Mentoring Program

Senior faculty are available to our students for assistance in academic and scientific matters. These mentors were chosen based on their standing within the faculty, their experience and their broad horizons. During orientation we will pair each student with a mentor. Feel free to address your mentor with questions like:

  • I am interested in topic X. Who in the faculty works on that?
  • I did not do well on my first exam. Can you help me analyze my weaknesses?
  • I contacted Prof. Y regarding a lab rotation, but I have not yet received a reply. What should I do?
  • When I graduate, I would like to take up a career in.... How could I go about making initial contacts?
  • I have started a very interesting lab rotation, but the projects seems endless. What should I do?
  • My thesis supervisor never has time for me. I feel overwhelmed with the project and can't find help within my research group. Where else could I get help?

The following faculty have agreed to serve as mentors:

Ulrich Dirnagl, Uwe Heinemann, Heide Hörtnagl, Helmut Kettenmann, Gary Lewin, Rüdiger Veh, Arno Villringer, and Frauke Zipp

If you have any questions regarding the Mentoring Program, please contact Dr. Benedikt Salmen (benedikt.salmen@charite.de). If you have problems to get in touch the mentors, we will help you.