

The detailed report in German can be found here.