The event format "MM Connect" offers young scientists of the Cluster the opportunity to exchange ideas regularly. They can present themselves and their research project (MM Arrival), say goodbye when the next career step is due (MM Departure) and exchange tools, concepts and experiences (MM Impulse). With MM Common Ground experienced researchers can contribute to MM Connect by sharing their insights into life in academica and providing personal advice for early career researchers. With MM ReConnect former members provide insights into their career paths in and outside academia after leaving Mathematics Münster.

MM Connect will be held every two to three weeks on Fridays at 2 pm at the MM Conference Centre.

Past Talks

Would you like to give a talk or do you have ideas or suggestions for additional events, speakers or trainings? Great! Send a mail to mm.careers@uni-muenster.de or talk to Julia Schleuß.

Guiding questions and topics for your MM Connect talk

(These questions are only ideas/suggestions for your talk. You are welcome to find your own topics. A more exhaustive list of questions can be handed out in advance to (potential) speakers).

• MM Arrival

  getting to know the newcomers

  • About me/Who am I?
  • What have I done prior to my new/current position (Masters, PhD): where and with whom have I studied/worked with?
  • What am I looking forward to with regard to the upcoming PhD/Postdoc period?
  • What am I good at and could teach others? Which knowledge/skills could I share with others?
  • ...

   

• MM Departure

  Getting to know what others were doing at MM and what they are up to next.

  • What have I done during my PhD/Postdoc period here at Mathematics Münster?
  • What were my highlights during my PhD/Postdoc period?
  • What have I achieved in the last year? What were the challenges? What did I do well and with what did I have difficulties?
  • What’s next: Which city am I moving to and why? How did I get the new job (experiences in job hunting)? Which challenges am I expecting for the next steps?
  • ...

   

• MM Impulse

  Conveying knowledge, tools and experience that can help to succeed in academia and structure or improve work routines.

  • Project management
  • Handling procrastination
  • Shaping your supervision
  • LaTeX or GitLab tricks
  • Networking
  • …

   

• MM Common Ground

  Finding a common ground of advanced and young researchers beyond the borders of one’s own mathematical research field. Professors can share their insights into academic life regarding the way of thinking and working, challenges and motivation.

  • What would I have liked to know as a PhD student/ postdoc? I wish someone had told me that ...
  • My experience living and working in different countries ...
  • Which idea/concept motivates my research? What is the “core idea” or leading question of my field of research?
    How does my research relate to the terms: Dynamics – Geometry – Structure?
  • I feel stuck, when ... Usually I attempt to get unstuck by doing ...
  • The most beautiful aspect of my research is ....
  • ...